Saturday, April 15, 2017

Disputes between Sindh and Federal government

A number of issues take birth when we discuss about two different poles. While talking about Federal and Sindh government, there is a Tug-of-War situation between both the governments. There are a lot of issues between Sindh and Federal government from the very start.

More or less, issues has been resolved to some extent including releasing Ayyan Ali for money laundering case and Former Minister of Petroleum Dr Asim Hussain for corruption case. But still, both the governments stand poles apart.

There are still numerous issues like National Finance Commission (NFC) award because there is more than 50 percent share input from Sindh in pool but it is getting 23 percent in share to Sindh and Federation is not delivering powers to provinces especially Sindh according to constitution after 12th amendment in education, health and other departments there is dispute over distribution of water to Sindh as Indus water treaty. Sindh is facing very difficult situation.

The issue of IG Sindh is also a conflict between Sindh and Federal government. Sindh government did not wanted to change IG Sindh but Federal government was in favour of Kaleem Imam due to which AD Khwaja left the charge and it became another dispute between both the poles. Blaming each other is also a common practice of the politicians. As happened in Ghulam Qadir Marri’s kidnapping case.

Government is working on electricity shortage issue and hopefully it will be resolved in coming years. Many of the wind turbines are planted for resolving the issues. Thar coal project will be started in 2018. China is also aiding to produce electricity through dumps of garbage.

Nowadays, the distribution of gas has become serious issue. In Sindh Assembly, Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah warned and threatened Sui Southern Gas Company Limited (SSGCL). He said if gas issues are not considered and resolved on time, then his government will cut off gas supply from Sindh to the rest of the country.

At present, as elections are coming closer, every political party is trying hard to convince the public for voting. In this regard Nawaz Sharif has visited four different cities of Sindh including Karachi, Thatta, Hyderabad and more recently Jacobabad. He has announced development package of 1 billion for these cities. But everyone knows that no development can take place in such a short span of time.


Electoral reforms are essential for our so-called democratic state. Laws that force the politicians to answer public and to unseat them if they do not respond. These politicians has made people come to a position where he is unable to think and is busy in his duties and wish to get the basic needs. They do not work on education as knowledge gives a person power to understand the matters and question.