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Leader of Opposition in National Assembly Syed Khurshid Ahmed Shah on Friday criticised the "interference of judiciary" in matters which he categorised as "civil administrative issues".
Talking to DawnNews the PPP leader also levelled the blame of country's dismal condition on ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif.
When asked to comment on the suo motu notices taken by the chief justice, Shah responded by saying: "It was previously rare to see any judge appear before media. However, now we frequently see them in news just like any politician. They hold media talks and the media is allowed to question them," he maintained.
The PPP leader, however, asked the judiciary to keep taking such notices. "They can always summon the prime minister or the chief minister if an issue is not resolved," he added.
"It does not look good that the chief justice himself is surveying the roads and heaps of garbage," he said, adding that he should appoint a team to carry out such surveys.
He warned that whenever there is an attempt to force a government within a government, the whole system gets disturbed.
When told that the chief justice was taking action only after the institutions repeatedly failed to take action, Shah said, "How has Pakistan been functioning before this? It has been run better than this previously."
"Look at the situation in Sindh. There are two chief ministers, Amir Hani Muslim and Murad Ali Shah."
Shah said that no one is willing to admit that lack of civic planning is the actual cause of Karachi's problems. "A city which has the capacity to house only 8-9 million people, has become home to more than 20 million people. Of course, this will result in civic problems."
The opposition leader went on to say that "trash is not only what you see lying on the roads. What about heaps of files of pending cases lying in cupboards of courts?"
"I am the leader of the opposition. If I don't say these things then who will? It is our job to highlight these issues," he said.
Nawaz Sharif will return, Shah
Khurshid Shah expressed confidence that PML-N supreme leader Nawaz Sharif, who is currently in London, will return to Pakistan.
"I have always advised Nawaz that it is the parliament which provided him with this position [premiership]; if he keeps criticising this institution then he will suffer, and that is what has happened."
When asked if he agrees with Nawaz's view that non-democratic forces are being targeted by democratic forces and his apprehensions of the spread of chaos in the coming days, Shah said: "Non-democratic forces get activated when we leave room for them to act. I always talk of the parliament's supremacy.
Regarding his views on the impartiality of institutions, Shah said: "An atmosphere has been created which gives an impression that something is going on behind the scenes. I advise everyone that institutions should operate within their domain."
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Apr 21, 2018 01:03am
Yes he has to do your job! When governments are not up to their jobs, who else going to fix the broken and corrupt system?
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Apr 21, 2018 01:07am
Our CJP is doing the job that politicans suppose to do, he is exposing corrupt practices and poor performance of so called national and provisional governments. Also CJP is genuinely concerned about the poor quality of the health care, clean water for everyone, fake doctots and corrupt mafia. And public praises his brave moves and actions!
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Apr 21, 2018 01:09am
When politicians like this man are not doing their duty, someone has to do it. We should appreciate such a man who is doing something for this nation.
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Apr 21, 2018 01:10am
Shah sahib look at the situation of Karachi no water, load shedding, garbage stinking all over and the list on and on. If you guys do not do your job then someone has to take the notice and get involved to at least listen to poor people sufferings. You sleeping in AC room will never understand. I believe CJ sahib is doing good job we need his help.
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Apr 21, 2018 01:10am
Shah sb someone has to do a job ...some one has to clean ...someone has to do the dirty laundry ...and they are not the politicians luckily...
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Apr 21, 2018 01:10am
Shah sahib is right the Chief Justice is should spend the on the job he appointed and psid for. Garbage collection, water supply snd cleanliness of the city/town /village is the job of Municipalities
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Apr 21, 2018 01:19am
Khursheed Shah should be ashamed of himself.. Cjp must interfere becAuse politicians like Khursheed Shah are not doing there job with honesty.. His position is ‘the leader of opposition’ But behaviour is like Asif Zardari’s private servant, whose only loyalty is with his master
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Apr 21, 2018 01:25am
You thiefe, if you will not do it them someone will do it.
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Apr 21, 2018 01:28am
My salute to chief justice Saqib nisar. What else can one expect from the corrupt politician like khurshid shah.
