CM Sindh Murad Ali Shah and federal minister Ali Zaidi locked in war of words
KARACHI: The Sindh Chief Minister, Syed Murad Ali Shah, sent a proper letter to Prime Minister Imran Khan about the alleged insulting behaviour of Federal Minister Ali Zaidi within the last meeting of Karachi Transformation Committee held at the CM House the previous week while Ali Zaidi, responding to the letter, said the letter in question showed mala fide intent and arrogance of the Sindh CM and revealed that no movement on the bottom had taken place on Karachi's basic civic issues.
The CM Sindh Murad Ali Shah wrote: "I wish to state as that as citizens, politicians and holders of important Constitutional offices, it's our duty to conduct ourselves during a manner which is respectful not only towards people but also the general public office we hold and represent. Through our actions, we should exhibit conduct which may be followed and exemplified by others.
"That supported our meeting of September 2020, a development plan for Karachi was announced. it had been during this context a committee was also constituted, comprising three representatives each of the federal and provincial governments. The committee, which also included Zaidi, was tasked with the difficulty namely to get rid of bottlenecks which are available the way of development projects in Karachi, especially that specialize in better coordination between the federal and Sindh government (despite all political differences).
"That on January 16, 2021, another meeting of the committee happened at the Chief Minister's House, Karachi. However, towards the top of the meeting, Zaidi acted during a hostile and belligerent manner within the presence of all the members of the committee towards the undersigned which though warranted an instantaneous response except for the sake of the committee's overlying objective also because the office that the undersigned holds, Zaidi's unruly behaviour, which under no stretch of imagination are often deemed together expected from a federal minister, was ignored. That this is often clearly not the primary time that Zaidi has shown such arrogance and belligerence at public forums, which is unbecoming of any citizen including a federal minister.
He claimed that through this letter, he was registering his protest against Zaidi's behavior "expecting that your office will take some action and in future, maturity (to some extent), inter alia, are going to be seen as merit for appointments at such high positions."
In response to CM Sindh's letter to PM Khan, Federal Minister Ali Haider Zaidi has also written a letter in response.
The letter reads, “Sir, i would like to state on record that the accusations levelled against me by CM Sindh of unruly behavior and of acting during a hostile and belligerent manner within the meeting of the Committee on the Karachi development plan, show a transparent mala fide intent. I also wish to register my strong protest on the tone and tenor of his letter, which shows his arrogance and disrespect for the Honorable Prime Minister's office also as towards federal ministers.
"We are a part of the committee constituted to oversee the Karachi development plan and it's our duty not only to deliver tasks assigned to us during a timely manner but also to hunt reasons for delays and invite timelines for completion of varied parts of this development plan.
"At the top of the meeting, I reminded CM Sindh yet once more to satisfy his commitment for the devolution of institutions like Sindh Solid Waste Management Board (SSWMB), Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA) to the divisional and district levels and to incorporate this within the minutes of the meeting along side a timeline for accomplishing these tasks. He repeatedly refused to think about this despite my repeating the request to him 3 times . whenever his response was i'm not answerable to you. the very fact is that i used to be not there in my private capacity but representing the Federation and admittedly he's answerable to the members of the committee, especially on initiatives where the Federation is undertaking the project in terms of monetary and ministerial support. additionally , i'm an elected MNA from Karachi, the town where the event project is being undertaken. So, CM Sindh was duty sure to give me the answers, i used to be seeking.
"The CM Sindh had committed to devolving relevant institutions to the divisional levels in various discussions over the last six months but nothing has moved thereon thus far . He consistently dodges the discussion of devolution that's imperative for a metropolis like Karachi and other divisions of Sindh.
"So his accusations are merely an effort to evade accountability on the delays he and his government are indulging in deliberately. The hypocrisy and incompetence of his government for over a decade has nothing to point out except loot and plunder. The federal has gone the additional length to assist him improve the infrastructure of Karachi and assist within the development of Sindh — a province that continues to bleed financially thanks to enormous corruption and suffers neglect at the hands of the provincial PPP government.
"No movement on the bottom has taken place on these basic civic issues. Instead, the CM Sindh has kept the committee simply lecture hide the utter incompetence or malevolence of the Sindh government.
"It isn't the responsibility of the federal or its agencies to continuously undertake these civic tasks while the Sindh Government continues to vacillate on its responsibilities and evade what it's required to try to to ," he said.
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