Why should President Asif Zardari, who till few months back was co-chairperson of the ruling PPP, summon interim Sindh caretaker cabinet to Bilawal House in Karachi and stress upon them that he still holds immense power. His son officially heads PPP, which is contesting polls, while his sister Faryal Talpur is calling all the shots, with foster brother Owais enjoying police protocol and protection without holding any office. The whole purpose of putting in place a caretaker setup was to ensure a neutral administration, giving a level playing field to all political parties. Unlike Punjab, where including chief secretary almost everybody in civil administration and police has been changed, there have been no similar changes in Sindh.
This objective was defeated the moment nominees of two major political parties that ruled Sindh for over four years and ten months were selected in the provincial caretaker cabinet comprising of 18 ministers, which once again emphatically highlighting the fact that the party with a huge mandate from Karachi has been in government for past ten years, and cannot visualise doing politics out of power, even in an interim period. Silence of PTI and other political parties on these glaring violations is not understandable.
So much for holding free, fair and transparent elections, but remember the wrath of this nation when elections were unnecessarily rigged in few constituencies in 1977, although ZAB would clearly have won with a simple majority.
M TARIQ ALI
Lahore
MQM terror wing has already started destruction of Election offices of PTI and JI in Karachi, while the Caretakers have chosen to look the other way.
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