Naimatullah Khan

Family background A successful lawyer, a dynamic philanthropist and an unparalleled administrator, Nimatullah Khan was a multifaceted personality, and is known as the "Father of Karachi" for his tireless service during the district administration. He was born on October 1, 1930 in Shahjahanpur area of ​​Ajmer Sharif, the neighborhood of famous Muslim saint Khawaja Moinuddin Ajmeri. Your family migrated from Shahjahanpur, India to Pakistan in 1948 and settled in Karachi. After coming to Karachi in the early days your family had to live in a one room house for many years facing extreme hardships. You struggled hard for higher education and family survival and managed your life through tuition apart from a part-time job. Student period Got his early education from Shahjahanpur and Ajmer. After migrating to Pakistan, he graduated from Punjab University, obtained his Master's degree in Persian Literature and from Karachi University he passed his LLB examination in addition to Diploma in Journalism. Later started practicing as an Income Tax Advocate, and served as a successful advocate and expert in Income Tax matters. During his student days, he worked as an active worker in Tehreek-e-Pakistan, when he was only 15 years old. At the same time, he participated in the "All India Muslim Legislators' Conference" under the chairmanship of Quaid-e-Azam along with the Muslim Member Legislative Assembly of Shahjahanpur. From 1946 until the establishment of Pakistan, he was the elected president of the Muslim League National Guard district of Ajmer. It is the result of this childhood struggle for the establishment of Pakistan that Nimatullah Khan kept getting emotional hearing the name of Pakistan and did not stop expressing his love for it. Joining Jamaat-e-Islami He joined Jamaat-e-Islami in 1957 in order to implement the promises made to the Muslims in the sub-continent of Pakistan and to make Pakistan an Islamic state in the true sense. Stay busy. You have the honor of taking the oath of membership of the Jamaat in the Kaaba. Professor Ghafoor Ahmed was the oath taker. Perhaps this has the effect that your unwavering commitment to the party has never made a difference. After that, he was Naib Amir of Karachi Jamaat and remained Amir for a while, later he served as Naib Amir of Jamaat-e-Islami Sindh province. Political travel He was elected as a member of the Sindh Assembly in the non-partisan election of 1985. The opposition members expressed their confidence in him as the "Leader of the Opposition" in the Assembly. During this time, he acted as the representative of the people of Karachi and Sindh and raised public issues in the assembly in a vigorous manner. After the system of district governments introduced in 2001, Nimatullah Khan was elected as the first Nazim of Karachi. Managing the largest city of Pakistan called Mini Pakistan in a new system was a huge challenge but you have distinguished yourself by serving the city of Karachi and its residents with unparalleled service through determination and courage, tireless hard work and trust and honesty. He proved himself worthy of this position and in a short period of 4 years he completely changed the face of Karachi. Despite the fact that you faced severe difficulties and obstacles due to the hostile attitude of the governor and provincial ministers of a fascist linguistic organization like MQM, but you fought their tactics with bravery and persistence and served Karachi and its Always refused any intervention for the welfare of the citizens. As Nazm (mayor) of Karachi Karhay is prominent Nizamat during the reign of Nimatullah Khan is considered as the golden period of Karachi, which is a proof of his trust, honesty and abilities. Karachi's budget miraculously increased from 6 billion to a record 42 billion in the short span of Nizam's 4-year tenure. Around 300 big green buses were plying on the roads for the first time. 300 parks and 300 playgrounds were reconstructed, including 18 model parks. 32 new colleges were built for the students, the standard of corporation schools increased to such an extent that the number of students in A1 and A grades increased from 200 to 2000 in 4 years, BCS program was started in 6 colleges. So students started doing IT graduation after paying a very small fee. Nimatullah Khan gifted Karachi Institute of Heart, a cardiology hospital equipped with modern facilities to the people of Karachi. K-M-D-C Phase II completed, F-TC flyover completed, Shahrah Qaidin and Shahrah Faisal flyover inaugurated, mega projects like Lyari Expressway and Northern Bypass started fast. . Work has started on Sohrab Goth Flyover, Quaidabad Flyover and above all Korangi to Shah Faisal, Malir River Bridge under the Build-Karachi programme. Foundation stone of Hasan Square Flyover, Karsaz Flyover and Gharibabad Underpass was laid and work on Clifton Underpass started. Dozens of major roads were constructed from Rashid Minhas Road, Jahangir Road, Maripur, Dalmia Road, Mehran Highway, Ibn Sina Road, Mai Kalachi Road and Orangi Highway. In the same period, millions of gallons of water were made available to the citizens under K-3, the grand water supply project of Karachi, which can undoubtedly be said to be the most important project of his administration. The safari area of ​​the Safari Park was opened for the first time in 34 years and the installation of the chair lift was completed.