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Apr 21, 2018 01:29am
Well if your corrupt govt did it's job with even 10% of honesty he would have no need to interfere. But while people like you have become billionaires the people of Karachi are drinking sewage tainted water. Have no electricity, but all you can do is moan. Shame on you and your party.
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Apr 21, 2018 01:32am
it doesn't look good also that we have a leadership like you people..
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Apr 21, 2018 01:35am
Khursheed himself involve in major corruption cases and NAB had started cases against him few years before, but due to interference of PML-N govt those cases were stopped by NAB. PPP govt did nothing in five years for Pakistan and in past 10 years PPP govt totally failed in Sindh. PPP completely destroyed Sindh and converted it in to Moinjodaro.
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Apr 21, 2018 01:38am
Look at desperate people across the country and their problems. Poorly run hospitals, education system, schools, water systems, road system, high crime rate and high unemployment. But many administrators and politicians having good time. Now when judiciary intervenes to hold corrupt administrators accountable, their supporters are crying. But masses are happy to see this accountability system, otherwise things would get worse. Thank you judiciary for coming to rescue the system. Making administrators accountable to tax payers, who pay their salaries.
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Apr 21, 2018 01:38am
khurshid shah is very happy if the cjp takes notice of the state of affairs elsewhere but not in sindh.does he think that sindh is beyond the jurisdiction of the supreme court of pakistan?
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Apr 21, 2018 01:43am
If rulers dont fullfill their responsibilities then some has to do it. Instead of critisizing you should be ashamed.
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Apr 21, 2018 01:45am
Mr Shah if you corrupt politicians did the work for which people elected you, than CJP would not have to do it for you. Stop criticising and get up your backsides and do the work. We are with Judiciary.
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Apr 21, 2018 01:56am
What is he talking about? The PPP has never stopped the government looting. Especially in Sindh. It has never put a stop to crony law enforcement. Especially in Sindh. Khurshid Shah is a fundamental part a rigged government of the People - by the Rich and for the Rich. He doesn't want the NAB nosing around in his bank accounts either.
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Apr 21, 2018 02:01am
Yes it does not look good for you, the ones who should be doing this in the first place!
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Apr 21, 2018 02:11am
Khursheed Shah when civilian government fails to deliver - compulsive intervention becomes order of the day. PPP has miserably failed for the last 10 years and before because of it's rampant corruption, incompetence, nepotism and mismanaging affairs of the state. Chief Justice had to intervene and he has the constitutional right to do so.
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Apr 21, 2018 02:11am
What civic planning has his party done in past 10 years ?
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Apr 21, 2018 02:23am
You two parties PML(N) & PPP, are busy looting my Country which got Independence with the Blood of millions of people. It was your duty to take care of all ordinary work that you people was supposed to do. Now you are getting upset when a person is trying to fix it ? The CJP is not alone in this fight. Whole nation is behind him.
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Apr 21, 2018 02:33am
He is doing so because of incompetence and failure of people like Khursheed Shah.
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Apr 21, 2018 02:34am
Is NAB is coming to Mr. Syed Khurshid Shah?
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Apr 21, 2018 02:47am
Your Honor, if Executive Branch will do their job than, people will not complain to SC. Rest you can figure out without me writing it for you.
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Apr 21, 2018 02:58am
All garbage should be dumped politicians homes, especially outside khurshid shahs house because civil administration and politicians are ignorants.
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Apr 21, 2018 02:59am
If the so called civil issues were looked into and solved in the first place , there would be no room for CJP to interfere . Instead of blaming everything on PML-N and Nawaz Sharif the PPP should spend a little time and energy in their elected constituencies and look into the matter there beside sitting in Islamabad and criticizing. Can they not see the dismal conditions in Sindh particularly Karachi. Donating just ten buses out of the trillions of tax money collected from the people of Karachi , they hope to provide transport to a city of two billion. What a joke !
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Apr 21, 2018 03:03am
Because Mr Kurshidsha and Mr Zardari know very well that the accountability train will change its direction towards Sindh once Mr Nawaz is busted for his looting. As a sane Pakistani, I am expecting all the looters making anti-judiciary remarks in the future weeks.
Also, Zardari miscalculated very badly by not supporting his dear friend Nawaz. Now its too late.
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Apr 21, 2018 03:10am
Respectfully mr. Shah, what you.have suggested has been happening in pakistan for decades. Ministers, beurscrats have all been called in the past; and yet they ignored judiciary orders and lied to their faces. It's great chief justice is going into the field to expose your lies, claims and misgovernance .
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Apr 21, 2018 03:17am
you thugs of pakistan, do nothing in civil matters and anyone who fills the vaccum usko ungli krogay..
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Apr 21, 2018 03:18am
Who should be visiting the roads and rubbish heaps? Zardari, Bilawal, or You? In all your political (looting) careers , you haven't been to bother, so as you say," if you leave room, someone will step in".
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Apr 21, 2018 03:22am
Well if the executive and bureaucracy is sleeping and taking bribes, then someone has to intervene. The same reason why the establishment needs to keep kick the politicians around as they are the worst of the kind. Had they been honest, no one part of the state would need to interfere in the other. It’s unfortunate that the CJP has to oversee such things too. Slap on the face for others.
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Apr 21, 2018 03:39am
Well it makes you look bad.!
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Apr 21, 2018 03:44am
Mr Shah is wrong again the government's at all levels is not performing, instead of criticizing the judiciary he should go out and help them,he does not have much to these days anyways
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Apr 21, 2018 03:51am
Then you politicians should do your intended jobs instead of plundering our money! The public has no problem with the judiciary looking after our interest, kindly back off.
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Apr 21, 2018 03:56am
CJ Sahib investigate how this person from mail delivery man became so rich so soon.
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Apr 21, 2018 04:07am
Indeed ! It doesn’t look good CJ has to do politicians job which you guys are not doing except corruption which you do it well
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Apr 21, 2018 04:12am
He is worries about himself
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Apr 21, 2018 04:13am
Politicians need to deliver electricity, education; healthcare and clean water. Basic rights of the people appear to be violated ans theae havw ro be restorwd thabks to the Chief Jusrice. Nation stands behind the Chief Justice and the Judiciary.. get rid of tanker mafiaand ckean up Sind.
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Apr 21, 2018 04:19am
If the politicians don’t do their job. Someone has to. Why don’t Mr. Shah talk about and do something about child rapes and murders, gender inequality, high crimes rates and corruption in the civil/country? I fully support the judiciary please lock up all corrupt leaders and give us our safety and our country.
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Apr 21, 2018 04:29am
Then do your job! The motto of Pakistani politicians is that neither we will do our job, nor will let anyone else do it.
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Apr 21, 2018 04:38am
I think he didn’t like that Chief Justice is exposing PPP corrupt govt
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Apr 21, 2018 04:53am
Khurshid Shah is probably one the useless leader in Pakistan. He has done nothing literally nothing good in his life. Look at the situation of his own town. If anyone disagree please point out one good thing he has done for the country
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Apr 21, 2018 04:57am
Khurshid Shah its your job to pick up that garbage. But since you are incapacitated to do even do those basic duties somebody has to discharge them.
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Apr 21, 2018 04:57am
Let me be the first to tell you Mr. Shah! We as citizen and tax payers don’t care who does it but want things done where we pay more taxes than you do sire. As an overseas Pakistani I have paid more tax than you did and have to pay for your bills and on top of that we get ‘heaps of garbage’ and moreover being killed by the same civil administration we chose to serve us. Everyone knows that civil administrators are taking dollars in bulk and dumping in Dubai and London.
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Apr 21, 2018 05:00am
Actually the chief justice is right to do this as politicians have failed to carry out their basic civic duties.
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Apr 21, 2018 05:00am
If those responsible for inspecting roads and hospitals and removing heaps of garbage won’t do their job then someone has to do it.
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Apr 21, 2018 05:17am
If politicians like Shah PPP did nothing except corruption. Nawaz performed a lot better.
Who will look after basic need of people? Well done SC. We support you,
Shame these politicians more.
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Apr 21, 2018 05:39am
As long as it works.
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Apr 21, 2018 05:40am
When opposition and ruling party are not doing their job who is going to look after Pakistan.
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Apr 21, 2018 05:59am
Is the honourable gentleman not ashamed that someone is doing his job
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Apr 21, 2018 06:01am
Shame on you,keep talking about empty promises,what have done to get heap of garbage cleaned up.
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Apr 21, 2018 06:19am
Today Mumbai has more than 5 crore of population. Nobody can stop migrations from rural or less developed areas towards metropolitans like Mumbai or Karachi, but Mumbai is clean, has better civic facilities,better transports,and better law & order than Karachi. Mr Khursheed Shah plz let the judiciary as a helping hand, the Karachiites are like orphans, nobody is pampering Karachiiites, let all those wish to help, let everybody help and uplift the draconian face of Karachi. The PPP government grossly failed to deliver, the funds for development not utlised in honest manner, and people feel like cordoned in an Andamaan Islands, no where to go,
the street crimes are again at large, the load shedding at its peak, the roads have potholes, nothing done to improve metropolitan Karachi. Next election to be losing election for all parties who injured the feelings of Karachiites.
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Apr 21, 2018 06:22am
These corrupt to the core politicians want the status quo to continue forever,most of them have no merit and feal threatened if somebody questions them,hope the nation will get rid of them ASAP.
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Apr 21, 2018 06:24am
Don't look at the corruption of politicians, the "civil servants", and their cronies.
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Apr 21, 2018 06:33am
It is shame on political people who created destruction of country at a sky rocketing level where SC had no choice but to shape up every corner which is full of filth, corruption and robbing the country. We support SC taking the lead and ownership. Unfortunately political mafia is busy is SELL & BUY like stock exchange.
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Apr 21, 2018 06:36am
Supreme court has every right to interfere regarding any issue in this country....In Parliament its all talk no action Mr Shah and for crying out loud there is even no talk. Politicians in this country are just money making machines for themselves. Just appreciate what Mr Saqib , I wish he he becomes a politician. PPP has been ruling sindh of and on for how many years and Sindh has gone back 100 years as compared to other countries.
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Apr 21, 2018 07:22am
I think this was in response to cjp visit of Sindh wait for KPK response now.....
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Apr 21, 2018 07:42am
Dear Sir. Yes it’s your governments job to do all of this but since they are soo busy doing other important work the common man is suffering and if they bring it to the courts notice then it becomes their job to do it.
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Apr 21, 2018 07:47am
The Chief Justice of The Supreme Court of Pakistan would not have to do this if politicians like Khurshid Shah did their jobs, which they don't.
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Apr 21, 2018 07:48am
Does it look good that roads are pathetic, streets are full of garbage, hospitals are without cleanliness and medicines, drinking water is polluted, public transport is disappeared, education system is collapsed, Police is corrupt, politicians are for sell, power outages in summer and gas outages in winter etc etc. These has been the state of affairs in our country, particularly in last ten years. So whoever is trying to fix we welcome him.
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Apr 21, 2018 07:49am
Partly right. However, whose responsibility is it to remove garbage, construct roads, supply clean drinking water, maintain sewerage, provide affordable education and health facilities, maintain law and order, provide safety and security to common man, so on and so forth? Do those who criticize CJ for 'interference in civil administrative matters' want the common man to spend their brief life in this world like robots without feelings or like animals who do not protest? CJ's 'interference' should be a wake up call for the civil administration to act. If it does not, someone has to.
Isn't it?
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Apr 21, 2018 08:04am
Mr.Shah, you are wrong . Heaps of garbage is due to the criminal negligence of political leaders of the government. CJ action is about this criminal negligence.
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Apr 21, 2018 08:12am
His own home town is garbage bin. Whole Sindh is a large garbage bin ruled by PPP for the last 15 years. Mr. Shah please provide good governance before making fool of people. You did not do your job and now twisting the facts. CJP has no choice left .
