Karachi: Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, chairman of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Tuesday conveyed his annoyance to the provincial Sindh government in the delay in solving the murder case of prominent Sufi singer Amjad Sabri.
The young chairman of the PPP, who is on a learning curve in his political career after he inherited the leadership of the party following the murder of her mother Benazir Bhutto in 2007, has started reaching out to the public lately.
He visited the family of Sabri, who was gunned down last week, and raised questions about the law and order situation in Karachi city. His own party is running the government in Sindh.
A national debate is raging on the performance of the law enforcement agencies against the militants. A few days before the murder of Sabri, unknown men had kidnapped in broad daylight Owais Shah, the son of justice Sajjad Ali Shah, chief justice of Sindh High Court.
Bilawal felt the pinch when media questioned him about the progress of the investigation in the Sabri murder case.
“The Sindh government, answer the question,” Bilawal clutched the arm of Home Minister Anwar Sohail Sayal and pulled him in front of the media before leaving briskly.
Commenting on the act, Khawja Izharul Haq, the opposition leader in the provincial assembly said that Bilawal acted as an opposition leader does. He further said that the PPP chairman, in a way, admonished the Sindh government and asked it to improve its performance.
However, Senator Saeed Ghani of the PPP shrugged off such inference saying Bilawal had no differences with the Sindh government.
Minister Sayal said the investigation of the murder was going on and all the aspects were being looked into. He said the investigators were examining the political angle, business affairs, sectarian or any other factor in the Sabri murder.
Pakistan Army chief General Raheel Sharif visited the city on the weekend to chair a high-profile meeting on the deteriorating law and order situation in Karachi and ordered the paramilitary rangers to come down upon the outlaws.
Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, the federal interior minister, said that 2,000 ex-army men would be recruited to reinforce the Sindh police.
