Pakistan Muslim League–Nawaz (PML-N) President Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday expressed concern over the situation in Karachi, saying the government’s coalition partners in the Sindh Assembly were worsening the law and order in the city through their militant wings.
Speaking in a meeting with PML-N Sindh leaders Ghous Ali Shah, Mamnoon Hussain, Liaqat Jatoi, Marvi Memon, Salim Zia, Ameer Hussain Bhutto and others, the PML-N chief said the parties responsible for Karachi violence were in cahoots with the government and they all were concealing each others’ crimes.
The PML-N chief said the government was doing great injustice to Pakistan by neglecting Karachi.
He vowed that if elected to power, the PML-N would transform Sindh’s conditions and restore peace in Karachi.
Nawaz added that the government was doing injustice with the country and there was illegal occupation of land in Karachi.
He said the PML-N opposed the Sindh local government ordinance and his party stood with the nationalist parties on the issue of dual local government system. He called the ordinance akin to a division of Sindh.
Supporting Supreme Court orders to recheck electoral lists in Karachi, the PML-N president said the government should act upon orders of the apex court to conduct free and fair election.
Nawaz said building the controversial Kalabagh Dam without national consensus was not in the country’s interest.
The controversial project could only be initiated if consensus was created among the four provinces, he added.
Nawaz was also critical of the PML-Q, saying the party’s politics were beyond comprehension. He said his party had played its role to enable the parliament complete its term. Nawaz said if his party had not been in the way, President Asif Ali Zardari would have taken several steps to weaken democracy in the country. “But the president always tried to weaken the Punjab government,” he said. Nawaz added that the PML-N was a national party and its presence in all provinces was a symbol of unity. He announced to run a full-fledged election campaign across Sindh.
