President, PPP Sindh leadership discuss political situation
President Asif Ali Zardari. – File Photo by Reuters
KARACHI: President Asif Ali Zardari on Sunday chaired a meeting of senior party leadership from Sindh and some members of Sindh Cabinet here at Bilawal House.
Those who were present during the meeting included among others Chief Minister Sindh Syed Qaim Ali Shah, Pir Mazhar-ul-Haq, Muhammad Ayaz Soomro, Agha Siraj Khan Durrani, Syed Murad Ali Shah, Rafique Engineer, Abdul Qadir Patel and Rashid Hussain Rabbani.
Law Minister Farooq H.Naek was also present during the meeting.
The meeting discussed current political situation, matters relating to coalition, local bodies election in Sindh, developmental issues, flood situation and law and order situation in the province, particularly Karachi.
Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah briefed the meeting on the steps being taken to maintain law and order in Karachi including equipping the law enforcing agencies with modern tools to fight criminals in effective manner.
The President reiterated that the restoration of complete law and order and stability and protection of lives and property of the citizens in the Port city was priority of the Government and that no compromise would be made in this regard.
The President while condemning the incidents of violence in Karachi directed that criminals and all those involved in disturbing peace and stability in Karachi be tackled with an iron hand regardless of political affiliations.
The Chief Minister also apprised the President about yesterday’s meeting of the Core committee of PPP Sindh and MQM.
This is what you call leadership. Mr. President , I can run this country easily on these terms;
There will be terrorism, religious intlorerance and giving free hand to illiterate clerics to accuse anyone of blashphemy, no regard or respect for minorities, uncertainity and fear for all citizens everyday.
You need a serious action plan to address these issues but you won’t have time now, you have get ready for the next election.
President said to resore law and order. Does he really mean that? President and his gang of people in power can bring law and order in the province and the country if they realy want to have a peace in the country. It appears that the coditions in the country hurt the common people, these condtions does not make a differenct in the lives of the eletes.
Also if PPP wants to remain as a peoples party, then Zardari better remove all the impediments from the roads around his house. “Bilawal House” and not try to act as an “emperor”! He should respect the privacy and convenience of all the residents of Clifton.
BTW the front page picture of Zardari looked like he was lecturing on how to deliver a ball in cricket or how to grip a cricket ball without a real ball. This is what he is best at i.e. “boll bachan”
discuss, discuss, discuss and no action.
This is how you can keep fooling people.
I wish, they had also discussed the University of Sindh situation, university in turmoil for the last six or so months over the illegal appointment of the concurrent corrupt Vice Chancellor, whose appointment is being supported by Pir Mazharul Haq and the Governor of Sindh against the criteria of HEC and orders of the Supreme Court related to the appointment of retired people. Nazir Mughal is at his 80s and unable to function as an administrator normally. Is President Zardari unaware of this fact, who recommended Mughal for this appointment? Or, it is onlt the election that PPP is worried about?
All talk…
Agreed 100 percent!
If PPP really wants to win in Sindh, please consider Sindh’s progress through social projects like education and health, instead of giving modern tools to law enforcement agencies to combat terrorism. If the masses are educated and healthy, there will be no sense of deprivation and no terrorism.
Such a simple solution for all the problems.