Karachi: Acting Governor Sindh Nisar Ahmed Khuhro has signed the Sindh Local Government Ordinance (SLGO), 1979 on Friday after which the old commissionerate system has been restored in the province.
In an unofficial ceremony organised at the governor house in Karachi, Khuhro signed the law as acting governor in the absence of Governor Ishratul Ibad, who was summoned by the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Chief Altaf Hussain in London.
The ordinance came into effect after the Sindh Assembly repealed the controversial ‘Sindh People’s Local Government Act, 2012′ on Thursday, amid much uproar and protests by MQM legislators.
Earlier, acting Speaker of the Sindh Assembly Shahla Raza also signed the bill.
MQM’s Members of National Assembly (MNAs) staged a walkout from the National Assembly session on Friday protesting against the passage of Sindh’s Local Government Ordninance 1979, which according to them was done in a haste.
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