Video - Pakistan - Exclusive interview of opposition leader Syed Khurshed Shah

92 at 8 - 7th November 2015 by nmalik1

Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah has said that the next phase of the local bodies elections should be held under the supervision of the army.

He said the PTI Chairman Imran Khan had done nothing in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). He said that the confrontation of political parties benefits ‘someone else’ and not politicians. Shah said that his son has entered politics as a worker. He said that there was need for introducing reforms in the Election Commission of Pakistan.

He said Manzoor Ahmed Wattoo had offered to quit as PPP Punjab president but he was stopped from doing so. He said the massage for PPP is that the party should go to the masses. He said the sitting government wins local body polls. Shah said Asif Ali Zardari will return to country after improvement of health. Shah said Bilawal Bhutto Zardari is his leader. In an interview with a private TV channel, he said, “Votes do not increase through Metro Bus. A female relative of Qaim Ali Shah stamped once and the media unduly highlighted the issue”. Shah said the local government representatives would secure powers themselves. Shah said the sons of politicians would become politicians like those of doctors or any other professionals, adding that no one has lodged complaint against the unopposed election of his son in local government elections in Sukkur.

Shah said he has also come from grassroots level, adding that he was elected councilor in 1979 and in 1988 he was elected as MPA. Shah said his son will follow him in politics. He said that today 80 percent parliamentarians are sons of former parliamentarians.

He said the politics is becoming more and more difficult with the passage of everyday. He said politicians were stopped in participating in local government elections. He said that there is need to introduce biometric system. He said the sign of election commission should also be printed on ballot paper. He said if reforms are not brought in ECP then the rigging allegations in elections will continue to be leveled. Shah said the members of the commission should have quit along with Fakhruddin G Ibrahim. Shah said he had asked the chief minister Sindh to hold judicial inquiry into Khairpur incident which was held during the 31st October local government elections. Shah said he had offered Bilawal Bhutto Zardari to come in National Assembly and become opposition leader. He said Qaim Ali Shah is better than others in Sindh Assembly. He said the party will decide to give him any other responsibility.

Khursheed Shah said Dr Asim Hussain was worker of MQM, adding that he treated Asif Ali Zardari in hospital and he is also his personal doctor. He said investigations should have been held against Dr Asim Hussaim first and then action should have been taken against him.

Shah said that any operation against the terrorists should be across the board in whole country. He said that the supporters of terrorists should be apprehended. He said in Punjab and KP no one is being arrested and it looks like that there is no terrorism in both provinces. Shah said they have raised in the National Assembly the issues of Nandipur Power Project, circular debt and IDPs, population, agriculture, labourers, matter of salaries and other facilities of low grade government employees, exports, oil prices and terrorism in country. He said the issue of earthquake victims would be taken up in parliament.

He said media wants aggressive opposition, adding that every media house should provide him two-three stones and he would through these stones on government officials in the Parliament. He said that the PPP is not doing friendly opposition. He said the PPP played positive role over the resignations of PTI and MQM. He said that the confrontation of political parties benefit someone else instead of politicians.

Shah said everything of politician is public property, adding that he had advised Imran Khan to go abroad for some days being a friend. Shah said Asif Zardari will return to country after improvement of health. Shah said Zardari was treated for three months in Dubai when he was president of the country.