HYDERABAD, March 3: The fate of the assemblies was being threatened by the Sword of Damocles and the Sindh government was doing nothing to resolve problems of the people.

This was said by the leader of the opposition in the Sindh Assembly, Nisar Ahmed Khuhro, on Sunday while speaking at a seminar on ‘WTO Policies and Role of Sindh Assembly,’ organised by the Committee for Constitutional Rights of Sindh at a local hotel.

Mr Khuhro, who is also the provincial president of the PPP, said that the PPP would continue its efforts to resolve problems of the people despite heavy odds.

Criticising the policies of the government, he said that it was neglecting the agriculture sector despite it being the backbone of the country’s economy.

Accusing the government of trying to destroy the institutions of the country, he said that fate of the elected members of the assemblies hung in balance.

According to him even the Constitution was not immune from being trampled, adding that for all practical purposes, the affairs of the country were being managed without a Constitution for the last so many years.

Consequently, he said, the country remained in grip of one crisis after another.

He said that while villagers in Sindh continue to suffer untold miseries arising out of unemployment, poverty and lawlessness, the government had dissolved Pakistan Seed Supply Corporation and Saso.

Criticizing the government for privatisation of the education sector, he said that the government was trying to shift its responsibilities to others.

Ridiculing the Sindh government for tabling a bill against Bhatta and appointment of a large number of special assistants and advisors, he said that the bills moved by the opposition for welfare of the people had been rejected.

Mr Khuhro said that the opposition would move a bill against Karo-kari in the Sindh assembly, but expressed his skepticism regarding the government’s support in this regard.

The opposition, he said, would also move a bill against the Sida Act, adding that the Sindh government was likely to impede the passage of the bill.

Referring to the growers’ problems, Mr Khuhro said that the opposition would also pr-

esent a bill calling on the government to provide free electricity to the farmers of Sindh as they had suffered irreparable losses by the acute shortage of water.

Jam Saqi, on the occasion, criticized the government, saying that the drought-hit people of Thar, Kohistan and the Kachho areas were struggling for their survival but the government was not prepared to provide them any relief.

He demanded of the Sindh government to declare the areas calamity-affected areas.