A high-level meeting between Administrator Karachi and Turkish Consul General took place on Friday to discuss various probable partnership projects among the two countries for development, a state of the art tram being one of them.
Administrator Karachi, Iftikhar Shahllwani was called upon by the Turkish consul general Tolga Ochak where it was also decided to name roads of Karachi as ‘Istanbul Avenue’ and ‘Ata Turk Avenue,’ adding that DG parks Taha Saleem and Turkish representatives would visit the city to choose the roads that would be named as such.
Shallwani was of the view that a part of Baghe Ibn e Qasim would be allocated for the projection of brother country Turkish culture and civilization. He said that these projects would further increase the relationships between Pakistan and Turkey and give fruitful results in the future.
He also recommended that the local government should run a tram service in Karachi with the help of Turkey to help boost tourism, besides easing the transport woes of Karachiites.
Shallwani said that the tram would be run on a nine-kilometer track from Metropole Hotel to Tower. In the first phase, the tram would pass through street library club road (commissioner office), Governor House, Shaheen Complex, and II Chundrigar Road.
