ISLAMABAD: Chief of the Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa was briefed about the role of armed forces in supporting the civil administration for execution of the Rs1.1 trillion Karachi Transformation Plan. Prime Minister Imran Khan has announced this massive package for Karachi’s uplift in Sept 2020.
During a visit to the headquarters of Corps V, the army chief lauded the performance of law enforcement agencies for bringing down the crime rate and terrorism activities in the metropolis.
Karachi’s Corps Commander Lt Gen Muhammad Saeed received the army chief who was given a briefing about different jobs of the force in the city, said a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) .
The COAS was also briefed on formation’s support to civil administration in implementation of the Karachi Transformation Plan (KTP) including FWO (Frontier Works Organisation (FWO), National Logistic Cell (NLC), and National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) efforts for improvement in existing infrastructure to safeguard against urban flooding in Karachi and uplift of relevant civic facilities.
The army chief appreciated synergised efforts of all stakeholders in implementation of the transformation plan, it added.
Last year, Prime Minister Imran Khan had announced the ambitious uplift package for the development of the country’s financial capital. Several projects relating to water supply, solid waste management, storm water drains clearance and resettlement, sewage treatment, road infrastructure and mass transit are part of the KTP and different military organisations have been working on many of these projects.
