Opposing LG ordinance: ANP withdraws its only minister in Sindh government
Minister Ameer Nawab submitted his resignation to Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah who rejected it in hopes of wooing back ANP.
Talking to the media, Nawab said, “When we earlier had a discussion with the government, we had the same reservations. They told us that they will hold talks with us before the ordinance is signed, but there were no talks.”
The Sindh Local Government Ordinance was signed between Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) during the wee hours of Friday.
'Karachi is operated on whims of MQM'
Calling MQM a “terrorist organisation”, ANP leader Shahi Syed said on Friday that Sindh's provincial capital, Karachi, is operated on the whims of one party – the MQM – and that his party will not let this happen.
Sindh chief minister phoned Syed and called him for negotiations, few hours after he appeared before the media, having rejected the Sindh Local Government Ordinance and staging a walk-out from the National Assembly.
The PPP and its allies finally reached a consensus on a local government system for Sindh and an ordinance bringing into place the new system was signed by Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ebad.
Reports posited that the new system will be called the ‘Peoples Metropolitan Corporation 2012’ and will entail setting up metropolitan corporations in Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur, Mirpurkhas and Larkana districts, and district councils in the remaining districts.
ANP leader Shahi Syed, while speaking to the media in Islamabad after the walk-out termed the ordinance as a “black law” and said that the party will continue to boycott until the ordinance is ended.
The Sindhi population should have the first right on the land.”
While saying that the issue regarding a local government system had been dragged on for years, Syed remarked that he was surprised “what happened all of a sudden that the ordinance was signed at 3am in the morning”.
“This is dictatorship practiced in the garb of democracy,” he exclaimed.
The ANP chief said that the seven towns inhabited by Balochs, Pashtoons and Punjabis are ignored by the MQM administration and are being prejudiced against.
“Seven towns, namely – Kemari Town, Baldia Town, Lyari, Site, Gadap, Bin Qasim and Landhi – are still underdeveloped, while the remaining 11 towns are being developed all these years.”
He claimed that the Rs29 billion development package provided to the Karachi administration in the budget was only spent on the remaining 11 towns.
The ANP chief said: “We want to reside in Sindh with ‘live and let live’ policy, but our party’s workers are frequently gunned down and the police remain mum on the issue.”
Syed said that MQM was trying to form a government within the Sindh government.
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@Temur /Observer
Karachi flourished from a Suburb/Goth in 1947 to a Megapolis , thanks to the migrants . Now ,people from far far away land are claiming stake who has zero contribution in the developement of this Megapolis and further have been spoon fed all the time at their places by the revenue generated from Karachi .
@observer: You say someone is living here for centuries, and perhaps you are a time traveller. So Afghani's land-lock place existed during that time. Your comment affirm you desperately need to go back to your place of origin i.e. Afgy. Funny you call yourself an observer.
@Temur: "People are still coming illegally to Pakistan from India and just bogus mantras like we made Pakistan cannot change the fact that they are illegal aliens and should be deported asap. "
Little typo here Temur, I think meant to type 'Afghanistan' instead you typed 'India' Our urdu speaking brothers are as Pakistani as me. And I admitt that it is also correct that they are they key people who with their hard work and dynamism have turned Karachi into a 'big apple' of the region. Remember Karachi was nothing before partition, give credit where it is due.
These are the people who became hurdle in the development of Pakistan and Karachi as well. They never let the people to meet their basic needs through their mayors.
@Pak12...Your need to get your facts straight. The 1951 Citizenship act had put an end to the uncontrolled migration from India, only those who had migrated to Pakistan before that Act where considered as Pakistani nationals. People are still coming illegally to Pakistan from India and just bogus mantras like we made Pakistan cannot change the fact that they are illegal aliens and should be deported asap.
@Danny...Nobody is dictating anything to anybody in Karachi, so don't be so paranoid. When I said that Karachi belongs to everybody then it just means that every Pakistani has right to move and live in that city. Was it so hard to grasp?
What you say doesn't make any sense. Just arguing for the sake of argument? Just because I am against the invasion of illegal immigrants of Muslims from India doesn't make me a racist.
