KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party’s newly nominated Chief Minister of Sindh, Syed Murad Ali Shah will take oath of his office on Friday.
According to PPP media cell, the oath taking ceremony will be held at Governor House Karachi where senior leaders of the party would be present.
Murad Shah, who will replace the current Sindh CM Syed Qaim Ali Shah, was nominated by PPP’s Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari in a meeting here on Tuesday.
“The decision to replace an experienced and loyal party leader was very difficult but sometimes the party has to take such decisions for political and strategic purposes in interest of PPP and the province,” Bilawal said in a statement released by PPP media cell.
The PPP chairman said Qaim is a very respected member of the party and PPP would continue to seek his guidance from his experience in the future also as he had been associated with the party for three decades.
“Syed Qaim Ali Shah is a great asset of PPP who stood by the party through thick and thin for three generations of party leadership,” he said.
Sindh CM Syed Qaim Ali Shah will present his resignation to the Governor Sindh Dr. Ishratul Ebad Khan today (Wednesday). He has already presented his resignation to Chairman PPP Bilawal Bhutto Zardari during the party’s parliamentary meeting in Karachi.
When Shah was asked about the decision of his removal as the chief minister, he said: “PPP leadership had always taken wise decisions. However, I would continue to serve the party.”
The announcement of changing the provincial CM had long been lingering with the PPP leadership as it was difficult to remove the senior leader from CM office.
The PPP leadership has also decided to make changes in provincial cabinet. Names of new Sindh cabinet members would be announced in a couple of days
