PML-F, MQM to move no-confidence motion against CM
Sources claim Pir Pagara has become active against the Sindh government.
KARACHI:
The Pakistan Muslim League-Functional (PML-F) and Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) are in talks to move a no-confidence motion against Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah, said the Sindh Assembly's opposition leader Shaharyar Mahar.
While talking to the media outside the assembly on Monday, Mahar, who is a member of the PML-F, said that the Sindh government had surpassed all past records of corruption and lawlessness in the province. He added that it was time for the chief minister to go as he had failed to deliver in the last seven years.
According to Mahar, the PML-F had started consultation with the MQM and other opposition parties to move a motion against CM Shah.
Mahar refuted claims made by Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) ministers that they had provided the youth of the province with jobs on merit. He said that the party had sold the jobs to incompetent people and this is why people in every district of the province were protesting against the provincial government.
He responded to statements made by the PPP co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari accusingformer President Musharraf of a conspiracy against the Sindh government: "Musharraf is not destabilising the Sindh government, it is the PPP ministers and chief minister who are showing apathy to genuine problems faced by the people of the province."
At the assembly
According to sources, PML-F's Pir Pagara has become active against the Sindh government. He had met with PPP stalwart Makhdoom Amin Fahim and Musharraf which did not go down well with the PPP's leadership.
There are a total 168 seats in Sindh Assembly out of which PPP has 91, the MQM has 51 PML-F has 11 while the PML-N has 10 and PTI has 4. One seat, however, is lying vacant after the disqualification of PML-N's Irfanullah Marwat.
According to Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Memon, PPP lawmakers were untied and had faith in the CM. He said that nothing would happen to the CM or the Sindh government.
Adjournment motion
Lawmakers of the MQM tabled an adjournment motion in the Sindh Assembly on Monday, demanding the Speaker to defer the agenda of the upcoming session to discuss the timber market fire that destroyed over 250 shops and 50 warehouses. The party also moved two separate resolutions to condemn the Peshawar incident and demanded the arrest Lal Masjid cleric Maulana Abdul Aziz. Meanwhile, a private bill was also tabled by one of the party's MPAs to grant university status to the Karachi Medical and Dental College.
Speaking to the media, MQM's deputy parliamentary leader, Khawaja Izharul Hassan, held the Sindh government responsible for the timber market fire. "The ministers and bureaucrats were sitting idle at their homes. No one turned up to rescue the people," he said, adding that even after 24 hours, neither the chief minister nor any of his cabinet members had visited the area.
Hassan pointed out that the shopkeepers of the timber market were earlier asked to evacuate the site. "If there is a conspiracy, the Sindh government is responsible for it," he said.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 30th, 2014.
The Pakistan Muslim League-Functional (PML-F) and Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) are in talks to move a no-confidence motion against Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah, said the Sindh Assembly's opposition leader Shaharyar Mahar.
While talking to the media outside the assembly on Monday, Mahar, who is a member of the PML-F, said that the Sindh government had surpassed all past records of corruption and lawlessness in the province. He added that it was time for the chief minister to go as he had failed to deliver in the last seven years.
According to Mahar, the PML-F had started consultation with the MQM and other opposition parties to move a motion against CM Shah.
Mahar refuted claims made by Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) ministers that they had provided the youth of the province with jobs on merit. He said that the party had sold the jobs to incompetent people and this is why people in every district of the province were protesting against the provincial government.
He responded to statements made by the PPP co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari accusingformer President Musharraf of a conspiracy against the Sindh government: "Musharraf is not destabilising the Sindh government, it is the PPP ministers and chief minister who are showing apathy to genuine problems faced by the people of the province."
At the assembly
According to sources, PML-F's Pir Pagara has become active against the Sindh government. He had met with PPP stalwart Makhdoom Amin Fahim and Musharraf which did not go down well with the PPP's leadership.
There are a total 168 seats in Sindh Assembly out of which PPP has 91, the MQM has 51 PML-F has 11 while the PML-N has 10 and PTI has 4. One seat, however, is lying vacant after the disqualification of PML-N's Irfanullah Marwat.
According to Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Memon, PPP lawmakers were untied and had faith in the CM. He said that nothing would happen to the CM or the Sindh government.
Adjournment motion
Lawmakers of the MQM tabled an adjournment motion in the Sindh Assembly on Monday, demanding the Speaker to defer the agenda of the upcoming session to discuss the timber market fire that destroyed over 250 shops and 50 warehouses. The party also moved two separate resolutions to condemn the Peshawar incident and demanded the arrest Lal Masjid cleric Maulana Abdul Aziz. Meanwhile, a private bill was also tabled by one of the party's MPAs to grant university status to the Karachi Medical and Dental College.
Speaking to the media, MQM's deputy parliamentary leader, Khawaja Izharul Hassan, held the Sindh government responsible for the timber market fire. "The ministers and bureaucrats were sitting idle at their homes. No one turned up to rescue the people," he said, adding that even after 24 hours, neither the chief minister nor any of his cabinet members had visited the area.
Hassan pointed out that the shopkeepers of the timber market were earlier asked to evacuate the site. "If there is a conspiracy, the Sindh government is responsible for it," he said.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 30th, 2014.