Former Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah. PHOTO: EXPRESS
KARACHI:
The Pakistan Peoples Party’s contenders for the slot of Sindh chief minister are throwing lavish receptions for the elected MPAs of the party to gain their support in the new political scenario, The Express Tribune has learnt.
One such reception was hosted on Sunday by the former chief minister of Sindh Qaim Ali Shah and MPA-elect Owais Muzaffar in honour of PPP’s members of the provincial assembly at Bilawal House.
The reception was attended by senior party leaders including Khurshid Ahmed Shah, Dr Fehmida Mirza, and Agha Siraj Durrani.
Owais Muzaffar said that the PPP government completed its five year term due to its reconciliation policy, which will continue in the future too.
It is pertinent to mention here that President Asif Ali Zardari is the final authority to pick the man for the top provincial job, but different groups are lobbying in the PPP to get the person of their choice nominated as the next chief minister of Sindh.
PPP leader Sharjeel Inam Memon talking to the media said consultations were under way in the party to nominate the next chief minister of Sindh.
He said the party will finalise and make public the name of the next leader of the house after oath taking session of Sindh Assembly on May 29.
Party sources said that Qaim Ali Shah, Nisar Ahmed Khuhro and Mir Hazar Khan Bijarani are in the race for the CM’s slot.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 27th, 2013.
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If PPP has to make Qaim Ali Shah as Chief Minister, its better not to have a CM at all and save costs of his salary, perks, expenses of the secretariat etc. He literary does not do anything and is much hated throughout Sindh. The votes he got was not his own but PPP particularly by women who couldn't not betray Benazir. I hope PPP will reward us for our loyal support than stabbing us back in form of Qaim Ali Shah.
I hope it is Owais Muzaffar who gets the top slot. While he is notorious for many reasons, whtever development work was done during these five years was done by him. Mr Shah and other leaders had blackholes into pocket and nothing cameout until the election campaign when they got votes by giving cash grants, bikes and other incentives.