Leader of the Opposition in Sindh Assembly, Haleem Adil Sheikh announced on Wednesday to issue a white paper on performance of PPP government particularly the details of legislation by the provincial assembly since 2018 and status of implementation by Sindh government on more than 82 acts and amendments passed during the tenure.
Addressing a press conference at Sindh Assembly building, he said that the white paper would be issued on December 31, 2021 so that masses could know who the real beneficiaries of that legislation were and how the assembly was used for vested interests.
State of implementation on law was evident from the fact that innocent victim of a firing incident Hurmain lost her life despite of promulgation of the Sindh Injured Persons Compulsory Medical Treatment (Amal Umer) Act 2019, he noted.
“Another law regarding mandatory use of auto lock syringes was enforced in Sindh but at the same time we see thousands of children suffering from HIV/AIDS in the province only because of lack of implementation on the law, Haleem maintained.
List of PPP’s black deeds was very long and their nature was so dark that white paper would appear black and it could rightly be named as a black paper, he remarked adding that Sindh Local Government Act 2013 was another example of anti-people legislation that undermined fundamental human rights and violated constitution of Pakistan.
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He said that PTI and other opposition parties were protesting against the black law and they had moved the courts in the regard. PPP’s Sindh government also attempted to bring an ordinance to regularise vast scale land grabbing and illegal constructions but that was turned down by Sindh governor, he said adding, “We will do our utmost to resist the Zardari system in Sindh.”
Murad Ali Shah government was also vying for introducing provincial police cadre and it is learnt that summery in this regard would come under consideration in next meeting of Sindh cabinet, Haleem said adding that police in the province have become contract killer and numerous cases of police transgression were surfacing.
Killing of citizens by Joharabad police was its recent example, he added.
Situation of human rights violation and contravention to constitution in the Sindh has worsened to the extent that we have to initiate movement for restoration of constitution in the province, Haleem remarked.
He said that Murad Ali Shah and his cabinet members who always used Sindh card to cover up their corruption and negligence did not find a suitable person from Sindh to head Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto University of Law (SZABUL) and they appointed Rana Shamim as its Vice Chancellor on exorbitant salary of Rs3 million.
A person who had taken law in hand and was under allegation of contempt of court is heading a law university in Sindh, he regretted and demanded removal of Rana Shamim from the meritorious post.
Referring to the issue of Nasla Tower, Haleem said that FIR was registered against officers of Sindh Building Control Authority and FIA was conducting raids for their arrest but it was necessary that real culprits be brought to justice.
Haleem said that former SBCA head Manzoor Kaka was named in Nasla Tower case but it was pertinent to find that who appointed Kaka in SBCA and where the black money of bribe and kickbacks was channeled to?
He said that affected residents of Nasla Towers should be compensatd and paid from accounts of all the involved persons who had made Karachi a jungle of concrete.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 30th, 2021.
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