Local bodies elections to be held on time: Sindh chief minister

• Sindh chief minister said PPP leaders helped flood victims.
• He said nobody told him about technocrat government.
• 95 pct of water removed from Sindh, he claimed.

SEHWAN: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Sunday said the local bodies elections would be held on time, Bol News reported.

“We believe in democracy. We will contest elections and win,” Sindh Chief Minister Murad Shah said talking to media in Sehwan.

He said the Sindh government was removing flood water from the areas affected from flood water. 95 per cent of the flood water has been removed from Sindh, he claimed. He said the local government representatives should meet their people so that they could resolve their issues.

The Sindh chief minister said all the Pakistan Peoples Party MNAs and MPAs helped the flood affectees and granted financial aid to them. The World Bank has given $2 billion for rehabilitation of the flood victims, he maintained. He said next week the government would begin reconstruction of people’s houses.

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To a query, he said nobody told him about any technocrat government. Some irresponsible people talked of technocrat government, he maintained.

On November 8, as per the reports, the second phase of the Local Government (LG) elections had to be delayed once again after the government of Sindh removed a legal impediment in postponing the polls.

According to reports, the decision was made during talks between the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the Muttahida Quami Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) regarding the municipal elections in Karachi and Hyderabad.

The Sindh government had made an amendment the Local Government Act, 2016, paving the way for delaying the polls once again. The provincial cabinet had approved the amendment through a circulation summary.

Under Section 34 of the Local Government Act 2016, the Government in consultation with the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) had to conduct the polls within 120 days.