Karachi: Sindh governor Dr Ishratul Ibad signed an ordinance late Saturday evening to restore the 2001 local bodies system in Karachi and Hyderabad, said sources. Sources told The News Tribe correspondent that under the new ordinance, district coordination officers would be appointed in Karachi and Hyderabad.
Ibad held extensive talks with Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah at the Governor’s House before signing the ordinance. Sindh Secretary Law, Chief Secretary Sindh, Commissioner Karachi, Sindh revenue minister Jam Mehtab, Sindh Local Bodies Minister Agha Siraj Durrani also participated in the talks.
After signing the ordinance, the governor phoned President Zardari and Prime Minister Gilani. He also informed MQM chief Altaf Hussain about the talks. He talked with Pir Pagara too.
The PPP-led government had restored commissionerate system in Sindh after MQM left the coalition government at the center and Sindh owing to postponement of elections for Azad Jammu Kashmir seats in Karachi. Polls were held later on and MQM won both seats. This lessened the gulf between two parties. Now the agreement to restore 2001 local bodies system has made it very likely that MQM would soon join Sindh and federal governments.
Senior PPP leader Baber Awan addressed a press conference about the latest legal developments after the ordinance was issued.
He said it has been agreed that the petition filed in court against the commissonerate system would be withdrawn.
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