Sindh Local Government Minister, Saeed Ghani, has said the opponents of the Pakistan Peoples Party have been unduly attempting to render controversial the recent unopposed poll victory of Aseefa Bhutto Zardari from the National Assembly constituency in Nawabshah as the PPP emerged victorious from the electoral constituency in question in the last three elections.The Sindh Local Government Minister stated this on Sunday while speaking at a press conference here at the media cell of the Bilawal House.Ghani greeted Aseefa Bhutto Zardari on her unopposed electoral victory in the National Assembly by-election.
He said the daughter of Shaheed Benazir Bhutto entering the house of the National Assembly would be a momentous occasion. He told media persons that President Asif Ali Zardari had bagged over 100,000 votes to win the February 8 general elections from the same Nawabshah’s National Assembly constituency.Ghani told media persons that initially there were a total of 11 contestants aspiring to contest the by-election from the same constituency against Aseefa.
He informed journalists that one of the prospective candidates, whose withdrawal from the electoral race has unduly been rendered controversial, had planned to contest the by-election independently but his nomination papers were rejected on account of on non-payment of HESCO’s electricity bill of Rs 4,10,000. Later on, the election tribunal permitted him to contest the by-election after payment of the electricity bill, he said.
The Local Government Minister was of the view that the aspiring candidate in question had known very well that he (the candidate) would face a crushing defeat in the by-election. He said the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf had been in the habit of unduly rendering such affairs controversial. “Why we would ever resort to such unfair means in the elections in a constituency where our electoral success is guaranteed,” he said.
Sindh Local Government Minister, Saeed Ghani,said the PPP’s opponents in the by-elections had chosen to withdraw from the electoral race as they were sure about their defeat in the by-election. He said that one of the prospective candidates Sher Muhammad Rind had chosen not to move the election tribunal against the rejection of his nomination papers due to pending cases against him.
The nomination papers of another aspiring candidate Ghulam Mustafa Rind were rejected due to his status of a defaulter.Speaking on the occasion, Sindh Law and Home Minister, Ziaul Hassan Lanjar, said the prospective candidates from Nawabshah who had chosen to quit the by-election contest enjoyed no influence in the area constituency.
He said that a completely baseless allegation had emerged before the by-election that one of the aspiring candidates had been abducted. The alleged abduction has nothing to do with the rejection of the nomination papers of the prospective candidate in question, he said.He told media persons that every aspirant got a level playing field to practice politics in Sindh. The Law and Home Minister said the newly posted Inspector General Sindh Police would soon formally launch an operation against bandits in the riverine belt of Sindh.
He said the dreadful incidents of dead bodies found stuffed in gunny bags had come to an end in Karachi. He said the provincial government would do its best to prevent the instances of street crimes in Karachi in the shortest possible time. He assured the people of Sindh that the law and order situation would be normalised very soon. Lanjar said that police would be held accountable for crime incidents in the province.
Sindh Local Government Minister, Saeed Ghani, said that dacoits in the province would be dealt with an iron hand.To a question, the Sindh Law and Home Minister said that he enjoyed the fullest support to discharge his ministerial duties.Answering a question, the Sindh Local Government Minister said that judges should have the capacity to withstand undue pressure applied to them. He regretted that judges in the past had connived in perpetrating unlawful acts in the country.
