KARACHI: Opposition Leader in Sindh Assembly Haleem Adil Sheikh said Thursday that the imported government got the second phase of local government polls in Sindh because it knew that its component parties would be badly defeated.

Addressing a press conference at Sindh Assembly, he said the imported government had seen what was written on the wall. He said PPP, MQM and Jamaat-e-Islami fled from the LB polls jointly. He said those polls were got rescheduled only two days before their polling date. He said during the first phase of elections, we went to court that legislation regarding those polls was not done as per Article 140 A of the constitution, but the polls were not postponed.

He said two days ago, Nasir Shah had written to the Election Commission that preparation were made for holding the LB polls, but due to the fear of defeat, the PPP, MQM and JI fled from the polls. He said in NA 245, our win was sure but those people were afraid of the vote of public. He said whole nation stood behind Imran Khan, and ‘bat’ would get a thumping victory. Haleem said in the by polls of Punjab, the nation had told this loud and clear.

He said a horse trading bazaar was held in Sindh House and the trader of turncoats Asif Zardari and his associates were busy in buying Lotas. The PTI leader said Asif Zardari, Shehbaz Sharif and Maulana were involved in what was happening in the country and they were behind the price hike and inflation.

He said appreciation of dollar value had increased the assets of these thieves. He asked from Asif Zardari that with whose money he tried to purchase Chaudhry Shujaat in Punjab. He said PMA of Liaqatpur was bought for 40 crore rupees.

He said that funds of Sindh were used to buy political loyalties in Punjab in favour of Hamza Shahbaz. He said in Sindh children were dying in Thar. “RO plants are closed. There is lack of dog bite vaccine.” He said 29 people died of drinking poisonous wine in constituency of Sindh information minister. He said megacity Karachi went drowned into rainwater. The PPP did corruption of billions of rupees in transport projects of Karachi besides forests of Sindh were hacked for bribery.

He said the imported government is trying to get NRO for its corruption cases. He said we will form government in Sindh also. He said GDA is supporting us and we salute Pir Pagara for his support. He said a case filed against him old and he was arrested illegally in Lahore. He said his security was withdrawn but still he would continue to expose those thieves.