MQM rejects PPP proposed Sindh Local Bodies system
MQM is demanding restoration of 2012's LB System in the province.
KARACHI (Online) - Mutahida Qaumi Movement has rejected the new Sindh Local Bodies System, proposed by Pakistan People’s Party.
The MQM, second largest party in Sindh, is demanding restoration of 2012’s LB System in the province but ruling Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), the leading political party in Sindh, has declared it impossible.
Sindh Law Minister Sikandar Mendhro has announced, on Tuesday, that Sindh regime is ready to hold local bodies’ polls after August 15.
A draft of new local bodies’ system has been handed over to Sindh Chief Minister for approval and now the Election Commission can issue schedule of local bodies’ anytime after August 15, he added.
At the other hand, the MQM has rejected PPP’s draft of new local bodies’ system completely and termed it as a conspiracy of dividing Karachi into pieces.
The MQM opposition leader in Sindh Syed Sardar Ahmad has vowed that his party will oppose PPP’s local bodies’ system in the provincial assembly.
