KARACHI: President Mamnoon Hussain on Sunday visited the mausoleum of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah in Karachi and vowed to purge the city of violence which has claimed hundreds of lives this year, SAMAA reported.
Accompanied by Sindh Governor Dr. Ishratul Ebad and Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah, the president visited the Mazar-e-Quaid this morning, offered fateha and laid floral wreath at the grave of found of Pakistan during his first visit to the mausoleum since assuming the office in September this year.
Later, speaking to media persons, Mamnoon Hussain vowed that he would play his due role for the improvement of law and order situation in Karachi, the hub of Pakistan’s economy plagued by political and ethnic violence, gang war and criminal activities.
“The PML-N government is striving to improve the overall economic conditions of Pakistan and I hope that Finance Minister Ishaq Dar’s measures would help stabilize the rupee against dollar…but it will take some time,” the president said.
He vowed that electricity rates would be reduced gradually in next three to four years.
Replying to a question, the president tied fresh tension at the Line of Control (LoC) with elections in India.
“India is heading towards elections and the opposition BJP is making propaganda that Indian government is compromising on their national security in talks with Pakistan. So these are the election tactics and the border tension is likely to deescalate after Indian polls.” -
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