KARACHI
Asif Ali Zardari and Bilawal Bhutto will begin their consultations for interim setup in Sindh from tomorrow.
According to sources, Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah and senior provincial ministers will share their points of view over Sindh caretaker setup with the People’s Party’s top leadership.
Sindh government sources said that the government has considered over three names for the caretaker chief minister’s office and these names will be presented to the party leadership. Moreover, 18 prominent persons from various sectors have been interviewed for the caretaker cabinet of the province, according to sources.
The government will initiate talks over the caretaker setup with the MQM after concluding consultation within the ruling party. The leader of opposition in Sindh Assembly Rana Ansar and Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah are expected to hold a meeting for talks over the interim setup next week.
It is mandatory under the constitution to decide about Sindh caretaker chief minister and the cabinet with consultations between the government and the opposition. Meanwhile, Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah Thursday said that consultations ongoing within Pakistan People’s Party but no names yet decided about the caretaker setup.
The media is speculating about various names, talking to media chief minister here said. “I am consulting within my party, the opposition also holding consultations,” Shah said. “The caretaker chief minister will take oath between four to eight days of dissolution of the assembly,” CM Shah said.
Murad Ali Shah said that he and the leader of the opposition will finalize names within three days and a caretaker setup take place as soon as the assemblies will complete their tenures. Replying a question, chief minister said that the federal government has been convinced for handing over three hospitals to Sindh and an agreement of transfer of hospitals will be signed this week.
“Some people only used to indulge in criticism,” he said. “We are going on leave for two to three months and have performed three months’ work in advance,” chief minister said.
“We will return after three months to perform more vigorously,” he added.
