KARACHI: Sindh Minister for Information, Local Government, Housing & Town Planning, Religious Affairs, Forest and Wildlife Syed Nasir Hussain Shah has said the budget session of the Sindh Assembly was supposed to be a virtual session but the opposition did not allow it and just followed to its tumultuous tradition.

The provincial Information Minister said the manner in which the opposition caused a commotion during the budget speech of Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah was extremely regrettable. He said the opposition had no justification for what they did during the budget session.

Nasir Hussain added in his statement that although the federal government itself was unstable, it was still trying to destabilise the Sindh government.

The provincial Information Minister said that some federal ministers always practiced the politics of making noise along with hurling criticism for the sake of criticism.

He said only 25 percent attendance of members was kept in the budget session of Sindh Assembly, but even in this situation the opposition members did not miss the opportunity to fulfil their longing. The provincial minister said it was possible that the next meeting of Sindh Assembly would be a virtual meeting.

Syed Nasir Hussain Shah further said that during the visit of the Prime Minister to Sindh province, no formal schedule was kept for his meeting with the Chief Minister of Sindh.

The provincial Information Minister clarified that whenever the Prime Minister visited Sindh, the Chief Minister of Sindh went to receive him, but this time there was no such plan mentioned in the schedule of the prime minister’s visit, owing to which the Chief Minister could not go to receive the Prime Minister.

Syed Nasir Hussain Shah said Sindh had received Rs 230 billion less from the federal government last year, adding that year the Sindh government was facing a similar situation.

The provincial Information Minister said that despite all that circumstances, the Sindh government had taken care of the poor people in the budget by reducing its expenditure.—PR