MQM-P forwards White Paper against PPP to governor

Hopes Zubair will play effective role in
mitigating sufferings of Sindh’s residents

A copy of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan’s (MQM-P) White Paper against alleged wrongdoings of the Sindh government of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has been forwarded to the governor.

Sindh Assembly opposition leader Khawaja Izharul Hassan has written to Governor Mohammad Zubair in the hope that the latter would play an effective role in mitigating the sufferings of the residents of the province.

“Along with this letter, I am sending you a copy of the White Paper issued by the MQM-P against discrimination meted out to the residents of urban and rural Sindh and bad performance of the provincial government of the PPP,” read Hassan’s letter dated May 9.

The letter said the White Paper would help the governor observe the sense of deprivation prevailing among the residents of the province. “I hope that after reading this document, you will be able to better understand the reservations of the residents.”

The 79-page White Paper was issued during a news conference at the Karachi Press Club on April 5. MQM-P chief Dr Farooq Sattar criticised the quota system and the consequent imbalance between urban and rural Sindh.

“This institutionalised divide between the urban and rural population is present in no other province. To this day, it remains a cause of friction among the inhabitants of Sindh.”

He spoke of the disparities prevalent in the affairs of the provincial civil services. “The PPP is a murderer of merit. Apart from discriminating against urban dwellers, their government even forced people from rural areas to buy jobs. They have been exploiting the system to its very limit.”

Lamenting that the provincial government lacked sincerity of purpose, he claimed that it was the feudal class in Sindh that was exploiting the situation at the cost of society’s marginalised sectors.

The opposition party presented a demand for forming a judicial commission to evaluate the pros and cons of the quota system. It also called for a judicial commission to probe reasons for lawlessness and violence rampant during the PPP’s consecutive tenures.

The MQM-P leader also extensively discussed as to how the Sindh government allegedly failed to share federal funds with the local governments at urban centres in the province.