KARACHI: Sindh Minister for Local Government Nasir Hussain Shah on Monday slammed former fast bowler Wasim Akram, who had expressed concern over the accumulation of rainwater in Karachi.
“Seeing the footage of Karachi underwater and my heart goes out to all affected. I can’t say I’m not surprised that this has happened yet again. A wake-up call? No it’s a problem that needs to be addressed period! We need to fix our beautiful city,” Wasim Akram tweeted.
The minister took exception and respond to the former captain of the Pakistan cricket team, inviting him to visit Karachi and “inspect the streets of Karachi and see how water has been drained from all roads”.
Nasir Shah expressed disappointment at the former cricketer and said if he had tweeted on the Karachi rain situation based on hearsay, then he had “disappointed millions of people in Sindh”.
Karachi witnessed a heavy downpour on Sunday as several areas were flooded with rainwater and gutters overflowing. Wasim Akram took to Twitter to call for addressing Karachi’s problem, saying he was not surprised by the situation.
Nair Shah said the city’s majority areas had been cleared of rainwater and a wrong impression was being created due to “the sharing of photographs of the previous rain-related incidents on social media”
I invite my neighbor Wasim Akram 2 come wid me now n inspect streets of Khi n c how water has been drained 4m all roads.I’m sure tht if u r sincere then u’ll defntly go n if u’ve tweeted on hearsay then thr is no one more irspnsbl than u bcz u’ve disapntd millions of ppl in Sindh https://t.co/NlDEcqdt3H
— Syed Nasir Hussain Shah (@SyedNasirHShah) July 26, 2020
