Karachi: The Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a local social welfare firm on Thursday to improve the city zoo, according to a news source.
As per a press release, the Mayor of Karachi Waseem Akhter and Director of the non-profit organisation ‘Join Hands’, signed this MoU. The MoU outlines the pairing of both KMC and ‘Join Hands’ to bring Karachi Zoo at par with international-standard zoos. The firms also agreed to share technical expertise, including the training of zoo employees.
City Commissioner Dr Syed Saif-ur-Rehman and Director Zoo Mansoor Qazi were also present at the occasion.
Addressing the gathering, the mayor said that instead of protecting and nourishing the green space and heritage monuments like the rest of the world, we have neglected them and caused devastation of the parks and heritage sites. He stressed that immediate steps must be taken to remedy the situation.
He also lauded the efforts being done in Bagh Ibn-e-Qasim Clifton, Safari Park, and Hill Park and announced the launch of multiple new parks like Kidney Hill Park and an unnamed one near China Ground on Kashmir Road. The mayor also planted a sapling in the zoo to commemorate this occasion.
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