{"id":370883,"date":"2023-11-29T08:47:44","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T03:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=370883"},"modified":"2023-11-29T08:47:44","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T03:47:44","slug":"miftah-ismail-calls-for-referendum-on-local-govt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/miftah-ismail-calls-for-referendum-on-local-govt\/","title":{"rendered":"Miftah Ismail calls for referendum on local govt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KARACHI: Former finance minister Miftah Ismail on Tuesday stressed the need for referendum on the local government. Addressing the seminar in Karachi, \u201cThe divisions have been given power. There is a need to give power to the districts.\u201d Ismail underscored the role of the citizens, saying, \u201cThe citizens give taxes and have to follow the rules set by the government.\u201d \u201cThe responsibility also lies on the government to fulfil, which is also known as service delivery,\u201d he said. Ismail appreciated the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) for presenting the bill that can lead to service delivery. \u201cThe service delivery is not being done in the big cities and small villages,\u201d he added. He went on to say the population in countries like Romania and the Netherlands was less than that in Karachi. Earlier, it was reported that the MQM-P senior leader Dr Farooq Sattar had verified the media reports that he has offered PML-N leader Miftah Ismail to join his party. DNA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KARACHI: Former finance minister Miftah Ismail on Tuesday stressed the need for referendum on the local government. 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There is a need to give power to the districts.\u201d Ismail underscored the role of the citizens, saying, \u201cThe citizens give taxes and have to follow the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-370883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-top-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Miftah Ismail calls for referendum on local govt<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/miftah-ismail-calls-for-referendum-on-local-govt\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Miftah Ismail calls for referendum on local govt\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"KARACHI: Former finance minister Miftah Ismail on Tuesday stressed the need for referendum on the local government. 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