Aminul Haq says CM snubbed him over execution of IT projects in Sindh.

HYDERABAD -- Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Aminul Haq said on Friday that he was snubbed by Sindh chief minister whenever he approached him to seek his cooperation in execution of his ministry's projects in the province.

Unfortunately, all chief ministers right from Qaim Ali Shah to present chief executive had been short-sighted and lacked broader vision for development of the province, said the federal minister at a ceremony for signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between Hyderabad Institute of Arts, Science and Technology (HIAST) and Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB), a subsidiary of IT ministry, at a local hotel.

He told journalists after the ceremony that once he invited the chief minister to attend a programme as guest of honour in Governor House where governor was chief guest but the CM turned down the invitation and did not even bother to send any minister to the programme to represent him.

He said that Rs3.1 billion package of development initiatives was announced for Sindh, including installation of 3G and 4G optical fibre. Rs550m projects for Sanghar would be announced by IT ministry, he added.

He said that he requested the chief minister to hand over to his ministry an old building for the establishment of a software technology park but the CM did not respond to the request.

Later at a meeting, the CM asked him to submit the proposal in writing and he did so, sending a letter on the ministry's letterhead, a copy of which was also sent to Sindh Minister Taimur Talpur but he had not received any reply till this day, he said.

He said that it was just one example of how short-sighted these people were. They did not want to serve people in general and urban Sindh in particular...