KARACHI - The provincial government has failed to come up to the expectation of the people during its one-year in office and, according to informed sources, top PPP leadership may decide to separate the party and official posts with a view to improve governance. Well-placed sources have confided to The Nation on Wednesday that such a move would help the party boss to get closer to the lower PPP workers who, under the current system, finds it difficult to approach the CM and get their problems solved. The separation of powers would revive the strength and popularity of the party. Sources added that President Asif Ali Zardari during his visit to Karachi had directed the Chief Minister to improve the performance of his government but the situation remained unchanged. Only last month in a Central Executive Committee (CEC) meeting the President again advised Syed Qaim Ali Shah in this regard. The unpopularity of the incumbent government, sources said, could be witnessed from that fact that PPP workers from Jacobabad and Khairpur had sent about 40 letters to President Asif Ali Zardari expressing their dissatisfaction over the performance of present Sindh regime. They also demanded the President to separate the party office from the Chief Ministership as the incumbent chief executive of the province neither could give adequate time to the party workers nor concentrate on good governance. Sources further said that recently PPP workers in Hyderabad openly criticised the CM for his failure in resolving their problems alleging that instead of deserving party workers, jobs were being given to opportunists through illegal means. They complained that even transfers and postings were not made on their recommendations. Even old party guards are running from pillar to post in getting jobs for their relations while the same are being allegedly sold by the henchmen of influential people, they alleged. Sindh government had announced to provide jobs to 50,000 unemployed youth in the province but situation on this front is also disappointing. According to sources, another reason for the growing unpopularity of the incumbent chief minister was that Sindh cabinet in its first meeting had decided to end the OPS, and contract system in the province. But the government failed to honour both these commitments. Sources further said that a particular group based in CM House has encircled Syed Qaim Ali Shah so that even the party MPAs have been denied access to the chief minister. He is available to these MPAs during the assembly session only where they make a beeline to get their problems resolved. Sources said that had the chief minister taken instant decisions on various issues, things would have been better than how they stand currently. Delay in buying the paddy and rice directly from the growers created a situation which resulted in a threat of agitation from the growers of upper Sindh and only then the chief minister acted in haste but in prudence and announced relief measures welcomed by the growers. This kind of dilly delaying unfortunately reflects the lack of will of the chief minister to take decision and impose his authority. Due to poor decision making and governance the very chief minister was removed from the office during the first tenure of PPP in 1988. But the PPP stalwart has not learnt a lesion and is making the same mistakes that he committed in the past, they added. Keeping in view the prevailing uneasiness among the party cadres, sources said, that the party high command has decided to separate the office of provincial party president and chief Ministership. The expected top contenders for the slot of Chief Ministership recently visited London to meet MQM Chief Altaf to garner support and consult the leader of the major coalition partner.