The so called settlers aware far from penniless both in terms of material wealth and delveloped human resource @observer:
Agreed also Karachi is the only city in Pakistan which will welcome any Pakistani who wants to make Karachi his home@Danny:
No brining back a system that worked in this city@Analyzer:
Well the last 4 years there have been no mqm city Govt. , wonder why there was no development there. Also may they should vote mqm so they will not be neglected as the current parties they are voting them are neglecting them.@Karachiite:
@Temur: Yeah the very same people of UP who gave their lives for Pakistan and who made Pakistan not those kind of people who slept one day and woke up the other realizing/hearing on radio kai Pakistan ban gaya! Karachi belongs to only those who eat here, live here fully, spend their money here and basically are settled here forever i.e. are its inhabitants like the people who came from India after partition to Karachi which was a federal capital made by Quaid-e-Azam!
@All media drama: We are sitting firm on the soil of our birth where our forefathers lived for centuries. If you feel we should go to Afghanistan then i would suggest you should go to the land of your origin and the problem stands solved.
after reading all the comments i would like to say THERE WOULD BE MORE BLOOD and some stupid said "People living in Islmabad, Peshawar, Lahore, Larkana, Sukkur,etc have no right to dictate how people living in Karachi should go about their lives or which government system they choose"( larkana and sukkur) the sindh today is not 20years old sindh... learn to integrate karachi is sindh
Extra!Extra !Extra!
Shahi Syed Rectify his Statement
Oh! I thought LG Ordinance was about Liquid Gas
@Landhi wala: good reply
@AFGHAN:
banaras is a prohibited area nowadays, its the new tribal area, the pathan hegemony is there, any non pashtun will be killed and you speak about developing banaras, first pashtuns need to get educated widen their mind set, and as shahi syed himself said, live and let live, open your areas for development, MQM guys were the first who wrrent control of liyari but they brought water supply to liyari, they have also built liyari express way, so you guys need to give up weapons and open your areas for the development, nationalist type mindset wont do you no favour
@AFGHAN: with things so bad and you are still living in Karachi? how did you come here from your Afghanistan? Right or wrong if you are living then keep your area clean, only live in legar settlements don't build businesses at illegal places, pay your taxes and most of all have a positive attitude and you will see that thing will improve both around you and inside you.
@Imran Ahmed:
If the penniless settlers could become millioners then why not a driver? stop claiming exclusive ownership of karachi, in that case its rightful owners are sindhis and not UPians, CPians.
So much racism in the comments. Perfect example of a failed state and its people. Go on fight among yourselves, there is nothing much left in this godforsaken country anyway. Lets just finish whats left in the name of our ethnicity and background and then blame it on the "jews"
Oh my GOD, nobody in Karachi even knows who the ANP is....what a joke !!!
Temur> And one more thing, Karachi belongs to every Pakistani,
I am sorry, but this is not correct, Karachi belongs to the people who actually LIVE there and it is their RIGHT to ELECT whoever they wish to and run their business however They decide to, People living in Islmabad, Peshawar, Lahore, Larkana, Sukkur,etc have no right to dictate how people living in Karachi should go about their lives or which government system they choose. Ofcourse everyone is welcome to visit Karachi, but please do not dictate as to what we should do, work to make your own city better.
Temur >>Karachi belongs to every Pakistani, even if the illegal immigrants from UP and Bihar claim otherwise.
and oh please grow up and try not to be a racist for once and try to make your own village/town/city better rather than interfering in Karachi affairs.
@Temur: How would you define illegal, Mr son of soil? They were the people who made Pakistan. FYI As per law of Pakistan till 1962 muslim of India could come in to the land without any visa or immigration.
@temur ! whole Pakistan belongs to everyone who calls himself a PAKISTANI
shahi syed should support the local body system, if he thinks that some neighbourhoods are backward,. make serious effort about it and talk with mqm regarding the problems of those localities. firstly, it will improve the political atmosphere and the conditions of those areas will become better. the current commissioner system is not working..... at least in some towns, nazims and councillors worked really hard.
@AFGHAN: blinded by prejudice, also, with that name pl commet on Afghan newspaper site, ET is Pakistani paper
@Imran Ahmed....Throwing stones while sitting in a glass house? If a taxi driver can become the undisputed don of the city then a bus driver can also become senator. And one more thing, Karachi belongs to every Pakistani, even if the illegal immigrants from UP and Bihar claim otherwise.
@Karachiite: I am from landhi and it is pretty much developed. I want to ask shahi syed before he calls MQM a terrorist organisation at least had guts to do all pukhtoon jalsa and believe me you many many pukhtoons attended my question is what have you done for te development of Peshawar and for Pakistan railway?? Stop fooling your own people MQM is the most organised and educated party which represents middle class people. Have some guts and hate less face the reality when Karachi was fully under control of mqm can't you see the wonders MQM did your corrupt railway minster didn't build those fly overs bridges and pipe lines. Before giving out such hatred statements against any party which has been democratically elected think twice please have a shame and do not try to hide crimes that you have committed during the LAST FOUR YEARS! In last I would like to add why isit that all ways it's Dr ishrat ul abad the one who puts an effort to get kidnapped sailors in Somalia released?? Why doesn't any other party speaks for the kidnapped ones other MQM??
