The party’s disheartened president, Ayaz Latif Palijo, held a press conference after their ‘Mohajir Suba Na-manzoor’ (Mohajir province not acceptable) rally at the Karachi Press Club. PHOTO: EXPRESS/IRFAN ALI
This was stated by QAT President Ayaz Latif Palijo during a press conference in Hyderabad on Sunday. The march will also raise the issues of the plight of the agricultural economy, Zulfiqarabad and other 'anti-Sindh' projects, he said.
Any renewed national reconciliation ordinance with Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Co-Chairperson Asif Ali Zardari or any other political figure will not be accepted, Palijo declared. The PPP is playing the role of friendly opposition to the Pakistan Muslim league - Nawaz (PML-N)-led federal government and in reciprocity, the Centre is ignoring the injustices perpetrated by the Sindh government in the province, he accused.
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Taking a jab at PPP Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and his sisters, Palijo remarked that they live in palaces worth billions of rupees while many people in Sindh cannot even afford flour due to poverty.
The QAT president also accused the PPP leadership of having devised a rigging plan to win the 2018 general elections. According to Palijo, Bilawal has devised a three-pronged strategy under which every PPP candidate would spend Rs50 million in bribes to secure votes, the Benazir Income Support Programme would be used to bribe voters and polling stations would be hijacked.
"The judiciary and Parliament should make sure that no corrupt person is allowed to contest the elections," Palijo asserted. He reiterated the opposition's demand to allow the National Accountabilty Bureau (NAB) to work in the province. The NAB law was repealed as a move to save corrupt elements, he said.
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Palijo said the confrontation between the PML-N government and nstitutions was adversely affecting the economy. "Nawaz Sharif should try to scale down the conflict," he suggested.
Palijo also asked the government to take an active role in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, Organisation of Islamic Cooperation and United Nations. "The world's establishment is not tolerating Pakistan's cooperation with China, Russia and Iran," he remarked, adding that Pakistan has now refused to comply with the international establishment's dictates. The United States is opposing CPEC in order to destabilise the region, he alleged.
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