The leader of opposition in Sindh Assembly, Haleem Adil Shiekh, rejecting the fraudulent first phase of local government polls in Sindh, announced that they challenge them in the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
Addressing an important press conference in Sindh Assembly, here Tuesday, he said the Election Commission conducted LG polls in Sindh. He said it was the verdict of the Supreme Court that local government polls should be held in Sindh after legislation under Article 140.
He said the slogan of free and fair elections were murdered by using government machinery. He said candidate were selected through poll rigging. He said we reject the first phase of LG polls in Sindh and we will go to the Supreme Court to get cancelled this election. He said in presence of the sitting Election Commissioner we will not accept any election.
Haleem Adil Shiekh said the Armed Forces had played a vital role in defense of Pakistan and we are proud of our Armed Forces. He said if someone has committed a mistake it needs to be corrected.
Haleem Adil prayed for the early recovery of MQM leader Kanwar Naveed. He said our relationship with all people is good. He said however we are sorry for the MQM. We tried our best to convince them, but they repeated their history of Altaf Hussain era.
He said the MQM had left us due to price hike. He advised the MQM to jump off the boat before it sinks. He said Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and Muhtarma Benazir Bhutto would take stand for the rights of the nation and country, but the present leaders of their party lack courage. He said chief minister says that Imran Khan has surrendered. He said had Imran Khan really surrendered he would still be in power, but he raised voice for a real freedom and against slavery.
Haleem Adil Shiekh said that in past some great leaders would sit in Sindh Assembly but now people of small status sit there. He said previous day during his five hours long speech in Sindh Assembly, he pointed out corruption in all departments of Sindh government.
He said we have got no power but we came draw attention to the problems of people through mike. He said we represent 40 percent people of Sindh. It is my responsibility to talk on the issue of people. He said for the first time in history of Pakistan he was not allowed to speak on budget and the budget was got passed.
He said previous day he exposed the corruption of past 140 years in Sindh. He said one and half hour after his speech, the session was started and Sindh government got approved additional Rs93bn grant for different departments under supplementary expenses. He said for current year the Sindh government got more than Rs37billion from our federal government.
The Sindh government to less sales tax than target. It means that the economy of Sindh would be below the economy of the rest of the country. He said on June 30, 2021, there was cash and carry balance of Rs 85bn and now in current year there is cash and carry balance of Rs72bn. He said last year the Sindh government spent 50 percent less from development funds. He said Rs222bn were tagged for development funds and Rs179bn were actually spent.
He said that during last 14 years Rs10389bn were spent in budget head and Rs8414bn for non development expenses. He said during last 13 years a corruption of Rs1400billion is committed. He said the report of the Auditor General show a corruption of Rs700billion in development budget.
Haleem Adil Shiekh said the imported government has opened floodgates of price hike. Previous day NEPRA allowed hike of Rs8 per unit in electricity. Petrol, diesel have gone costlier. Dollar is hiked. The wheat flour price has gone up from Rs55 to Rs100per kilogramme. The imported slave government has pushed the poor masses into deep price hike. He said these are the last days of the imported government.
