Opposition submits requisition for session

Opposition legislators of Sindh submitted requisition in the assembly secretariat on Wednesday to convene a session of the provincial assembly to discuss various issues affecting life of common people.

Law makers belonging to Pakistan Tehreek Insaf (PTI), Muttahida Qoumi Movement- Pakistan (MQM-P) and Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA) requested to summon a session for discussing law and order situation, shortage of wheat and high prices of flour, local government elections, provincial finance commission, land grabbing, water scarcity and delay in sugar cane crushing.

It was announced in a joint press conference by leader of the opposition Haleem Adil Sheikh, parliamentary leaders of PTI, MQM-P and GDA and other assembly members here at Sindh Assembly building.

Speaking at the occasion Haleem Adil Sheikh said that people of the province were suffering due to bad governance and apathy of PPP government and such serious issued need to be discussed in the assembly as it was the most appropriate forum for the purpose.

PPP was not convening the assembly session although a number of serious issues requiring immediate attention, he said adding that when any member from government benches required production order they keep the assembly in session as long as they desire.

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He said that all the 69 opposition members wanted that session be summon at the earliest so that issues of shortage of wheat and highly inflated prices of wheat flour in the province could be discussed on the floor of the assembly.

The parliamentary leader of MQM-P in Sindh Assembly Kunwar Naveed Jamil addressing the press conference indicated wide spread corruption in the province and said that not governance but corruption system was dominant in Sindh and Karachi become capital of corruption.

He alleged that all the assembly members and office bearers of PPP were busy in making illegal money by corruption that would be used to hijack the upcoming elections.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 4^th, 2021.