India Landed On Moon, Children In Karachi Die In Gutters: Pakistani Lawmaker's Fiery Speech [Watch]

Drawing parallels between India and Pakistan's achievements, Pakistani lawmaker Syed Mustafa Kamal on Wednesday in the National Assembly said that the world is reaching the moon while innocent children are dying in Karachi.

The Muttahida Quami Movement Pakistan (MQM-P) leader said, "Today, the condition in Karachi is that, while the world is going to the moon, children are dying by falling into gutter in Karachi. On the same screen, there is news that India landed on the moon, and just after two seconds, the news is that a child died in an open gutter in Karachi," Kamal said in his address to the Parliament on Wednesday.

He spoke about the shortage of clean water in Karachi. The MQM-P leader also referenced a report stating that there are 7 million children in Karachi and over 26 million children in Pakistan who are unable to attend school.

"Karachi is the revenue engine of Pakistan. The two seaports operational in Pakistan since its inception, are both in Karachi. We (Karachi) are the gateway to the entire Pakistan, Central Asia to Afghanistan...For 15 years, Karachi was not given even a bit of fresh water. Even the water that came, the tanker mafia hoarded it and sold it to the people of Karachi," Kamal added.

"We have a total of 48,000 schools, but a new report says that out of that 11,000 are 'ghost schools'. 70 lakh children in Sindh don't go to school and a total of 2,62,00,000 children in the country don't go to school...if we just focus on this, the leaders of the country shouldn't even get proper sleep," the Pakistani Parliamentarian stated.

In August last year, India achieved a significant milestone as its Chandrayaan-3 lander became the first spacecraft from the country to safely reach the lunar surface. This historic event occurred in August 2023, marking India's pioneering achievement as the first country to successfully land on the South Pole of the moon.

On the other hand, Pakistan, facing economic challenges including distress, high inflation, and mounting debt, is seeking a new loan program from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF).