LARKANA, Dec 17: Chairman, Sindh National Front, Mumtaz Ali Bhutto has expressed apprehensions over PPP leader Benazir Bhutto’s statement in Quetta regarding provincial autonomy.

Addressing meetings in Ratodero Taluka villages on Monday, he said during 1993 elections she made similar promise but could not keep up. The five years she ruled the country are full of deviation from promises and commitments she made to the public, he added.

It’s not a distant thing when Benazir refused to work with President Musharraf both as a civilian or uniformed president but then agreed to cooperate. This, Mumtaz Bhutto termed a part of deal she struck with President Musharraf under the influence of America which not only benefited the two but also exonerated key PPP leaders from corruption and murder cases.

He said there is more than meets the eye regarding ‘deal’ with Muttahida Qaumi Movement earning the most from it. He said soon people will realize how dangerously the ‘deal’ has inflicted the nation.

People are not attracted to large-scale PPP advertisements, evident from the failure of public meetings in Liaquat Bagh Rawalpindi and Quetta and the long-march of Lahore, he said.

He said the Sindh National Front is gaining popularity in Naudero. Mumtaz Bhutto said he never criticised anyone without evidence.

Ameer Bakhsh Bhutto contesting as independent candidate from PS-37, Syed Ibrahim Shah, Ishrat Abro and others also spoke on the occasion.

GHINWA BHUTTO: People will not get rid of poverty, sense of deprivation, illiteracy, injustice, and rule of rich without devolution of power from grass roots level, said Chairperson PPP (Shaheed Bhutto), Ghinwa Bhutto on Monday.

Speaking during different corner meetings in her constituency (NA-204) she said over centralisation of power will not only weaken national unity but also generate hatred among the provinces. She said the party’s five-point agenda is employment to educated youth, land to landless haris, protection to people, complete provincial autonomy and end to corruption and price hike. She advocated empowering people at union council level, putting police, judiciary, and financial matters under its authority. At present these are being governed by federal and provincial government where rich, influential and feudal lords wield the power generating insecurity among the masses, she said.