PPP MNA opposes alleged land handover in Jamshoro

The Sindh govt is reportedly handing over land to a real estate developer

HYDERABAD: The alleged move by the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP)-led Sindh government to hand over land in Jamshoro district's mountainous region to one of the leading real estate developers of Pakistan has found influential opposition. PPP MNA Malik Asad Sikandar has said he will oppose any move to hand over land inhabited by the people in Kohistan to any builder.

"If any decision is taken, which is against the people of Kohistan, I will stand with the public," Sikandar vowed while talking to the local media in Kotri, Jamshoro.



Jamshoro district neighbours Hyderabad, which is the fastest growing city in Sindh after Karachi, and where the horizontal growth of buildings is now gradually taking over vertical growth due to lack of land. Jamshoro, located on right bank of the Indus River, also houses the Kotri and Nooriabad industrial zones besides three public sector universities with an enrolment of over 30,000 students.

The MNA said he has no objection to giving away the land that is not in use of the people for living and livelihood to the builder. According to him, he came to know about the alleged plan to sell the land when the matter was brought up during a meeting of the district council Jamshoro.



"I am and will remain a part of the PPP. Difference of opinion on the issues within a party is sign of a healthy democracy," he said.