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Summary MQM and PPP failed to resolve differences on legal clauses of Sindh Local Government Ordinance.
Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and Mutahidda Qaumi Movement (MQM) leaders met at Chief Minister House in Karachi to resolve differences on legal clauses of Sindh Local Government (LG) Ordinance.Sindh Chief Minister Sindh Syed Qaim Ali Shah and Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad led the talks that sought to resolve the Local Government Ordinance as the stalemate between MQM and PPP continued for a third day.Earlier on, the draft law was being prepared and a notification on the system was expected to be issued as the Sindh Local Government Ordinance 2012 and is said to be an updated version of the Local Government Ordinance Act 2010.According to the new system, the appointment of administrators would be on a political basis whereas district coordination officers would be posted along with commissioners within a division.The matter has led to a rift between the coalition partners and remains unsettled after a series of over a dozen meetings, with President Asif Ali Zardari often stepping in as a mediator.Meanwhile, provincial Minister for Local Government Agha Siraj Durrani said that the people of Sindh would soon hear good news regarding LG system.
