Overview

• Information ministry spokesperson Raja Khaliq uz Zaman Ansari announced a Rs334 billion program comprising 22 development projects for Karachi.
• The federal government framed the initiative as a partnership with the Sindh government and the Karachi mayor and urged local cooperation.
• Ansari alleged Mayor Murtaza Wahab halted the Green Line Phase II works, calling the stoppage costly and asking that construction resume.
• Officials said the 21‑kilometre Green Line corridor is operational with about 42,000 daily riders and that the Gurumandir–Municipal Park segment had begun before the halt.
• Targets and scope outlined by the spokesperson include completing the Green Line expansion by June next year, a December visit by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif with a 200,000‑laptop distribution event, transit linkages across Red, Yellow and Blue lines, upgrades to the Karachi Water Filter Plant, revival of the Karachi Circular Railway via the port network, modernization of Karachi Cantt Station and a separate Russia‑backed agreement to revive Pakistan Steel Mills.