Justice delayed, but not denied, says MQM-P

Party rejoices annulment of 54,000 appointments made by PPP govt

KARACHI:

Justice came late, but it finally did, said Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) Chairman Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui commenting on the Sindh High Court (SHC) annulment of appointments on 54,000 posts in Sindh government.

In a significant development, SHC has annulled the employment of over 54,000 people hired last year by the PPP government in various departments of Sindh based on fake domiciles.

The court decision undid the ploy to dole out more than 50,000 jobs to PPP jiyalas by taking away the rights of the youth of Karachi, Siddiqui said addressing a press conference at MQM-P temporary headquarters, the Pakistan House, in Bahadurabad on Monday.

The historic decision has finally provided justice after a long time, Siddiqui said.

He further said that their demand from day one ws that all the nationalities living in Pakistan should be considered equally loyal and equally entitled to government jobs and admissions in state universities.

However, he said, "those who divided the country used all tactics to make life difficult for the descendants of those who had created the country."

In a scathing criticism of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's policies in the early 1970's, Siddiqui said, "after the breakup of Pakistan, institutions were handed over to feudal lords under the guise of nationalisation. Despite having a clear majority in Punjab, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's implementation of the quota system only in Sindh reflected a racist mindset."

For 50 years the children of the founders of Pakistan were suffering from injustices of the quota system, where in over 80 per cent jobs were usurped by people in power by way of forged domiciles.

He added that yesterday's court decision can be expected to reduce to some extent the mistreatment of the descendants of the founder of Pakistan living in this city.