Inter Provincial Coordination (IPC) Minister Fehmida Mirza on Saturday said that Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah was answerable to Prime Minister Imran Khan as Pakistan was not a confederation but a federation. “How are you [Sindh CM] not answerable to the chief executive of the country; you can’t violate the constitution,” she said, adding that the Constitution was a pact between the state and the people and state’s definition was federal government. The IPC minister’s comments came during a discussion in the Express News’ talk show, The Review, in response to Sindh CM’s statement that he was not answerable to the PM or any minister but to the provincial assembly. “To say that one is not answerable to [the] PM shows the mindset. In January, the Sindh CM while addressing an inauguration ceremony in Karachi had said that he was elected to the post by the provincial legislature and was, therefore, not answerable to anyone except the Sindh Assembly; not even to the prime minister.

Source: The Express Tribune February 20, 2021 18:56 UTC