KARACHI: Sindh Assembly opposition leader Firdous Shamim Naqvi of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) said on Saturday the Local government has not been given any rights under the 18th Amendment.He was addressing a news conference at the Insaf House, the PTI’s Secretariat in Karachi. “The 18th Amendment is not a sacred document and we will amend it. The provincial finance commission has been inactive since 2006.” The opposition leader said the Pakistan Peoples Party has spent 11 years in the Sindh government but the problems of the people remained the same. “Provincial minister Nasir Shah had talked about providing 10,000 buses, but has not even given 50 buses until now. Sindh’s rulers could neither give clean water nor provide any good plan for the sewerage system. Shahbaz Sharif was better than them, as he developed Lahore even as he [misappropriated funds].”Naqvi said though the provisions of the 18th Amendment are essential, the federal government wants to increase the powers of the provinces instead of reducing them. “Some things should be dealt at the national level at least to the extent of policy making. Labour, education, health, mines and minerals are the subjects where a national policy is essential.”Naqvi said any company would prefer Pakistan over individual provinces. “The 18th Amendment was created by the people sitting in the assembly, and now the assembly will amend it.” Naqvi admitted that his party had pledged not to approach the International Monetary Fund. “We stick to our word, but we cannot harm the country for the fulfillment of our promises.”
04-14-2019, 10:24 PM
Local govt got no rights under18th Amend: PTI
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