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Apr 21, 2018 08:14am
Yes it doesnt look good, but if you care so much about good and bad, do something about the mess, so that he doesnt have any valid justification for this looking bad thing..
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Apr 21, 2018 08:35am
Well Mr Shah if Karachi was not a garbage dump under your govt, the CJP would not have been taking matters in his hands. Look at what PPP has turned Karachi into.
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Apr 21, 2018 08:41am
Shah Sahib let the Judiciary clean up the mess your Govt. and PMLN has been creating for 10 years. Thank you for your kind statement but its too late Sir.
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Apr 21, 2018 08:58am
If those who r responsible not performing then what you r expecting.
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Apr 21, 2018 09:02am
The politicians should feel ashamed as public demands the promised services, granted to them under the constitution. So someone has to ensure & deliver these and that happened to be the APEX courts, the last instance to rely upon...
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Apr 21, 2018 09:16am
if you will not fulfill duty some body has to remind you
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Apr 21, 2018 09:18am
When people responsible do not do their work someone has to do it.
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Apr 21, 2018 09:34am
Instead of criticising the good job being done by honorable judges...These politicians should see for themselves what they have done to the country and it's people... Khurshid Shah....Please take some time out and visits the rurual areas of Sind...Your highness see what your government has delivered during past 10 years..Poor have become poorer...And you people are enjoying all the perks and protocols..In the name of shame democracy..At the SC is putting cap on your corruption and make things happen..Kindly shut your mouth...Better for you and nation...
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Apr 21, 2018 09:37am
Civilian government must admit its failures.If I have my house in order,no body would dare to look at it.Federal and provincial governments have failed people for years.List of public sufferings is a long one.No safe drinking water,no power,no garbage collection & no heath facilities.I wonder billions allocated for these areas every year,where do they end up.
Now that CJ is keeping an eye on what is going on,politicians want everybody to stay in his domain.
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Apr 21, 2018 09:39am
Lets see who is talking.Now is the time to put Pakistan towards good governance.
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Apr 21, 2018 09:44am
What an idiotic statement by Khursheed Shah, if he would be doing half his job we would not be in a mess like this.
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Apr 21, 2018 10:03am
Sit with due respect, if PPP is not performing as per wishes and needs of the masses then?
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Apr 21, 2018 10:24am
Lack of efficiency and honesty in addressing the " civil administrative issues " has compelled the judiciary to interfere . Can we honestly say that common man's issues such as health care facilities , education , availability of clean drinking water , load shedding etc., etc., have been solved to any satisfactory or comfortable level ? Policy making , planning ,and implementation are part and responsibility of administration . When administration fails to fulfill its assigned responsibilities , it's the common man who suffers . Efforts to alleviate his / her sufferings , from any individual or an institution should be appreciated .
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Apr 21, 2018 10:50am
kurshid shah should do the work which CJ is doing instead of criticising.
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Apr 21, 2018 12:24pm
Look who is talking?
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Apr 21, 2018 01:48pm
PPP didn't and doesn't want to work for the welfare of Sindh and Sindhi Nation!
The opposition leader only talk on issues but not on their remedies.
If you all-time-liar and corrupt politicians do your job, why will CJP interfere!
But you are busy in doing corruption even after taking oaths!
Shameful!
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Apr 21, 2018 02:05pm
Shame on u politicians not serving the country but ur own interests. U donot deserve to serve Mr Shah
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Apr 21, 2018 04:37pm
How dare they question the working of those who have been elected by the people to plunder the country and who have been carrying on this job to the best of their ability all the time some times even foregoing sleep to earn a paltry billion dollars in some under hand deals.
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Apr 21, 2018 04:46pm
@Amer Mahdi
Mr. Amer Mahdi,
Mentally Mr. Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, Ms. Benazir
Zardari, Mr. Bilawal Zardari, Ms. Faryal Talpur,
Mr. Khurshid Shah, Mr. Syed Murad Ali Shah,
etc., are the names of dictators.
PPP is out of Punjab.
PPP is out of KPK.
PPP is out of Balochistan.
PPP is out of urban areas of Sindh.
This small regional political party is only in the
rural areas of Sindh.
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