Sindh govt passed wages bill to mint money, alleges opposition

karachi — Opposition parties in the Sindh Assembly on Monday alleged that the passage of the Sindh Payment of Wages Bill-2015 was meant to mint money by creating and selling various posts of higher grades for high prices.

Leader of the Opposition in Sindh Assembly Khawaja Izharul Hassan, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf lawmaker Khurram Sher Zaman, Nand Kumar of the PML-F and others speaking to the media accused the PPP government of trying to create more posts in various departments so as to sell the same to make money.

Khawaja Izhar said that the only objective of the government for passage of the bill was to create new posts and sell them.

He further said that free education bill was passed in 2010 but free education was seen nowhere in the province.

Khurrum Sher Zaman said that the PPP government was also being dubbed as the corrupt one.

Earlier, treasury benches of Sindh Assembly on Monday passed the Sindh Payment of Wages Bill-2015 into law amidst shouts and slogans of dissent from the opposition benches on the floor of the House.

Acting Speaker Shehla Raza presided over the session.

The bill was presented by the Senior Minister Nisar Ahmed Khuhro for reconsideration of clause-II of the bill which was earlier passed by the assembly unanimously.

Khuhro tried to put to the House the matter of reconsideration of the above mentioned clause pointing out that after the 18th amendment it was the responsibility of the provincial government to make a pro-workers law by making amendments to the old law to this effect.

Upon this the opposition benches including leader of the opposition in the assembly Khawaja Izharul Hassan said that intention for workers were good but proper steps should be taken before passing the law.

First of all a letter be written to the federal government regarding making amendments to the law to avoid conflict between the provincial and federal governments in the future. — APP