Haleem asks Bilawal to remove sufferings of people of Sindh.

KARACHI -- Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Vice President Haleem Adil Sheikh Thursday asked Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari to take notice of the sufferings of the people of Sindh especially Larkana.

Addressing a press conference here, flanked by PTI leader and Sindh Baitul Mal president Hunaid Lakhani, Saifullah Abro, Jam Farooq Ahmed, Agha Arslan Ahmed and others, he said Bilawal should focus on Sindh, especially Larkana.

Haleem said people of Sindh was facing water shortage and many children had died in Thar due to hunger and diseases.

Sindh irrigation department was a glaring example of corruption and mismanagement of the PPP government, he said adding, "We will not give withholding tax to Sindh." He asked to read articles 77, 141 and 142.

Haleem Adil said the Parliament could amend the law and under the Income Tax Ordinance 2001, provinces were bound to collect the tax and give it to the federal government.

He said provinces could not refuse tax collection on behalf of the federation. He said the people were saying they would not collect tax for 22 crore Pakistanis.

Haleem Adil said those people had not given Rs6 billion as they had registered 500 vehicles but devoured the tax. He said one should indulge in politics but refrain from violating the Constitution.

He further said those people wanted an National Reconciliation Ordinance.

Haleem said those people had destroyed Karachi.

He...

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