KARACHI:Leader of the Opposition in Sindh Assembly, Haleem Adil Sheikh, while taking exception of press conference by Sindh Information Minister Saeed Ghani termed it as a bundle of lies.
Haleem in a statement issued here said that Sindh Information Minister’s statement regarding local government Act was departure from the truth and entirely false as opposition was neither consulted with on draft bill nor it was given opportunity to speak on floor of the house.
He said “Wheat of Rs20 billion has been eaten by your rats during your regime while food department issued wheat worth billions of rupees against bogus cheques under Bachal Rahupoto system which left the department indebted.”
Saeed Ghani was remembering rats since previous days but all the facts would come out if his “Mickey Mouse” Abro is caught, he said. Haleem said that Saeed Ghani should be a minister of disinformation as he also falsified the facts about legislation on local government. According to rules of the assembly the draft of the bill should have been presented to members prior to tabling it in the house so that members could go through the draft and contribute positively in the legislation.
But Sindh Local Government Bill 2021 was not included in the agenda and it was brought into the house during ongoing session, he recalled adding that even on the floor members were not allowed to discuss the bill and deputy speaker violating all the rules got it approved.
Haleem said that first time in the history Sindh budget was passed without letting the opposition members to speak and even leader of the opposition was not given opportunity to deliver his speech on floor of the house. Haleem said that he received another intimidating video in which Sindh Police’s G-3 rifle, bullet proof jacket and hand cuffs were shown.
Murad Ali Shah who also held the portfolio of Sindh home minister was accountable for it, Haleem said adding that he could not be frightened by such videos and he was afraid of none but Almighty Allah. I have faced several attacks in Kunri, Nawabshah, Larkana, and Malir, he said and added that he was ambushed even on the gate of Zardari House in Nawabshah.
Meanwhile, the opposition leader in a tweet censured spokesperson of Sindh government for his false statements on health facilities in the province and said that Rs 768 billion has been spent on health during 13 years but anti-rabies vaccine and ambulance were not available in hospitals of Sindh.
The pathetic state of health facilities in Sindh could easily be observed in a recent video gone viral on social media that showed that ambulance was not available in health centre of Bhan Saeedabad- village of Chief Minister Sindh Murad Ali Shah, Haleem tweeted. He said that those people were criticizing Health Card who had sold Covid-19 vaccines provided by the federal government.
