Karachi Huqooq Caravan: Hafiz Naeemur Rehman demand fresh census

KARACHI: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Karachi President Hafiz Naeemur Rehman has demanded that the federal government conduct a new census in Karachi, SIAL NEWS reported on Sunday.

According to the details, Jamaat-e-Islami held a Karachi Rights March for the rights of the metropolis. A large number of people attended the ‘Karachi Huqooq Caravan’.

Addressing the participants in Hyderi Market, Hafiz Naeemur Rehman stated that no government will be able to deprive Karachi of its rights and demanded a new census in the metropolis.

The JI Emir of Karachi pointed out that general and provincial elections were not acceptable without a census. “If Karachi gets a fair new census, then the Chief Minister will be chosen from the metropolis,” said Hafiz Naeem.

He also accused the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) of selling out the city’s mandate. “We are here to announce that the people of the metropolis will take their rights and resist every anti-Karachi move,” he added.

Meanwhile, Jamaat-e-Islami also organized a protest in Gujranwala against rising prices of petroleum products. A large number of local leaders and activists participated in the protest rally on GT Road.

The protest rally started at Sheeranwala Bagh and ended at the Sialkoti gate. The demonstrators chanted slogans against the federal government for raising gasoline prices.

Sindh LG Law

In February, the Prime Minister of Sindh, Syed Murad Ali Shah, visited Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) The Karachi headquarters together with a delegation expressed their readiness to introduce further amendments to the Local Government Law (LG).

He said that the government had decided to make some amendments based on the experience of the 2013 Sindh LG Act. CM Shah had said that he held a meeting with JI leaders related to the Sindh LG Act.

He had detailed that the government had called a joint parliamentary session for November 17 in which his position was rejected. He added that the joint parliamentary session rejected the reservations on the population census.

The prime minister said that the Sindh government and Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) have formulated a democratic and political solution to the problem.

He said that a team has been formed under the supervision of Nasir Hussain Shah to finalize the amendments.