KARACHI: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Karachi Chief Monem Zafar Khan has criticized Karachi Mayor Murtaza Wahab, saying the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) administration appeared troubled by the pace of development work in JI-administered towns rather than encouraging civic progress.Speaking at the inauguration ceremony of newly constructed roads in Blocks 13-C and 13-A of Gulshan-i-Iqbal Town, Monem Zafar Khan described the projects as a continuation of public service despite limited resources. He challenged the mayor to explain why similar development initiatives were not visible across the 13 towns governed by the PPP."Instead of incompetence and corruption, JI town administrations have spent public funds on the citizens with honesty and integrity," he said, adding that his party's elected representatives had fulfilled their promises to the electorate.Highlighting the party's municipal record, the JI leader said that more than 685 kilometers of roads and streets had been constructed, repaired, or paved with tu ff tiles across the nine towns managed by the party. In Gulshan-i-Iqbal Town specifically, he noted that 100 percent of municipal schools had been upgraded with furniture, clean drinking water, and washrooms, resulting in higher student enrollment. He added that work was also underway on park renovations, streetlights, and youth centers.Referring to the latest projects in Gulshan-i-Iqbal, he said the carpeting and construction of 16 internal streets and two major roads-spanning roughly 260,000 square feet-had been completed. He commended Gulshan-i-Iqbal Town Chairman Dr. Fuad Ahmed and his team for addressing residents' civic issues, noting that JI had recently presented its three-year performance report before journalists and the business community.Turning his criticism toward the Sindh government, he said the PPP had been in power in the province for 18 years and controlled key civic bodies, including the Karachi Water and Sewerage Corporation, yet citizens remained deprived of basic amenities like wate r and proper infrastructure.He also censured the provincial and federal governments over delays in mass transit projects. Pointing out that Lahore, Peshawar, and Rawalpindi had operational metro and bus rapid transit (BRT) systems, he said major thoroughfares in Karachi had been dug up in the name of transport schemes. He termed the Red Line BRT project a "source of agony" for commuters and criticized the incomplete status of the Green Line project.Addressing the gathering, Gulshan-i-Iqbal Town Chairman Dr. Fuad Ahmed said that infrastructure upgrades and the provision of municipal facilities were progressing rapidly across the town, with several more projects nearing completion.JI District East chief Naeem Akhtar, Information Secretary Zahid Askari, Town Vice Chairman Ibrahim Siddiqui, and local union committee chairmen were also present on the occasion.