Summary Qaim Ali Shah says no changes made to the powers enjoyed by Rangers, says DG Rangers is satisfied.
JAMSHORO: (Dunya News) – Sindh Chief Minister (CM) Syed Qaim Ali Shah has on Saturday rejected the chances of Governor’s Rule in Sindh. He said that no changes have been made to the powers enjoyed by the Rangers and that Director General (DG) Rangers is satisfied with the resolution passed by the provincial assembly.
Talking on the occasion of Sindh University convocation, Sindh CM said that the rumours of Governor’s Rule in Sindh are baseless and there is no such probability.
Commenting about his own authority, he said that he had none. He said that the captain of the operation has no authority. "Where s the captain then?" questioned Shah. "Everything else is in place", he said.
Qaim Ali Shah told that he met Sindh DG Rangers Major General Bilal Akbar and he was satisfied with the powers given to the Rangers. He added that no changes have been made to the Rangers’ powers in Sindh.
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Similar statements regarding Governor s rule were also made by the Minister for Railways Khawaja Saad Rafique. He stated that there was no such possibility in Sindh.
Rafique added that the deployment of Rangers in Karachi was done strategically and government does not intend to make a mockery of this decision. He denied that there was any dead lock with Sindh government.
Speaking on Local Body by-polls in Lodharan, the Minister for Railways stated that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) leader Jehangir Tareen was a parachuter who won’t be able to win the polls even if he flies around the constituency in ten planes. Rafique stated that the election s results for PTI and Jamat-e-Islami (JI) in Lodharan will mimick both parties previous LB polls perfomance.
Rafique further added that the transition of power in Balochistan will be completed by end of December.
Lashing out earlier at the PPP-led Sindh government, Senator Mushahidullah Khan on Friday had said that the federal government is in “halat-e-jang” (state of war) while the Sindh government is in “halat-e-bhang” (state of drunkenness).
The PML-N Senator gave these remarks in response to the situation in Karachi and non-extension in paramilitary Rangers’ policing powers in the province.
