The Sindh government has decided to amend the contentious local government law in compliance with the agreement reached with the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) a day earlier, a news outlet reported on Saturday.
According to the report, Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah has summoned a meeting of the provincial cabinet on February 2 and the provincial government has also decided to postpone the local government polls till July.
Earlier on Friday, the JI had announced to end its 29-day-long sit-in outside the Sindh Assembly after the Sindh government agreed to amend the local government act.
The announcement to end the sit-in was made by JI leader Hafiz Naeemur Rehman after successful talks with a delegation of the Sindh government. The delegation of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) was led by Sindh Minister for Local Government Nasir Hussain Shah.
The two sides had reached an agreement, according to which, the Karachi mayor will be chairperson of the water and sewerage board while all departments of the education and health sectors, including hospitals and dispensaries, will be handed back to the Karachi Municipal Corporation (KMC).
Speaking to media, Nasir had said that PPP and JI have agreed to empower the mayor of Karachi.
Rehman had congratulated the participants of the sit-in for their movement to empower Karachi and added that the workers had started the protest for basic rights.
