• Opens first segment of Malir Expressway
• Declares Karachi’s advancement vital for nation’s progress, prosperity
• Project renamed as Shahrah-i-Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Saturday criticised what he called the discriminatory attitude of the federal government towards Sindh, likening it to step-motherly treatment.
Speaking at the inauguration ceremony of the first segment of the Malir Expressway project here, he said that the federation deprived Sindh of its due resources through various excuses, which creates numerous problems. “The Pakistan Peoples Party does not want to engage in extremist or retaliatory politics,” he declared.
Accompanied by Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah and other senior party leaders, the PPP chairman celebrated the opening ceremony by driving his vehicle on the 9.1-km section of the six-lane 39-km-long Malir Expressway project, which has been renamed as Shahrah-i-Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.
Addressing the opening ceremony, Mr Bhutto-Zardari took pride in introducing and completing several development projects on a public-private partnership basis, saying the model was adopted “because the federal government, under various pretexts, failed to allocate resources to Sindh”.
He shed light on the positive outcomes of the public-private partnership model, saying it yielded excellent results in sectors like education, healthcare, and power infrastructure. “Water issues in Sindh will also be resolved through this model, and energy parks should be established under public-private partnership,” he said.
