AGP assures to address Sindh’s reservations on the Islands issue. Attorney General of Pakistan (AGP) Khalid Javed Khan has assured; the Sindh High Court (SHC) on Friday that the federal government will address the reservations raised; by the Sindh government over Pakistan Islands Development Authority Ordinance 2020.AGP assures to address Sindh’s reservations on the Islands issue.
In the hearing of the applicant Shahab; that federal territory in the sea starts; after 12 nautical miles, and Bundle and Buddo are the properties; of the province as they fall under 12 nautical miles.
The AGP stated that the federal government respects the resolution passed; by the Sindh Assembly and the reservations of the provincial government will resolve.
“Federal govt is in contact with the provincial govt”, he added.
AGP Khalid Javed Khan further said that development at the islands would be done only after the consultation of the PPP government.
If necessary, the government will amend the ordinance, he assured the court. On August 30, the president had promulgated the ordinance for establishing; the Pakistan Islands Development Authority for the “development and management of islands in internal and territorial waters of Pakistan.”
The Sindh government on Tuesday withdrew its July 6, 2020 letter in which the Land Utilization Department had consented to the federal government to take custody of both islands.
“ The Sindh Cabinet decided not to engage with the Federal Government. The Government of Sindh and Land Utilization Department is treated as a nullity,” the department said in a letter withdrawing the previous one.”
The center’s plans to launch mega commercial and housing schemes on Sindh’s two islands, Bundle and Buddo, along Karachi’s coast hang in the balance as the PPP-led provincial government has withdrawn its letter handing their custody over to the federal government.