PTI leader Nadir Laghari had stated that the party was against the formation of new provinces in Sindh – an act MQM chief Altaf Hussain condemned -- prompting the MQM to stage a walkout in the joint session of Parliament on Friday.
Addressing the rally at Teen Talwar in Karahci on Saturday, MQM MNA Khusbakht Shujaat said, "If you want Pakistan to remain strong, to grow, the establishment of these units must be made.”
"We must make administrative units to strengthen the federation in Pakistan. This is not an alien concept. You will decide what has to happen, the decision is in your hands," she said.
In reference to the local body system, Shujaat questioned the rulers as to why this system was abolished. She then asked her supporters, “Did you not benefit from that system? Did you not get clean water and electricity?”
“You (the rulers) stopped this system because you are against our province,” she said, further stating, “We feel happy when we look at how other provinces are developing, but are saddened to see that our province, Sindh, is not.”
She warned that the crowd at the rally would increase. "We have taken the first step today to make you understand. This step can go much further," she said.
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Khushbakht Shujaat is not an MNA... She is an EX MNA ET try to publish facts pleasssseee
@Saad: YOU MUST BE MENTALLY IMPAIRED.I am sure this is not the fault of anyone. You ask a silly question, you get a silly answer!!!.
Viva! Bravo! Shabash! MQM has decided to wake up and think of the people rather than the PPP. The useless and wastrel PPP is decaying rapidly under the present management. Salams
@Mehran Soomro: Yes, Sindh is a a peace of cake for Feudals not for anyone else.
and some touts of N league were saying PTI will not say a word against MQM......PTI you make me feel better with every next step of yours......long live PTI..and don't worry if even it's PTI VS ALL othere parties.....i will stand by PTI.....GO NAWAZ GO
@Mehran Soomro: New Sindhi getting tired of being not accepted as son of the soil, Why there is quota system in Sindh only in whole Pakistan? It is true example of racism and discrimination against their own countrymen.
So better more provinces in Pakistan as the whole western world and even Afghanistan has more provinces. What is wrong to benefit the people with more governing units, after all WE ARE ALL MUSLIMS AND PAKISTANI. As Pakistan was created in the name of ISLAM not for Sindhi, Punjabi, Pathan, Balochi or else.
@Raza: Unfortunately people like you are responsible of Political mess in Pakistan. More provinces are much better to govern and provide benefits of JAMHURIYAT to the grass root. Pity on people are narrow vision.
MQM stance is pure hipocracy.Why ,the party did not organise protest against PPP and PMLN?.These two parties are also openly against the creation of new Province in Sindh.Why protest only against PTI?.It means that there is something else and not the stance of PTI.
did Mr.Jinnah clearly put formation of Pakistan in the manifesto of Muslim League.
Just because you didnt win a whole election, and didnt campaign for it, doesnt mean a call for new provinces is against the parliamentary form of the system. Stop being a class A douchebag and declaring everything undemocratic. India regularly makes new provinces, we are stuck in the feudal mindset of keeping everything as it is because it keeps the rural land owners happy. Karachi is in an urgent need of a local setup and for that, it is vital to have provinces urgently. Also, punjab needs to be broken up into smaller provinces too, for more equal governance, right now all development is centered around Lahore and all other areas get neglected by his highness Shahbaz shareef. IK needs an urgent reality check and he must not let radicals hijack Karachi politics.
@Fahad: I am staunch supporter of L.B. elections and demand that they should be held as soon as possible. Please don't confuse it with new provinces or administrative units. Presently, no elected political party can make demand for new federating units, because none of them has been voted in by the people to create new provinces. Before 2013 elections, PPP campaigned vaguely for Saraiki Province but lost in Saraiki belt too. All other parties including MQM avoided this topic.
Sindh is Not a piece of Cake, it is federating unit, which accepted to be part of federation on 23rd March 1940. Our forefathers joined Pakistan, not because some one will divide us into parts. Those who migrated to our land, and were settled in Urban centers, and availed all the best resources of this Sufi Land, and one day, they will turn against the motherland which embraced them. If they are unhappy in Sindh, they can leave Sindh as Pakistan does not end in Sindh. Some parties are trying to create conflicts between Old and New Sindhis. MQM will be considered a party who is responsible for politics of hate and division.
I request New Sindhis, Please dont fall prey to this scheme, you need to come ahead and give shut up call to people who are doing divisive politics. We are permanent residents of Sindh, we have to live and die in Sindh, this is our land, and in-house fighting among permanent residents of Sindh will only weaken us, and create more walls. It is time to reject politics of hate, and unite against any one who talks about Division of Sindh.
So finally! Its Kaptaaan vs all political Mafia. MQM's frustration is evident.. Inshallah today it will be proved that Karachi belong to PTI now.. MQM is history.
The inner fascist mindset of PTI's Ghus Bethiye is on full display on this issue. For Karachiites, this issue gave fuel to the fact that PTI's inner core is least sincere with solving the age long crises faced by the city. Imran Khan is surrounded by same feudal and fascist mindset people. With every passing day, he's more and more becoming Mussolini's rebirth in 21st century, and unfortunately in Pakistan. Administrative units and Local Govt. are a must for democracy to propel. No matter how much I disagree with MQMs politics, they are on point on this issue. There is no democracy without the system of democracy at grass root level. Whether it is work of Mian Aamir in Lahore or Mustafa Kamal in Karachi, LG system proved it's effectiveness, and only foreseeable reason to oppose it is safeguard the feudal interest and fake democracy.
@Ch Allah Daad , ...... is the local govt not a good idea ? the centralization of power help in the development which can be seen by the last local body system which resulted in a massive makeover of Karachi ? so why is it wrong , it never wrong.