Karachi [Pakistan], December 7 (ANI): The City Council’s Water and Sewerage Committee has rejected all inquiry reports submitted by the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC), Karachi Water and Sewerage Corporation (KWSC), and TransKarachi after the death of three-year-old Ibrahim, who fell into an uncovered manhole near NIPA earlier this week, Dawn reported.
Led by Leader of the Opposition Advocate Saifuddin, the committee criticised senior municipal authorities for a pattern of “irresponsibility and indifference.” Representatives from TransKarachi and KWSC attended the meeting, but the municipal commissioner, who had been summoned, neither appeared nor sent a representative, drawing sharp condemnation.
After visiting the site, Advocate Saifuddin said the commissioner’s absence showed a “clear lack of seriousness” from the KMC administration and the mayor’s office. He accused departments of trying to shift blame during the session instead of accepting responsibility for the fatal lapse.
The committee dismissed KWSC’s report, which claimed the stormwater drain was not under its jurisdiction, calling the document “incomplete, evasive, and unsatisfactory.” Members said such bureaucratic deflection worsens Karachi’s long-standing governance crisis.
Saifuddin noted that although a few officials had been suspended, the action appeared to be a public relations move rather than a sincere effort to fix systemic problems. “Four days have passed since the child’s death, yet the authorities remain clueless about who is responsible for leaving the manhole open,” he said.
The committee demanded an independent and transparent inquiry and urgent reforms in the city’s municipal structure to ensure accountability and prevent similar tragedies in Karachi’s chronically mismanaged civic landscape, Dawn reported. (ANI)
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