THATTA, Aug 29: Deputy opposition leader in Sindh Assembly, Makhdoom Jamiluzzaman, has accused Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim of having abused his official powers during the local body elections.

He was talking to reporters at a press conference at the local press club on Monday evening. He said that the entire Sindh, particularly Thatta and Badin districts, witnessed the worst type of atrocities and victimization including registration of fictitious cases at the behest of the chief minister.

Makhdoom Jamil said that Sattar Lohar, a member of Sindh Council of the People’s Party Parliamentarian and chairman of the district election committee, former Member of the Provincial Assembly and father of the sitting MPA Sassui Palijo, Ghulam Qadir Palijo, Sardar Luqman Malkani and 190 party workers were named in false cases in Thatta by the Shirazi group backed by the government party.

The deputy opposition leader demanded re-polling in district Thatta and at other districts of Sindh where massive rigging was reported. He appealed to the members of the superior judiciary to take strict notice of Arbab’s illegal actions during the local polls.