Haleem welcomes SC decision on SLGA 2013
Haleem Adil Shaikh. PHOTO: FILE
Leader of the Opposition in Sindh Assembly, Haleem Adil Sheikh, welcomed Supreme Court (SC) of Pakistan's decision on Sindh Local Government Act (SLGA) 2013 and said that it would end absolute control of Sindh government over the local government system.
In a statement Haleem said that the entire SLGA was in contradiction to Article 140-A of the constitution of Pakistan and a petition of Pakistan Tehreek Insaf on SLGA 2013 was also pending in the Supreme Court.
"We hope that Sindh government will mend their ways as now they have understood that why people and political parties of Sindh were protesting against the law," he said adding that PTI from the first day was opposing section 74 and 75 of the act that was nullified by the Supreme Court.
Haleem said that intention of Sindh government has been exposed that it did not want to empower the local governments and that's why Chief Minister has announced to file review petition without going through the decision of the court. He condemned the CM's statement and said that Murad Ali Shah should have welcomed the apex court's decision.
"As many as 21 sections of SLGA 2013 are contradictory to the constitution of the country and the detailed decision in the case would expose them as well," Haleem said and vowed that PTI would continue to struggle for abolition of the black law. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Sindh chapter President and Federal Minister Syed Ali Haider Zaidi claimed that the amended local government law of Sindh government was, “the draconian law of Zardari mafia,” and that the apex court took serious note of it.
The PTI provincial chief said that it was a big achievement for the opposition parties in the Sindh province. He said that the empowered local government system guaranteed the development and prosperity of the country. The solution to the problems of the people was only in the empowered local government, he said and added that their struggle for the devolution of powers to the local government representatives would continue.