Daily Times

Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah have directed officers concerned to not leave any stone unturned while delivering basic facilities to the people at their doorstep.

This they said while presiding over a high-level meeting at Circuit House here on Saturday evening.

MNAs, MPAs and officers of Larkana and Kambar-Shahdadkot districts participated in the meeting. The top PPP duo instructed parliamentarians and district officials to immediately complete all on-going development schemes pertaining to infrastructure, public health and sewage system.

They further asked them to improve cleanliness in their respective areas. Sindh Planning and Development Chairman Muhammad Wasim briefed the meeting about the development works.

Later, Adviser to Sindh CM Murtaza Wahab, Local Bodies Minister Saeed Ghani and Information Minister Syed Nasir Shah gave a joint briefing to newsmen about the Sindh CM’s meeting with Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar.

Murtaza Wahab said that the meeting was held in a good atmosphere. He quoted the CJP as saying that the Sindh Police needed reforms. He said that the Sindh CM assured the CJP that he would accompany him to Thar and would brief him about the development made there so far. He said 50,000 families would be provided nutrition package in Thar. He said that all required information had been provided to the JIT probing money laundering.

To a question, he said that Pakistan Quarters belonged to the central government and it should file a review petition in the apex court. He said that PPP government did not want to make anyone homeless but would try to provide them substitute. He said that the provincial government had given 20,000 homes free of cost.

Murtaza further said that political victimisation was being made in the name of accountability. “We want that accountability must start from PTI.”

Local Bodies Minister Saeed Ghani said contingency employees had been removed due to which cleanliness issues had surfaced. He said according to law no deduction could be made in NFC award and vowed to resist any attempt to curtail it. He alleged that the ruling PTI government had inflicted a loss of Rs 60 billion after coming into power. He said policing and prosecution system would be improved in Sindh.

The PPP leaders also reviewed situation of law and order situation. Briefing the meeting, Larkana DIG Javed Akbar Riaz claimed that the situation was satisfactory. The PPP leaders said that peace must be maintained and people’s lives be protected.

Published in Daily Times, October 28^th 2018.