Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah held a meeting on Friday with opposition leaders belonging to different political parties in the Sindh Assembly and briefed them on the proposed Sindh Accountability Bill, 2017.
Those who attended the meeting were Sindh Assembly leader of opposition Khwaja Izharul Hassan, MQM's Syed Sardar Ahmed, Nand Kumar of PML-F and Haji Shafi Jamote of PML-N while the PTI's parliamentary leader Samar Ali Khan did not attend the meeting.
The chief minister briefed the opposition leaders about the need for the provincial accountability law.
Shah said he and his legal team believed that the 'measures to curb corruption' was a provincial subject right from the date of enforcement of 18th Constitutional amendment.
“We are late by few years, but now we have decided to introduce the draft of proposed provincial accountability bill in the assembly on Monday,” he said.
The chief minister told the meeting that under the proposed accountability law the appointment of the department's chairman would be made through the provincial assembly, while the director general and the prosecutor general — the two other important positions — would be made in consultation with the chairman.
Sindh Advocate General Zamir Ghumro, while briefing the opposition leaders on the contents of the draft law, said that it would have no clause for a plea bargain.
Provincial Law Minister Ziaul Hassan Lanjar told Khwaja Izhar and other parliamentary leaders that the draft bill was being finalised and he would provide them with the copies if they desire so.
Khwaja Izhar told the meeting that the opposition was against the provincial accountability law, therefore they would oppose the proposed bill in the assembly.
Shah said that it was the democratic right of the opposition to oppose or support the bill.
“I have not called you here to come around our view but the purpose of convening this meeting is to take you [opposition] into confidence regarding the proposed bill,” he concluded.
