Awami Tehreek gives ordinance repeal stamp of approval

Rasool Bux Palijo says Sindh has the right to legislate laws due to Centre’s ‘unfairness’

HYDERABAD: The Pakistan Peoples Party's (PPP’s) move to clip the National Accountability Bureau's wings in Sindh seems to have received tacit backing from veteran nationalist leader Rasool Bux Palijo, who the heads Awami Tehreek.

At a press conference, during which Palijo announced a week-long protest against corruption and settlement of non-Sindhis in the province, he contended that the provinces should have the right to legislate such a law.

"The federal government hasn't descended from the heavens. Nor is it that sacred that Sindh can't legislate a law," said Palijo.



On July 3, the Sindh Assembly repealed the National Accountability Ordinance, 1999 amid the opposition's protest. But the bill has yet to win the approval of Governor Muhammad Zubair who has already expressed scepticism over the development.

Palijo said the Centre 'blackmails' Sindh under the guise of different laws and takes away the province’s resources. "Therefore, the provinces should have the right to legislate such a law ... [also] because the Centre has created so many troubles for Sindh."

When asked to comment on the ongoing Joint Investigation Team led inquiry against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his family, Palijo pointed to an international conspiracy. "Captain [Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairperson Imran Khan] is bellowing on the directions of the US to [bar] Chinese from Pakistan."