Pakistan Muslim League-Functional (PML-F) President Pir Pagara has ordered his party’s ministers and advisers in the Sindh government to submit their resignations to the governor. Sources said that Pagara had decided to sit in the opposition in Sindh Assembly following his party’s opposition to the Local Government (LG) Ordinance promulgated by the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP). The PPP’s allies in Sindh Assembly, including the PML-F, PML-Q, National People’s Party and the Awami National Party (ANP), had opposed the LG Ordinance. The PML-F decided to go in the opposition camp after rejecting the ordinance.
PML-F Sindh General Secretary Imtiaz Sheikh said his party’s provincial ministers and advisors would act upon the directives of the party leader. He said that in the first stage, provincial ministers including Jam Madad Ali and Dr Rafiq, and advisors including Imtiaz Sheikh and Imamuddin, would submit their resignations. According to the PML-F spokesman, the governor refused to accept the resignations of PML-F members in addition to those from the National People’s Party and the PML-Q. The provincial ministers from the abovementioned parties had immediately presented their resignations before the Sindh chief minister. However, in the absence of any action regarding acceptance or rejection of the resignations, the PML-F president directed Sheikh to immediately hand over the resignations to the Sindh governor.
