Rains inundated Karachi, washed away Sindh govt’s credibility: Haleem Sheikh

KARACHI: Parliamentary party leader in Sindh Assembly Haleem Adil Sheikh has said that recent spell of rains once again inundated the megacity Karachi and also washed away the remaining credibility of Sindh government.

Talking to media at the media corner of the Sindh Assembly, he said three days ago, the spokesman of Sindh government Murtaza Wahab brought a picture of a donkey drowned in Lahore. He said Murtaza Wahab was devastated due to the death of this donkey, but he did not care about those innocent citizens who drowned into the Karachi Nullahs. He said Lahore went dried up only in five hours, but Karachi is still under the stagnant rainwater despite the passing of many days.

Haleem Adil said to bring improvement in Sindh a coordination committee is working and we have agreed upon resolving these issues. However, every political party has also its own stance. He said in Lahore the donkey was drowned in rainwater, which was drained out in just five hours, but in Karachi, a donkey drowned into a garbage-filled Nullah.

He said the previous day, newspapers presented the photos of flooded Nagan Chowrangi, but Murtaza Wahab has yet to hold a press conference on this issue. He wished that the Sindh rulers had shown only half the concern that they had shown for the Lahore donkey about the residents of Nagan Chowrangi, Ahsanabad, Surjani Town, Khuda ki Basti, North Karachi, New Karachi, Gujjar Nullah and FC Area. He said within one hour three citizens drowned in Karachi but no one came to rescue them. He said a Baloch boy drowned at Teen Hatti while trying to salvage his football but no one rescued him.

Haleem Adil said he is working along with the voters of his consistency PS-99 to assist and help the rain-affected people in different neighborhoods. However, no representative of the provincial government has visited these areas. He warned that more rains are due in the megacity and it is high time that the Sindh government comes out and help the citizens.