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President’s decision on NFC Award accepted as protest: Farooq Sattar
ISLAMABAD: The MQM parliamentary leader, Dr. Farooq Sattar said that President Pervez Musharraf’s decision on NFC Award was accepted by them not willingly but as protest.
Dr. Farooq Sattar said in a news conference at Islamabad that the MQM has submitted a bill for provincial autonomy in the National Assembly and he wanted this bill to be presented to the house during the current session.
He said that the more powers to the centre create problems for Pakistan.
Describing the important points of the bill, he said that the matters of defense, foreign affairs and currency should be with the federation and the remaining matters should go to the provinces.
He said that the points included in the federal legislative be reduced from 55 to 35 and be eliminated from the concurrent list.
He said that the council of common interests be made effective and active.
Dr. Farooq Sattar said that the NFC composition should be changed and be related to the poverty, population, area and resources provision.
Courtesy Geo