LG law amended to empower city mayor, says Ghani

Says transfer of power to LG representatives could resolve various issues at grassroots level

KARACHI:

Sindh Labour Minister Saeed Ghani, on Monday, said that local government law has been amended to empower the mayor and chairmen of local bodies to ensure swift decision-making and better facilities for citizens.

The minister said this while talking to the media after attending a ceremony held to hand over fumigation vans to Jamshed Zone of District Municipal Corporation East and distribution of health cards to DMC employees.

Ghani said that the amendments in LG law have enabled the mayor and chairman of LG institutions to look into the matters of basic municipal services and now elected local body representatives could work better.

He said that after the transfer of power to LG representatives, various issues could be resolved at grass root level without the intervention of the provincial government. Saeed Ghani appreciated DMC East for taking steps to provide facilities to the public and said that the induction of five heavy fumigation machines will help to provide a healthy environment.

He hoped that the number of machines would increase further. Lauding measures for issuance of the health cards to employees, the minister said that it was essential to assist employees in education and healthcare.

Responding to a question about political dialogue with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Saeed Ghani said that dialogue could take place if PTI had shown seriousness but the attitude of Imran Khan was not serious at all.

He further added that the politics of Imran Khan has become a story of the past and the PTI will be wiped out in the next election.

Addressing the ceremony earlier, Administrator DMC East Rehmatullah Sheikh said that efforts have been made to provide facilities at all levels to citizens while the problems of employees were also being resolved.

 

Published in The Express Tribune, December 6^th, 2022.