Reconconciliation Policy
(Syeda Farwa Kazmi, Karachi)
Sindh patch-up
NORMALLY, a compromise between individuals or groups is a happy development and
a praiseworthy act. But certainly not when it shapes up between public
representatives who have accused each other of gross misconduct It has been
reported that a reconconciliation has been affected between Sindh Chief
Minister, Dr. Arbab Ghulam Rahim and former revenue minister Imtiaz Shaikh. They
fell apart, perhaps more than a year ago, triggering investigations and
unearthing of irregularities ,costing a lot of official valuable time and money.
Ordinarily, in any country, both of them should have been asked to pack up
and go. But this is Pakistan. It does not require much intelligence to
understand the need for unity and strength in the King’s party to face the
alliance of opposition parties, now in the offing, at next year’s polls. Hence,
this decision to end the row between the chief minister and his former cabinet
member to serve the interests of their political party rather then the welfare
of the people and the Sindh province. The patch-up decision is politically
motivated and detrimental to democratic norms