Former MQM leader demand­s Rs200 billio­n worth develo­pment packag­e for the port cityFormer Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Dr Farooq Sattar has said that if Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Bani Gala property can be regularised then people of Karachi also deserved the same treatment. Following the directives issued by the top court, the prime minister had submitted an application to CDA to regularise his Bani Gala properties in November last year. Criticising the second mini-budget of the federal government, Sattar said a special development package for Karachi should have been announced in the budget. “Karachi pays Rs1,500 billion to Rs2,000 billion in taxes and deserves an annual package of at least Rs200 billion … where is Karachi’s package which is its due right,” he asked. Sattar said no progress was made in murder investigation of MQM-P’s slain leader Ali Raza Abidi even on his chehlum (40th day after demise).

Source: The Express Tribune January 26, 2019 13:26 UTC