- Asks Wasim Akhtar to get out on bail and run Karachi as a free man
- Says Pakistan’s weak foreign policy was to blame for poor relations with neighbouring countries
SUKKUR, August 28: Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Syed Khurshid Ahmed Shah said on Sunday he did not want the newly elected Karachi mayor to run the city from behind the bars. Khursheed Shah said Waseem Akhtar, MQM leader and the new Karachi mayor, should obtain bail from the government as it did not look good for the mayor to be running the city from prison. On MQM’s disassociation from Altaf Hussain, the opposition leader said any association or disassociation cannot remain hidden. Khurshid Shah said that contact of Dr Farooq Sattar with Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Chief Altaf Hussain would be exposed in 10 days.
Addressing a media in Sukkur at DCO office in Sukkur, he also said that Pakistan’s weak foreign policy was to blame for poor relations with neighboring countries.
Khurshid Shah said that the mayor of Pakistan’s biggest city being in jail is not a good sign, adding that on one hand India is lobbying against us, while on the other hand there is MQM chief and Brahimdagh Bugti, while PPP chanted slogan of ‘Pakistan Khapay’ at the time of martyrdom of Benazir Bhutto.
He said that MQM indifference with Altaf Hussain is a good sign, but indifference will not remain hidden; hence will wait 10 to 12 days and everything will become clear.
He said that PPP always implement on reconciliation policy. We will have to resolve issues of Pakistan jointly. Khurshid Shah said that we have announced to take streets on roads and will march rallies and will tell everyone about failures of government. He said that the foreign policy of country is extremely weak; therefore the friends are deemed enemies.
Khurshid Shah said that Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) chanted ‘Pakistan Khappay’ after the assassination of Benazir Bhutto. He also announced that rallies and protests would be staged across the country in September to highlight the flaws of the government.
Talking about health facilities, Shah said that Sukkur hospitals lack 67 doctors, over 60 male and female nurses and paramedical staffers who will be soon appointed.
He also said that health and educational facilities are responsibilities of government while the condition of hospitals needs to get improved. He said the stock of medicines in Civil Hospital Sukkur is available till next October, adding that the four private medical stores set up in civil hospital have been closed. -Sabah
