Federal Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar said on Sunday that Karachi, the capital of Sindh and Pakistan's financial engine, will not "beg" for its rights from Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah.
Addressing the “All Stakeholders Conference Sindh”, hosted by Pakistan Tehreek Insaf (PTI) in Karachi, he said that the voice of the people living in the port city should also be heard.
"We will raise our voice at every forum for the solution to Karachi's problems," he said.
Asad Umar said the federal government was even willing to sit with the Sindh government to resolve the problems of the province.
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The federal minister said that the system of local government should be fully empowered and the government is going to announce an empowered local government system in Islamabad and Punjab soon….
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