Not answerable to PM Imran Khan, says CM Murad Ali Shah

KARACHI: Chief Minister Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah on Monday ignited controversy after he said that a chief minister is not answerable to anyone, which included the prime minister of a country, as well.

Touching upon his remarks, Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah said that he meant that the CM of a province is only answerable to the people who elected him.

“My answer may not be taken as negative but as a matter of fact that the chief minister is only answerable to the provincial assembly,” he said.

Murad was speaking to media after inaugurating the Diagnostic Complex and Dow Institute of Life Sciences. He spoke about his letter to the prime minister, saying that it was confidential and he did not know how it got leaked.

The Hyderabad Electric Supply Company and Sukkur Electric Power Company are running in heavy losses, the CM said. “I had written a letter to the prime minister much earlier and had requested him to hand over both the companies to the Sindh government on the condition to continue the subsidy, whatever the federal government was giving to them,” he said.