KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah led main Ashura procession at Numaish and then flew to Hyderabad, where he participated in procession at Imambargah Mola Ali and took aerial views of processions.

Sindh CM accompanied by Home Minister Zia Lanjar, Local Govt Minister Saeed Ghani, Mayor Karachi Murtaza Wahab, PPP leader Waqar Mehdi and others, drove to Numasih. There, he not only led Ashura procession but visited Azadar Association camp and discussed overall arrangements made by administration of his government.

CM then, accompanied by Home Minister Zia Lanjar, flew to Hyderabad, where he visited Imambargah Mola Ali. He led mourning procession and went to Command & Control Centre to inspect monitoring system.

CM, on his way back to Karachi, took an aerial view of Ashura processions of Hyderabad and Karachi. On his landing in Karachi, Murad Shah visited CPO, where he was received by Inspector General of Police Ghulam Nabi Memon. CM was taken to Command and Control Centre at CPO, where he witnessed monitoring process of Ashura procession.

IG said that over 350 dedicated cameras were covering procession from different angles to ensure its security. CM directed IG police to continue security arrangements until mourning processions were terminated, and people returned to their homes.

Hyderabad: Replying to question, he said that political party did not emerge merely by winning votes and bagging seats, but it needed to adhere to political norms, "PTI will have to review its role if it is demonstrating political behaviour or not," he said.

"We [PPP] have not been consulted for banning PTI, but as matter of fact, Pakistan Peoples' Party has never been in favour of banning any political body, " Shah said. To question, he said that his government was constructing 2.1 million houses for flood-affected people. Of them, 1.5 million [houses] have been completed and 600,000 are under construction.

Murad Shah said that he was trying to complete the largest housing project for flood-affected people by December 2025. While talking to media in Karachi, Shah said that a wave of terrorism has emerged in country. "This is why extraordinary security arrangements had been made to avoid any untoward incident on Ashura," he said.

Published in The Daily National Courier, July, 19 2024

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