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| October 03, 2006 | Tuesday | Ramazan 9, 1427 |
Arbab says he was not informed about allotment: Land for foreign firms
HYDERABAD, Oct 2: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Rahim said on Monday that he had not been consulted or informed about allotment of land in Karachi to some foreign firms by the federal government.
He said that he would get it stopped if it had been done illegally.
He was talking to journalists at the residence of newspaper editor Faqir Manthar where he had gone to offer condolences on the demise of his mother.
District Nazim Kanwar Naveed Jamil was also present on the occasion.
Mr Arbab visited Latifabad-2 and parts of Qasimabad to see whether stagnant water had been drained out.
He clarified that he did not say that he would protest to the federal government regarding allotment of land and said that nobody had contacted him.
“I will get it checked with revenue authorities first but I am completely unaware of any such allotment”, he said.
He blamed media for misquoting him on the issue.
“I do not possess magic wand that I should be aware of every event taking place in the province”, said the chief minister.
About Gen Musharraf’s disclosure in his memoirs that he had founded the PML-Q, he said that everyone know how the PML-Q was formed and asked who had created Islami Jamhoori Ittehad.
He said that PML leaders were sitting in the government and they participated in elections held by President Musharraf.
Replying to a question that people still needed relief, he said that it was a natural calamity and even a super human could not have prevented it.
He said that he had visited parts of Latifabad and Qasimabad and told the district nazim to drain out rainwater from areas by installing more pumping machines.
He said that relief goods whether distributed by army or the district government was provided by the Sindh government.
He ruled out any compensation for crops in Sindh and said that relaxation could be given in recovery of Dhal and Abiyano.
He said that the federal government’s relief would be counted separately.
He said that it involved billions of rupees which could not be afforded either by federal or provincial government.
Regarding district nazim’s statement about inclusion of damages caused to shops in urban areas, in proforma issued by the relief department, he said that relief was a provincial subject and it was done by army and the district government.
He said that he had seen such statement and the government wanted to give some relief to urban population affected by rains.
“Mostly there are federal taxes to be recovered by government and district nazim could work out such proposal”, he said.
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