New Karachi census will be completed by December 2022: Asad Umar

• Umar says "a fair and transparent census will be conducted in Karachi"; will be completed by December 2022.
  
• Says PM Imran Khan is coming to solve Karachi's transportation issues.
• Says Greenline Bus project to be inaugurated in two weeks.

KARACHI: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar on Sunday said that Karachi's new population census will be completed by December 2022.

Umar, while addressing a PTI's workers' convention in Karachi, said that the census has always been a problem in Karachi.

He said that a complaint was received that the people of Karachi are not able to find employment at which, Prime Minister Imran Khan said that census should be conducted every five years.

"A fair and transparent census will be conducted in Karachi," Umar said.

The minister further stated that the Green Line Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project will be completed within 10-12 days.

Umar said that the PTI-led government will resolve Karachi's transport issues as he announced that PM Imran Khan will inaugurate the project in Karachi in two weeks.

"PM Imran Khan is coming [to Karachi] to solve the transportation issues of the citizens of Karachi," said Umar.

He said that "Karachi's journey towards development has begun".

Speaking about the local government system in Sindh, Umar said that it doesn't empower people.

He said that the PTI has filed a petition in court regarding the system.

The minister further stated that the education, health, transport, tourism and water supply and sewerage departments will work under the mayor in Islamabad.

Cargo ship carrying 40 buses for Karachi BRT project arrive

On September 19, public transport in Karachi got closer to getting a much-needed boost as a cargo ship carrying the Green Line Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project buses entered Pakistani territory.

Authorities had confirmed to Geo News that the cargo ship Feng Shen, loaded with 40 buses, had entered Pakistan’s territorial waters.

Earlier, Sindh Governor Imran Ismail had also announced that the BRT project would be inaugurated in Karachi in a month's time.

The Greenline BRT project had been started back in 2016 by former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, who had aimed to complete the project within one year. However, due to various reasons, the project remained incomplete.