Govt has no intention of repealing 18th amendment: FM Qureshi
The provinces instead of looking towards the federal government should devise their own system
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Monday said that the government has no intentions of abolishing the 18th amendment.
Talking to media in the parliament on Monday, he said that there is need to see how much it has been implemented.
The foreign minister said that no one is denying the importance and usefulness of the 18th Amendment and the government has no intention of repealing it.
FM Qureshi said that if the provinces’ practice of looking towards the Center despite getting enhanced share in national resources after devolution of power through the 18th Amendment continued, then there was a need to sit together and review the situation.
The foreign minister said the provinces got various incentives from the Center under the 18th Amendment but did not pass on the same to lower levels.
He went on to say that as the Center only got resources for current expenditures, debt servicing and defence under the National Finance Commission (NFC) Award after 18th Amendment, all the stakeholders should sit together to discuss and review the distribution of resources before a new NFC Award.
Earlier while speaking in the meeting of parliamentary committee on the coronavirus, the minister said there was no problem between the Federal and Sindh governments except the difference of opinion on the issue of lockdown.
He said despite a general impression that there was an effective lockdown in Karachi, the number of coronavirus cases in the provincial metropolis was increasing.
The committee also unanimously approved a resolution demanding immediate release of the traders arrested in Karachi on Sunday.
