Karachi Diary

 Karachi Diary

 Mubasher Mir

The martyrdom of Pakistan's neighboring country, President Ibrahim Raisi, in a helicopter crash has left the entire Islamic world in mourning. When this news began to be broadcast on social media platforms, at that time Muslims and non-Muslims from all over the world prayed for the safety of a courageous leader. Many hours were spent in the same conflict that where did his missing helicopter go? Reports of bad weather further disappointed his fans, news about him remained the focus of public attention in the media across Pakistan.

Many social media users from Pakistan posted pictures of their engagements in Pakistan and expressed their feelings.

Late at night, Iran officially confirmed his martyrdom. He was accompanied by the foreign minister and the governor of North Azerbaijan province. But his helicopter was the victim of an accident. Although there is a lot of talk about this, the Iranian government has not officially declared it as sabotage. Of course, formal notification will be given after the investigation of the accident.

But social media users have revealed that the news of the accident that happened to the Iranian president was first reported from Israel, which is surprising. The people from all over Pakistan and the government of Pakistan have issued condolence messages to the Iranian nation on this tragic accident.

A ceremony was organized in connection with the anniversary of Pakistan-China diplomatic relations at the Chinese Consulate in Karachi, in which the most important personalities of the city of Karachi participated. On this occasion, the Chinese Consul General described the relationship between the two countries as an example because both countries are supporting each other in times of difficulty. He said that Pakistan is grateful that our "One China" policy is fully supported. Similarly, the People's Republic of China also fully supports Pakistan's Kashmir policy. The people of both the countries have come closer to each other due to the economic corridor projects and new avenues of cooperation will open up in the future. On this occasion, other speakers also discussed the Pakistan-China relations and appreciated the Chinese cooperation for Pakistan.

A heat wave alert has been issued in Karachi, which is about the intensity of weather  from May 21 to May 27. For the past few years, Karachi has been facing a particularly heat wave, but the provincial government has not made any serious efforts to reforest the city's outskirts. This is the reason why many lives have been lost due to heat wave in the city of Karachi after being hit by climate change. There were heavy rains in Sindh last year, the Department of Forestry, Agriculture and Irrigation has not taken  the responsibility to do some serious steps.  An integrated program has been devised to increase the number of trees.

Along with the news of heat wave in Karachi, load shedding of electricity has also increased drastically, day by day people are blocking the road due to heat wave, due to load shedding of electricity, water supply is also reduced. On the one hand, people are forced to buy water at high prices due to water mafia in the city of Karachi and on the other hand, the supply of water is suspended due to load shedding of electricity. Although the city government belongs to the People's Party, the mayor of Karachi, despite all his claims, has not been able to reduce the problems of the people, which is a matter of great surprise. The mayor of Karachi should deliver a coherent program of city improvement, especially the master plan, which has been kept secret, to the people of Karachi.

The government of Pakistan announced a reduction in petroleum prices, but at the same time there was also an indication of increasing the per unit price of electricity, gas prices have already been increased a lot. People were attracted towards solar energy and net metering system was proposed. When a large number of people started adopting it, the energy minister started talking about revising it. At this time, apart from home users, industrial users have also adopted the solar system. People have been let down once again by making such statements after investing in solar energy. IPPs contracts have destroyed Pakistan's economy.

There is no justice in politics, similarly the economy is suffering from injustice, every industry is publishing advertisements appealing to the government. The government should initiate a grand dialogue so that the country's system can be put on the right track.