Daily Times

Advisor to Sindh chief minister (CM) for Information Barrister Murtaza Wahab said that preliminary investigation had revealed that action on Karachi Press Club (KPC) was conducted due to misunderstanding since the GSM locator had shown incorrect location.

He said that Sindh Government stood by the journalists and vowed to resolve their issues. This Barrister Wahab said while talking to media persons outside the Sindh Assembly on Friday.

He said that action against encroachments in Sadder was initiated on the directives of Supreme Court of Pakistan (SCP) and maintained that a transparent action was initiated against encroachments and no one was being targeted .

He advised the opposition not to make this operation ‘political’. To a question, Wahab said that potable water would be provided to people of Karachi and intensive action had been launched against the illegal hydrants being run in the city. He said that action would also be taken against Safoora Goth hydrant.

To another question, the provincial advisor said that an enquiry against Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader Haleem Aadil Sheikh was under investigation in Anticorruption Establishment. He assured that the inquiry would be carried out in transparent manner.

Barrister Wahab thanked the federal government for acknowledging that Sindh’s water share was being stolen and demanded that water share be ensured as per water Accord 1991. He said that the governor had no executive power in the light of 18th Constitutional Amendment and advised him to go through rules of business as well as the Constitution?

Barrister Murtaza Wahab further said that no official advertisements had been discontinued to large or small newspapers. He added that only advertisements to ‘bogus newspapers’ had been stopped.

Published in Daily Times, November 10^th 2018.