KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples’ Party expressed surprise at Election Commission of Pakistan’s decision to freeze development funds in Sindh, including budgetary allocation for providing flood-resistant houses to floods victims and solar panels to poor families.

In letter to Chief Election Commissioner, PPP Central Election Cell in charge Senator Taj Haider requested ECP to reverse its decision to freeze funds. He added that freeze on funds for ongoing development schemes was illegal under Election Act 2017.

Urging ECP to reverse freeze on funds, he said, “Legality or illegality aside, there is also human side to development issues, especially those issues which are oriented towards providing relief to wretched of earth. This perhaps should remain our prime concern.”

Separately, senior PPP leader Syed Khursheed Shah said in statement that some urgent measures for public relief and economic stability by caretaker government were inevitable in current situation.

Shah said that people and state had always been at centre of PPP’s politics, therefore, part always took its decisions keeping in mind interest of nation. He urged caretaker government to show extraordinary abilities to deal with ongoing difficulties.

Published in The Daily National Courier, September, 04 2023

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