'Karachi Transformation Committee is unconstitutional': CM Adviser.

KARACHI -- Adviser to Sindh Chief Minister on Information and Archives, Law, and Anti-Corruption Barrister Murtaza Wahab said on Saturday that the formation of Karachi Transformation Committee by the prime minister was an unconstitutional step. In accordance with the Constitution, all the executive matters of the province would be looked after by the provincial government alone, he added while addressing a press conference.

Wahab said that no matter how many committees the PM forms, all these committees would be headed by the chief minister of the province and not the governor. He said that the chief executive of the province, according to the Constitution, was the CM and not the governor.

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Wahab shared that CM Syed Murad Ali Shah was not invited to any of the recent events attended by the PM. Probably because, he claimed, the CM raises questions about outstanding dues, the supremacy of the Constitution, National Finance Commission (NFC) Award and the rights over gas and electricity.

The adviser said that only the officials of Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) attended the event of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) at Bagh Ibn-e-Qasim. He said that the Sindh government had not only announced the Karachi package but also implemented the same in letter and spirit. Renovation of Cantt Station and roads around its surroundings, revamping of Sharae Faisal, construction of underpasses and overhead bridges, revamping of University Road and Tariq Road were few of the examples of the development work carried out under the Karachi package, he added.

Wahab said that the Sindh CM demanded 650 millions of gallons per day (MGD) water for Karachi in the meeting of Council of Common Interest (CCI) but to no avail, even after the federal minister for water and power admitted in the National Assembly the stealing of Sindh's share of water.

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