Migration to Karachi must be kept in check: Ebad

Karachi
The Sindh governor said on Wednesday that there could be chaos in Karachi in the coming days if the influx of people from other areas of the country to the city was not kept in check.
“There has been a constant increase in the number of people migrating from different parts of the country to Karachi,” Dr Ishratul Ebad Khan told Norwegian ambassador Leif Larsen, honorary consul general M. Moonis and first secretary of consular affairs Homma Latif during a meeting at the Governor’s House.
The governor said Karachi was the most populated city in the country and ranked seventh across the world in this regard, but it was still one of the cheapest metropolises on a global scale.
He said the city had been giving its output only on a basis of utilising 30 percent of its economic generation, but still contributed to 70 percent income generation of the country.
He said Karachi had its shortcomings but also provided massive opportunities of growth and progress owing to which multinational companies had been earning profits in the city.
The Norwegian ambassador said Karachi could be compared with any other major city and it was a lively, flourishing and bustling metropolis.
Larsen added that he would motivate Norwegian businessmen to invest in Karachi and take advantage of its growth opportunities.