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Not IMF but Karachi can pull out you from economic quagmire. Big people are behind water stealers too. Our enemy cannot compete us. Our problem is with our own people. If Karachi runs then Pakistan will run. I got completed development projects worth Rs 30000 crore being mayor. No one can prove corruption of single pie against me. ONLINE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KARACHI: Health minister Mustafa Kamal has said Karachi and not IMF can steer Pakistan out of economic crisis. Addressing a press conference here he said I know entire situation of Karachi which is gateway to central Asia. 90 percent citizens drink water by purchasing it. 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