TANDO ALLAHYAR - Sindh Governor Imran Ismail said on Saturday that the National Assembly had passed some public interest bills, including the one for the establishment of Hyderabad University.
This he said while talking to media after his visit to the residence of advocate Ali Pulh in Tando Allahyar. PTI leader and Opposition Leader in Sindh Assembly Haleem Adil Sheikh was also present on the occasion.
The governor said that it was matter of concern that Sindh’s ruling party had opposed the varsity bill as those rulers did not want to educate the people of Sindh. He said: “Those rulers want the son of a farmer should not come before them by reading and writing.”
In response to a question, the governor said: “We are looking into the water issue as we do not have a government in Sindh, but in the elections 2023, there will be a government of Imran Khan in Sindh.” Ismail said that he had been with Khan Sahib for the last 29 years, as we have to change our Sindh; we have to make Sindh a developed province, where the people of Sindh are not allowed to get health cards.
He said that the Ehsas programme and Kisan Cards were being provided by the federal government with its own money. Meanwhile, the governor also visited the residence of Khair Muhammad Khokhar in Tando Allahyar and expressed his sorrow and grief over the demise of his nephew. He offered Fateha for the departed soul’s blessings from God.
‘PTI govt closes doors of rigging forever by introducing EVM’
Sindh Governor Imran Ismail on Saturday said after passage of the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) bill in the joint session of the parliament, doors of rigging in elections had been closed forever and future elections will be held in a transparent manner. He said this while addressing a programme organised at Insaf House in Latifabad and talking to media at the residence of PTI leader Pir Zaman Shah Jillani in Kotri.
Imran Ismail said in the past, elections had been rigged by former ruling parties by snatching ballot boxes from election staff to get desired results. Those who used to rig the elections in the past are opposing electronic voting machine as they would not be able to manipulate elections in future after introduction of the EVM, the governor said and added that Prime Minister Imran Khan wanted to hold transparent and impartial elections in the country so that no one could seize power by using unfair means in election process.
The governor said next elections would be held in the country on time with EVM and no one would raise finger on its credibility. He said the introduction of EVM and approval of the I-voting system for overseas Pakistanis, was the outcome of 27-year long struggle of Prime Minister Imran Khan who struggled hard for giving the right of vote to Pakistanis living abroad. He said the introduction of EVM was part of PTI’s manifesto.
He said all issues of Election Commission of Pakistan with regard to EVM would be resolved so that fair, impartial and transparent elections could be ensured.
The Sindh governor said inflation was a global issue and the federal government had taken measures to provide relief to the general public.
He said with the pragmatic policies of the federal government, the country’s economy was moving on the right track.
The provincial government had decided to close 7,000 schools in Sindh which would affect the educational system in the province, the governor regretted and suggested that teachers should be posted in these schools to provide educational facilities to poor students of the far flung areas.
The PTI government has fulfilled its commitment to establish a university in Hyderabad despite the fact that the provincial government had opposed it, the governor said and added that the PM loves the young generation of this city and they will be given more and more opportunities in getting education and their skill development.
In reply to a question, the governor regretted the murder of young man Nazim Jokhio in Karachi and said the family of the deceased should be provided assistance in getting justice. In another question, Imran Ismail said rotation of senior officers was federal policy and according to law they were being transferred from one province to another. He said AD Khawaja, Sanaullah Abbasi, Kaleem Imam and other officers had been transferred to other provinces in the past and no one raised objections over that decision but now the Sindh government was creating an issue over rotation policy to make it controversial.