CM Murad returns after meeting Zardari in Dubai

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah reached Karachi on Monday after a meeting with Pakistan People’s Party co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari.

A meeting between newly appointed chief minister and Zardari took place for over five hours in Dubai on Sunday, sources said.

During the meeting matters related to law and order of the province came under discussion, sources said.

Shah thanked Zardari for selecting him for the chief minister slot.

Sources said that the portfolio of interior minister will remain with the chief minister. The decision was taken in light of the volatile security situation in Sindh so that  the chief minister could directly oversee matters.

Speaking to the media after the meeting Shah said that he often asks Zardari to guide him in his day to day affairs. He added that he did not discuss portfolios of the new Sindh cabinet with the co-chairman.

“Selecting portfolios of the new cabinet is my responsibility,” he said.

He said that Rangers power in the province have been made an issue by the media. “Several summaries like these come to the chief minister.”

He added that serving the people is his foremost priority. “The co-chairman gives a policy. I have the authority to take decisions for provincial matters,” he said.