Sindh's political temperature drops on Quaid's birthday.

KARACHI -- Amid the cold wave gripping the city these days, a surprising drop in political temperature was seen at Quaid-i-Azam's mausoleum on Wednesday.

Senior leaders of rival parties - the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) - holding key offices in Sindh, communicated messages of understanding to each other. Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah was 'thankful to PM Imran Khan' for resolving several issues of the province at the last meeting of the Council of Common Interests (CCI) and Governor Imran Ismail referred to the progress and prosperity of Sindh as a 'common quality' between the two parties.

After offering fateha at the mausoleum on the occasion of the 143rd birth anniversary of the Quaid, the two jointly interacted with the media and their responses to the queries were largely reconciliatory and cordial - a markedly different tone by the rival parties as compared to previous exchanges.

The Sindh CM led the initial warm response when replying to a question about relations between the parties in the centre and the province affecting development in Sindh by lauding the federal government for its recent moves.

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'Like I said, today we need to follow his [the Quaid's] key principle which is unity. And I am thankful to the PM for the recent CCI meeting where several issues related to provinces led to a resolution. There were a few issues with the Water Accord 1991. Similarly, we have reservations over a few proposals and he heard those out. For instance, we have serious objections over the renewable energy policy and the PM instantly agreed to defer that policy and issued a directive to get back to the provinces on the subject. So, positive things are happening and on the eve of New Year we should resolve to move forward with unity in the future.'

Governor Ismail right away reciprocated. He shared a few points discussed in his recent meeting with PM which carried some surprising details amidst the growing tussle between the PTI and PPP mainly over the recent NAB notice to Bilawal...