Lahore Metro Train : Orange Line

[Captain1]

Re: Lahore Metro Train : Orange Line

@khoji

If federal government has money to spend on a metro project then the first city which deserves it is Karachi. No other city can claim it.
If federal government goes ahead with implementation of this project in Lahore first then it will once again shamelessly show its ethnic bias.

The road network built during MQM’s time was LONG overdue. Karachi was close to collapse at that time. So it was not any favor done to Karachi by anyone.
And to say that Lahore has not received anything from federal government since long does not make sense. Showbaz is not called the CM of Lahore for nothing. He usually is the only CM from Pakistan who visits with PM in his foreign visits, gathering investment opportunities and implementing them there.

For Karachi to “deserve” a project/solution the first thing is that rulers of that city/province MUST bring it up to Federal government, propose a project and if the project is refused/denied only THEN people can cry about Fed neglecting Karachi. From what I heard even before Musharraf era mayor of Karachi received big funding for infra-structure improvements but since the funds were never utilized Fed took the funds back. Credit goes to Mustafa Kamal that he proposed road/bridges solution, Fed granted the fund and he utilized those funds.

Same goes here, if mayor of Karachi thinks transportation is a problem in Karachi then he must propose a solution which should then be taken up by sotu (sleepy) CM QAS who should then take it to Fed level. Do he have sincerity/trust/interest from mayor-to-CM level to solve Karachi’s problems?

As for this project in Lahore, I support this one compared to the stupid bus project where he wasted billions.