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HYDERABAD, Sept 13: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal members of the Sindh Assembly have decided not to protest in the assembly any more against Deputy Speaker Rahila Tiwana and allow her to preside over the sessions.
This decision was made after the opposition and treasury benches arrived at an understanding, it was learnt here on Monday. Some Sindh ministers and the ruling coalition's MPAs are scheduled to visit the residence of an MMA MPA from Hyderabad, Abdul Rehman Rajput, on Tuesday.
The MMA parliamentary group claims that its candidate, Rajput, was elected unopposed as the deputy speaker but the government accepted candidature of Ms Tiwana by extending time on the last day of filing of nomination forms. Mr Rajput has challenged election of the opponent in the Sindh High Court and the case is pending adjudication.
When contacted, MPA Rajput confirmed that some ruling coalition's members, including Imtiaz Ahmad Shaikh, Irfan Marwat, Nadir Akaml Khan Leghari, Syed Ali Bux Shah and Deputy Speaker Rahila Tiwana, would visit his residence on Tuesday. He, however, rejected reports that the MMA was withdrawing its case in the high court against election of Ms Tiwana.
SHC: The Sindh High Court Hyderabad circuit bench has directed operations DPO and Dadu DCO to appear before the court on Sept 17 to ensure compliance of a previous order, directing removal of encroachment from the Liaquat road in Kotri.
Justice Amir Hani Muslim on Monday passed the order during hearing of a constitutional petition by Riazat Ali Sahar, drawing attention towards illegal occupation and subsequent construction on government property by Kewal Ram and Danesh alias Bhaya.
The judge, noting that his previous order regarding the said property had not been complied with, issued contempt of court notices to officers of the Kotri municipality.
In response, infrastructure and regulations officers filed a joint statement, explaining their position for non-compliance of the order, which was rejected by the court.
TMO Abdul Razzak Qureshi informed the court that for removal of the encroachment, he required assistance from the Sui Gas, PTCL and Wapda authorities as well as law-enforcement agencies.
The Dadu additional DPO submitted that the police force was not sufficient to provide protection to the TMA anti-encroachment cell in case of anticipated retaliation by the encroachers.
Kewal's counsel sought time to file a counter-affidavit. The TMO was ordered to approach officials of different departments and seek their help, and if any one of them refused, the court should be informed on Sept 17. The Dadu sessions judge was directed to send record of a civil suit of 1982 regarding the said property through special courier.
