Japan presents proposals to develop Karachi

KARACHI (May 28 2005): A delegation of Japanese government and financial institutions met City Nazim Naimatullah Khan here on Friday and presented a written report to the Nazim about the Karachi's revitalisation scenario, which contained proposals to make Karachi a modern city of the future. The delegation included: Takehiro Okubo, Head of the Economic and Development Section of Japanese Embassy at Islamabad; Hirokuki Miyakawa, DG Japan External Trade Organisation; Eri Kakuta, Economic Researcher at Japanese Consulate in Karachi; K Tamaki Project Formulation Advisor, JICA; Ochi, Chief representative of Japan Bank for International Co-operation (JBIC) and Shaikh Talib Fateh, Co-ordinator Karachi.

City Nazim Naimatullah Khan presented his "Karachi Vision-2010" and said that it was his desire that Karachi should be a clean city of the future, free of problems of pollution, traffic and transport, sewerage and water supply; and a place where people should have no worry about jobs and where there should be development in the health and education sectors.

He explained his priorities with regard to five corridors of Mass Transit and Solid Waste projects.

The City Nazim said time has come that Japan brings its vision to coincide with our vision for future of Karachi, and take steps for its immediate realisation. The JICA representative informed the City Nazim that Japan was greatly interested in playing its role towards the development of Karachi and in this regard JICA had established its special office in Karachi.

Copyright Associated Press of Pakistan, 2005

hi i am isai iam 14 years old i was born in karachi its abeautiful city had some of he best times of my life there. i would love to see it mature into a great city for people to live. it already is but know the problems in the city like the good japs mentioned like pollution and sewage. so if by 2010 the japs can make karachi clean and all the things theyre promisin i say give the m the contract asap!!!

Nobody has a magic wand ! 2010 is just 5 years from now !

To stop the natural drain on the city .. it will take at least 25 years of major strategy ...

Of course it is a good begining and is see the Jamati major Naimatullah as an icon of forward march for Karachi.

Do work with the Japanese in significant capacity.

Their work ethic has to be seen to be believed. They are also rolling in money. Thirdly, a lot of their production processes, technology and equipment are simply incomparable in most cases.

Builders and manufacturers extraordinarie, only good for Pakistan. If there is a finishing touch, this is it. Japanese companies are also generally great to work with and for investing.

But Karachi is crawling with the violent types, isn't it? Can guarantee their safety?

True ... I think last time some ppl came to build submarine they got blown off...

who told you that? its not good to make assumptions. the majority of karachiites are extremely peaceful and decent peope. and karachi has no more 'violent types' than any other metropolis of the world. in fact, i've read that D.C. has a higher crime rate than karachi does. just goes to show....

Yeh but people blowing themselves up in mosques isn't a usual occurance anywhere else in the world. Violence and Terrorism in Karachi is without a doubt out of control, something has to be done NOW!!!

Put some police to guard the construction, they're armed well!

This is the 2nd very strange and anti Pakistani comment ive seen from u!!!Its not all that bad,that was like once incident right during the height of the afghan war and they were french engineers or somethign.

Theres nothing strange about the comment. Pakistan is not the most secure place for foreign contractors. Iranian Engineers, French Engineers and even Chinese have been murdered in cold blood. These people were here as guests to build our infrastructure. I Dont think recognizing an existing problem is anti Pakistani, infact its simply realizing that a problem exists.

Those guys aren't Pakistanis, nor are they Muslims, they are animals. Foreign militants hiding in Pakistan.

Now lets get back on topic ?

Man Naimatullah should just hand over the city to the Japanese...Period!
I mean we have seen what our own idiot builders do (or not do, to be exact) so I think letting the japanese develop the city for us could be a dream come true!