DADU: Special assistant to prime minister on Sindh affairs, Arbab Ghulam Rahim, has linked rise in inflation to increase in corruption by Pakistan Peoples Party and claimed that Agha Siraj Durrani had stashed away such a huge amount of money in order to weaken federal government by causing the inflation to shoot up.

He said that imposition of governor’s rule was the best option in the province since the PPP government was not allowing centre to work in Sindh and creating hindrances to the federal government’s projects, which had affected development.

Rahim said at a press conference at a party leader’s residence on Thursday that PPP had claimed to provide Roti, Kapra or Makan to people but people were still waiting for them despite the party ruling over them for the 13 years without break and still continuing.

He said the federal government provided jobs to people on the basis of merit but in Sindh influential people of the PPP government sold jobs to the highest bidder and still claimed to serve people. It was Sindh government’s duty to control increasing prices of fertilisers in the province, he said.

Rahim said that he would continue to inform people of all issues and problems of Sindh and suggest their solutions. Infrastructure in all towns had crumbled as the local government department had failed to provide basic facilities to people, he said.

Published in Dawn, December 17th, 2021