Rangers special powers: 'Invasion of Sindh' against spirit of constitution, says Zardari

PPP co-chairman says nation will slip into quagmire of instability if constitution was trampled in this manner

ISLAMABAD: Co-chairman Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Asif Ali Zardari has termed the extension of Rangers' special powers by the federal government as "unconstitutional invasion of Sindh".

Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar had on Tuesday unconditionally restored Rangers powers for two months, setting aside a summary of Sindh government evolved after a resolution in provincial assembly to limit the force.

“The central government trampled the principle of constitutionalism by invading the province of Sindh, [which is] against the letter and spirit of the Constitution,” the former president said in his statement on the 139th birth anniversary of Quaid-e-Azam.

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The nation will slip into a quagmire of instability and uncertainty if the constitution was trampled in this manner, the former president warned.

Zardari asked people to adhere to the principles of Quaid, of democracy, constitutionalism and rule of law and banish a militant and extremist mindset.



He also paid homage to the personnel of the armed forces who laid down their lives in the line of duty.

Initially on board when the operation in the mega city started in 2013, the PPP and Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) complained against, what they called, unbridled powers to execute the operation.