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Gabol denies

opposition

to SLGA Bill

KARACHI: Deputy Speaker of Sindh Assembly Sardar Nabil Gabol on Wednesday strongly denied reports in a section of the press that he and some other Sindh MPA's from Karachi were opposed to the Sindh Local Government Amendment Bill passed by the provincial assembly few days back.

"I had certain observations on the Bill pertaining to giving powers to the divisional commissioners and these were deleted from, the Bill before it was passed by the Sindh Assembly," he said, "Now I fully support the Bill," he added.

Gabol said that he fully supports the government and added that the Sindh Chief Minister Syed Abdullah Shah has got this bill passed by the provincial assembly for the betterment of the people of Karachi.

Answering a question, he said that the opposition was trying to make issue out of this bill, which he maintained, was in the larger interest of Karachiites.

He felt that the strike call for Thursday in protest over the said bill was not justified and described it as an undemocratic act.

He stressed that the Bill will help in solving the civic problems of the people of Karachi.-PPI