{"id":16565,"date":"2025-10-01T16:52:01","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T11:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=16565"},"modified":"2025-10-01T16:52:01","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T11:52:01","slug":"if-i-say-anything-about-punjabs-issues-maryam-nawaz-will-get-upset-karachi-mayor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=16565","title":{"rendered":"\u201cIf I say anything about Punjab\u2019s issues, Maryam Nawaz will get upset: Karachi Mayor\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"2136\" data-end=\"2683\"><strong>Karachi: Mayor Karachi Murtaza Wahab, while speaking to the media, made a satirical comment on the situation in Punjab, saying that if he spoke openly on Punjab\u2019s affairs, Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz would be displeased. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Addressing a ceremony in Karachi, he also announced that free laboratory services will be launched within the next two months at the Karachi Institute of Heart Diseases, where all tests will be conducted free of cost. He said this initiative was a step towards providing better healthcare facilities to citizens.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2685\" data-end=\"3093\">The mayor expressed strong reservations over the Rs. 20 billion package announced by the Prime Minister for Karachi. He said, <em data-start=\"2811\" data-end=\"2957\">\u201cFor a city as large as Karachi, this amount is nothing more than a lollipop. Even if Rs. 200 billion were spent, it would still not be enough.\u201d<\/em> He added that forming a company alone was not sufficient and that the federal government must ensure Karachi receives its due rights.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3095\" data-end=\"3345\">Wahab further stated that while Punjab has motorways, Karachi \u2014 despite being home to ports \u2014 continues to be deprived of basic facilities. He emphasized, <em data-start=\"3250\" data-end=\"3343\">\u201cWe need more than electric buses; we need real improvements in the lives of our citizens.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3347\" data-end=\"3624\">Commenting on Punjab, Wahab said Maryam Nawaz was correct in highlighting issues related to water and canals, as the people of Punjab are indeed facing severe hardships. However, he sarcastically remarked that if he openly spoke about Punjab, <em data-start=\"3590\" data-end=\"3622\">\u201cMaryam Bibi would get upset.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3626\" data-end=\"3844\">Concluding his remarks, the mayor said that a review of the last 15 years of the Public Sector Development Program (PSDP) would clearly show how Karachi has consistently been neglected and denied its rightful status.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3846\" data-end=\"3968\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karachi: Mayor Karachi Murtaza Wahab, while speaking to the media, made a satirical comment on the situation in Punjab, saying that if he spoke openly on Punjab\u2019s affairs, Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz would be displeased. 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