| | KARACHI: Nazim declines to attend international seminar -DAWN - Local; 19 November, 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) |
 | | The nazim has also returned the notification whereby he was allowed to attend a Euro-Asian International Seminar on "Better-Structured Decentralised Cooperation for Urban Projects in Asia Using Bilateral and Multilateral Public Aid," scheduled to be held on Nov 18 and 19 at Lyon, France. |
 | | Returning a copy of the notification (dated Sept 13, 2004) whereby the City Nazim was given an NOC for the seminar, the Nazim in a letter addressed to Sindh chief minister stated inter alia: "I am not attending this conference on your NOC as your public statements have made it controversial. |
 | | The Nazim pointed that all the international visits he has, so far, undertaken, were merely aimed at bringing foreign investment for the city's development projects, besides neither the Sindh government, nor the city government have spent even a single penny on his trips abroad. |
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