Waseem should be Karachi mayor, says Khursheed

KARACHI: Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah on Wednesday said that MQM leader Waseem Akhtar should be the mayor of the port city.

He said that it was strange the police thought of arresting him nine years after the May 12 incident.He called the replacement of Syed Qaim Ali Shah as Sindh chief minister a political decision, a private news channel reported.

Talking to the media aftercondoling with MQM leader Khawaja Izhar-ul-Hassan on the death of his father, Khursheed Shah said that Waseem Akhtar should be Karachi’s mayor.

The opposition leader went on to say that the law enforcement agencies had arrested Akhtar after nine years. “Police are criticised for bad things in Karachi whereas somebody else is praised for the good things happening in the metropolis,” Shah added. Khursheed Shah said that peace was restored in Karachi owing to the efforts of Sindh Rangers while the law and order situation in interior Sindh too had improved a lot.