Provincial Minister Manzoor Wassan on Thursday said no one would be allowed to forcefully shutdown Karachi on December 12.
Speaking to media representatives in Karachi, he said it would be right of the people to shutdown their businesses but not on the call of Imran Khan.
He said after formation of the judicial commission, the matters between the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf and the government would improve.
Wassan said the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain was with them in the past and would remain with them in future as well.
Replying to a question, Wassan denied the possibility of mid-term elections in the country, adding either re-election or general elections would be held as per schedule in 2018.
On a question on digging of a tunnel near Karachi Central Jail, the provincial minister said the investigation of the matter was underway, adding that the information on the issue could not be shared with the media.
Wassan, who is also Sindh’s anti-corruption minister, said that he was ready to assist Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain in the investigation of corruption cases against his workers.
A day before, Hussain had accused the party’s central coordination committee and parliamentarians of making money by “selling playgrounds and streets”.
The MQM chief had assigned Qamar Mansoor and Arshad Hussain the task of overseeing party affairs in Karachi and London, respectively, and said he would appoint a new coordination committee soon.
Earlier, Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Memon had also said that the provincial government would not allow Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan to close down Karachi. “If the PTI workers tried to shut down the city by force, the government machinery will swing into action,” he had warned.
On November 30, Khan had announced his ‘Plan C’ to paralyse the country’s major cities and eventually “shut down” the entire country. Reiterating demands for Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s resignation and a fair probe into alleged rigging of the 2013 elections, the cricketer-turned-politician appeared confident that his new push for street agitation would succeed.
