KARACHI: The Sindh government and the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP) leadership on Monday vowed to make the local government system in the province more effective.

A meeting of senior officials of the provincial government and the PPP’s senior leaders was held at Bilawal House where they agreed that the role of the LG system is crucial in solving people’s problems. They, however, again avoided giving any idea about the schedule for next LG elections in the province.

The meeting was presided over by PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, who stressed the need for making the local government system effective at the grassroots level. He said the role of local government was crucial in solving problems of the people.

He vowed to bring a much better LG system in the province in which its representatives would have more powers.

The meeting was attended by Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah, Karachi’s Administrator Barrister Murtaza Wahab, members of the provincial cabinet, including Saeed Ghani and Nasir Hussain Shah, and PPP’s women wing president Faryal Talpur.

During the meeting, the PPP chairman was briefed on the draft of the law being amended for introducing a much-empowered and effective LG system in Sindh.

He was informed that the new LG system would give more powers to its representatives, said a statement issued by Bilawal House after the meeting.

The meeting was briefed by Barrister Wahab, Mr Ghani and LG Minister Nasir Hussain Shah.

Published in Dawn, November 23rd, 2021