Haleem accuses PPP of barring him to head PAC

Leader of the Opposition in Sindh Assembly, Haleem Adil Sheikh said on Tuesday that Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) had been converted into an anti-democracy party and it was at the verge of burial of democratic system.

Addressing a press conference here in he said the way PPP was conducting Sindh Assembly proceedings, was undeniable evidence of committal of democratic norms in the province where opposition parties were denied of their democratic rights specified under constitution and rules of business of the legislature. Haleem said entrusting chairmanship of Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to opposition leader was an important point of charter of democracy that was envisioned by Shaheed Benazir Bhutto.

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He said Syed Khursheed Shah and Shahbaz Sharif held the position in capacity of the then opposition leaders in National Assembly while Rana Tanveer Hussain of PML - N was incumbent head of the committee.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 24^th, 2021.