Fawad asks PPP to elect new Sindh CM

KARACHI: Demanding the resignation of Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah, federal minister for information and broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain on Tuesday advised Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) to replace the incumbent CM.

Talking to mediapersons in Karachi, the minister said Ali Shah was a ‘Jinn of the Omni group’ who was working against the interests of people in the province.

He said that the federal government supports the present set-up in Sindh, but some lawmakers from the PPP have approached PTI to come forward for bringing about change in the province.

He said it was unfortunate that in the past funds given to the Sindh government for development projects were not spent there but sent abroad.

Nobody would have any complaints if the funds issued for Sindh were utilized for welfare in the province, he remarked. He lamented that the constituency of Chief Minister Sindh lacked basic facilities as Ali Shah was working against the interest of the electorate.

Stating that the PTI shares the happiness and grief of the people of Sindh, the minister announced that the federal government would soon launch water projects in the province.

Fawad said that Bilawal Bhutto Zardari was still a ‘child’ and children were apolitical.

To a question, he said the government has released Rs500 million (Dh13.13 million) outstanding advertisement dues to media houses and in the upcoming policy advertisements would be linked with payment of salaries and implementation of labour laws in the respective organizations.

Replying to a question on a news item about PTI bank accounts, he said it was fake news and the party has already contradicted it and the newspaper should also publicise it.