Karachi: Sindh province chief minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has written a letter to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif expressing concern over depriving the province of its quota in civil services and resources by the federal government.
The non-compliance on the quota implementation has been causing a sense of deprivation among the people, the letter said.
Ruled by Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), the province of Sindh, the letter said, should be given its due and rightful share in the resources pooled by the federal government where Sharif is in power.
Sources in the government said that chief minister Shah demanded that Sharif should be giving the quota in the federal bureaucracy in accordance with the constitution.
“The constitution gives the quota in accordance with the population but unfortunately this is not being practiced,” the letter said.
The federal bureaucracy plays an important role in making policies and their implementation whereas the Sindh representation was almost non-existence in the federal government “which is indeed very disturbing and requires urgent steps and your personal attention,” the letter quoted Shah as saying.
The chief minister suggested the prime minister take some urgent steps — including the promotion of civil officers from Sindh — so that they could be posted at the positions which they deserved under the law.
The chief minister expressed hope that his suggestions would be addressed to resolve issues faced by the people of Sindh.
Of the four provinces of the country, three smaller ones continue to be unsatisfied with the federal government’s policies. They complain of an unjust distribution of resources by the federal government, which is dominated by Punjab, the largest and the most populated province of Pakistan.
