Karachi Mayor Murtaza Wahab said on Wednesday that even Rs200 billion would be insufficient for the city’s development and stressed the need for federal support, while also remarking that any comment on Punjab could upset Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz.

Speaking at the inauguration of a new cath lab at the Karachi Institute of Heart Diseases, Wahab said the facility had already conducted three operations since morning. He noted that the lab would ease pressure on patients in Federal B Area who previously had to travel to the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases.

The mayor said criticism for its own sake did not resolve issues, adding that Karachi’s problems required substantial financial resources. “If I do not seek help from the prime minister for Karachi, then from whom should I?

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