PTI demands PAC chairmanship in Sindh

KARACHI: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Sindh chapter, on Tuesday demanded of the provincial government to give it chairmanship of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), a body mandated with conducting audit of different government projects, ARY News reported.

Opposition leader in the Sindh Assembly, Firdous Shamim Naqvi, says that PTI will not become a part of any standing committee if the PTI wasn’t given the PAC chairmanship.

In a statement, Naqvi said the opposition should get equal representation in all standing committees. He said it was unfair expectation of the Pakistan People’s Party to have seven of their members in all such committees.

We will not accept any such standing committee, Naqvi said.

He stated that the charter of democracy had now become ‘charter of choori’ (theft).

A day ago, Naqvi had lashed out at the Sindh government for alleged corrupt practices. He said the provincial government provided escape route to ‘looters’ involved in plundering national wealth.

Naqvi said the PPP Minister Saeed Ghani threatened to give resignation if he was forced to order demolishing structure. “The SBCA operates under the authority of minister, so who gave the orders for all those illegal constructions,” the PTI lawmaker asked.

Taking a jibe at the PPP, he said the corruption of Asif Ali Zardari would soon be unearthed.