Shame on Shahi Syed and his ANP, a party that has trivial representation in Sindh (2 seats) and a fully functional government in KP. Forget Sindh, what has ANP ever given to KP? As for the LG government, this is a system of government that is followed in various forms throughout the world and executed effectively. Only in Pakistan can it be debated so much. The actual problem that ANP has with this ordinance is that if the local government actually takes root like it did before, MQM will dominate in the local government and deliver like it did on previous occasions and will become even more popular. Folks from the Pakhtoon community would start accepting MQM and rejecting ANP, whose politics in Sindh is based on creating ethnic problems between Pakhtoons and Urdu-Speakers.
For God sake Shahi Syed , you have only 1 seat and you are dreaming that one day you become a KING of Karachi " do 1 thing write a book name " who wants to be a Millionaire in few days . Karachi belongs to those who owns it ..
Those who don't agree with Sahahi Sayad on the MQM biased approach over development of Karachi, must come and visit Pathan Colony, Banaras, Metroville, Machar Colony and Suhrab Goth. We have a saying in Afghanistan; "The cracked roads are where the Taliban control starts from". In Karachi it's; "The cracked roads where Pakhtoon community starts from". Even in Baldia Town alone, you will see blacktopped streets deep inside the neighborhoods of Muhajir Camp# 3, 4 and 2, Ghous Nagar, Saeedabad and Sector 5-J and other pro-MQM areas. They also have routine drinking water supplies, government-run dispensaries, parks and schools within stone-throw limits. However, in the same town, people in Rasheedabad, Abidabad, Swat/Daba Colony and Nayiabadi are deprived of basic needs of their lives. It takes half an hour to travel in a bus from Khyber Chowk to Saadullah Goth - a distance of 1 km only.
Desperately need Mustafa Kamal!
@Karachiite: Who were the town nazims of these so-called under developed towns? BTW how many of PP & ANP leaders are living in these towns; they shall live there to create sense of belonging.
@Mirza: In fact, You should have said that Pukhtuns are traitors and disloyal to Pakistan since Day 1.
Everyone will be given a fair chance to come in media limelight in this tenure.
At the time of Mustafa Kamal unbiased development work has been carried out in all towns regardless of sect, religious or political affiliations, and this has been acknowledged by all the citizens of Karachi, you go and talk to any Pathan or Punjabi and they praise Mustafa Kamal, who has been praised all over the world for his efforts, every metropolitan city in the world has mayor, Karachi will flourish under his command once again
Mustafa Kamal is back ...
Bringing back a failed system. Way to go!
How many seats he have ??? few ...
Does ANP want a system to distroy Sindh like a Pakistan Railway?
Eat your heart out ANP.............
Does he know the meaning of LIVE AND LET LIVE!!!!.............I think he meant I will not let anybody live peacefully!!!!!!!! We do not need enemies of distroy Pakistan
If they are not agreed why don’t they come out of government. They have deal under the table with zardari and now just shouting to show they care poor people of Karachi…. Karachi get ready for 10 extra dead bodies per day
"Seven towns, namely – Kemari Town, Baldia Town, Lyari, Site, Gadap, Bin Qasim and Landhi – are still underdeveloped"
Well thats a ground reality that no Karachiite can deny. These towns WERE neglegcted and their only 'crime' was that they were not predominantly MQM supporters/voters.
It is simply grotesque to oppose a system that involves representation of inhabitants of the place. No city in the world is governed by appointed individuals; it has to come from elected people. Besides, it is strange phenomenon that those who make money in Sindh and spend outside Sindh and bury their dear outside Sindh claim to become a stakeholder. They are only interested in plundering the wealth of Sindh, the welfare of the province is only close to those who are permanently located there and are not economic migrants. Ever since hordes descended upon Sindh and brought in their tribal mindset there has been unprecedented violence in the capital city of Sindh. Hope ANP appoints an educated leader as their party head in Sindh who does not see mindless confrontation as synonymous to politics.
So quit the government at Sindh and in Center
look at his statement and he want to "live and let live" policy, what a joker
Yes Shahi actually LG is not good and current is so progressive. What great work has been done in last 4 years.