A delegation of Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP) led by its Chairman Mustafa Kamal, on Sunday visited the JI headquarters to discuss the controversial bill on local government, bulldozed by the PPP government in Sindh and broadly opposed by all opposition parties in the province.
The delegation, comprising PSP leaders Arshad Vohra, Anees Qaimkhani and others, was welcomed by JI Karachi chief Naeemur Rehman at Idara Noor-e-Haq.
A detailed meeting was held between leaders of the two parties after which they talked to media.
Speaking on the occasion, the JI Karachi chief Naeemur Rehman said that the two sides discussed in detail the controversial bill and the situation evolved after the PPP bulldozed it in the Sindh Assembly.
He said that the two sides also exchanged views in regard to the flawed results of census, the attempts to capture local bodies institutions by the PPP and the issue of direct election of the city mayor.
The JI leader said that his party and the PSP shared the same viewpoint against what he called a black law on the chapter of local government in Sindh.
He added that the two sides decided to continue struggle from their respective platforms against this undemocratic move by the PPP.
He said that the bill has once against laid down foundation stone for ethnic politics in Sindh.
He expressed his sorrow over the behavior of the top minister in Sindh and said that the chief minister is the chief executive officer of the province but unfortunately he has showed a very discriminative behavior.
Naeemur Rehman further said that the PSP and the JI have agreed that the politics of feudalism, ethnicity and discrimination will not be tolerated anymore in Karachi and other parts of the province.
He added that the PSP also supported the viewpoint of the JI on an empowered city government and direct election for the city mayor.
