KARACHI: With brotherly ties turning a bit sour, seasoned politician Mumtaz Bhutto is likely to end his pre-election union with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s party sooner than anyone had expected and revive his Sindh National Front.
Bhutto had announced the merger of his party with the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz on May 9 last year. One and a half years later, the former Sindh chief minister is not so sure about continuing the relationship with the PML-N as his aides argue that Sharif has not remained true to the commitments set at the party’s convention in Ratodero.
Allah Warayo Soomro, senior vice president of the defunct SNF, has also written a letter to Bhutto asking him to convene a meeting of the party’s central executive committee to discuss the future course of action. Bhutto had joined hands with Sharif on the condition that he would represent the PML-N in Sindh.
However, his party’s leaders and activists believe that Sharif has gone back on his word after assuming power.In his letter, Soomro has conveyed the reservations of his colleagues to Bhutto - the foremost of them being that the PML-N chief has entered into an alliance with the Muttahida Qaumi Movement.
But Bhutto has asked his party leaders and activists to “wait and see” for now. When the dust settles, then he will announce the party’s next move.An insider told The News that pressured by his loyalists, Bhutto is likely to revive the SNF.
Bhutto and Sharif had also agreed to hold Asif Ali Zardari and his team accountable.But Zardari’s ceremonial departure from the President House stunned Bhutto and his supporters.
The Butto-Sharif pact also included provincial autonomy and reviewing the formula of distributing resources among the provinces. But Sharif has failed to stick to his word in those areas as well.
Bhutto’s party wants a confederation wherein all provinces are semi-independent. It believes that the provincial autonomy in its present form inPakistan, provided in accordance with the Government of India Act of 1935, was actually meant for the provinces of colonial India, not for the provinces of a free and independent Pakistan. The party maintains that the 1940 Lahore Resolution was in favour of a confederation.
http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-2-202572-Dejected-Mumtaz-Bhutto-may-leave-unfaithful-Nawaz
Bhutto had announced the merger of his party with the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz on May 9 last year. One and a half years later, the former Sindh chief minister is not so sure about continuing the relationship with the PML-N as his aides argue that Sharif has not remained true to the commitments set at the party’s convention in Ratodero.
Allah Warayo Soomro, senior vice president of the defunct SNF, has also written a letter to Bhutto asking him to convene a meeting of the party’s central executive committee to discuss the future course of action. Bhutto had joined hands with Sharif on the condition that he would represent the PML-N in Sindh.
However, his party’s leaders and activists believe that Sharif has gone back on his word after assuming power.In his letter, Soomro has conveyed the reservations of his colleagues to Bhutto - the foremost of them being that the PML-N chief has entered into an alliance with the Muttahida Qaumi Movement.
But Bhutto has asked his party leaders and activists to “wait and see” for now. When the dust settles, then he will announce the party’s next move.An insider told The News that pressured by his loyalists, Bhutto is likely to revive the SNF.
Bhutto and Sharif had also agreed to hold Asif Ali Zardari and his team accountable.But Zardari’s ceremonial departure from the President House stunned Bhutto and his supporters.
The Butto-Sharif pact also included provincial autonomy and reviewing the formula of distributing resources among the provinces. But Sharif has failed to stick to his word in those areas as well.
Bhutto’s party wants a confederation wherein all provinces are semi-independent. It believes that the provincial autonomy in its present form inPakistan, provided in accordance with the Government of India Act of 1935, was actually meant for the provinces of colonial India, not for the provinces of a free and independent Pakistan. The party maintains that the 1940 Lahore Resolution was in favour of a confederation.
http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-2-202572-Dejected-Mumtaz-Bhutto-may-leave-unfaithful-Nawaz
