Thousands of Karachiites on Sunday took to Shahrah-e-Faisal on call of Jamaat-e-Islami, demanding withdrawal of the Sindh Local Government (Amendment) Act 2021, which they said is a black law that further squeezes powers of the local government setup in Sindh.
A large number of women and children also participated in the march against the PPP government in Sindh.
The JI leadership delivered several speeches during stop overs amid the protest march. A sit-in was also held at the Metropole stop near an end of the city's main artery. Later at night, the march joined the main sit-in outside the Sindh Assembly.
It is worth mentioning here that a large number of JI workers kept the sit-in outside the Sindh Assembly building intact during the march on Shahrah-e-Faisal. At Metropol stop, Saad Khattak of newly launched Aam Aadmi party also addressed the sit-in and hailed the JI for its rights movement. He assured the JI leadership of complete and unconditional support by himself and his team.
Addressing the protesters, JI Karachi chief Engr Hafiz Naeem said that resources of Karachi are in clutches of those we accumulated authority and government on the basis of power and corruption.
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He said that 6.5 million children in Sindh are out of schools, Rs277 billion are reported to be spent on education sector by the Sindh government but the dismal situation on the ground shows some other facts. Similarily, he said, the Sindh government reports to spend Rs173 billion on the health sector but in fact majority of the budget fell pray to corruption.
He highlighted that in such a situation, the PPP government wants to take over all institutions and local bodies. He added that as far as competency of the PPP government was concerned, it failed to complete mere some 2.5 kilometers long Orange Line project in Orangi Town during the past six years.
Talking about the next course of action, he tasked the party workers to hold 2000 corner meetings during the upcoming week.
He said that the JI has launched the rights movement for prosperity of Karachi. He added that withdrawal of the black law would be first step in the movement for rights of Karachi.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 17, 2022.
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