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Benazir Timeline
Benazir Bhutto, who became the first woman to serve as prime minister of a Muslim country, was assassinated Thursday when an attacker opened fire and then blew himself up after a political rally in Pakistan. Here, a look at key moments in her often stormy life in politics:
June 21, 1953: Benazir Bhutto is born into a wealthy family in southern Pakistan.
1973: Bhutto's father, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, a former Pakistani president, begins serving as prime minister. Benazir Bhutto graduates from Harvard's Radcliffe College.
1976: Bhutto graduates from Oxford University.
April 4, 1979: Zulfikar Ali Bhutto is executed for the murder of a political opponent, two years after his ouster as prime minister in a military coup.
April 10, 1986: Benazir Bhutto returns from exile in London to lead the Pakistan Peoples Party, founded by her father.
December 1988: Bhutto, age 35, becomes the first female prime minister of a Muslim nation after winning parliamentary elections.
Aug. 6, 1990: President Ghulam Ishaq Khan dismisses Bhutto's government, citing corruption and a failure to control ethnic violence.
Oct. 19, 1993: Bhutto takes oath for a second term as prime minister.
1996: Bhutto's brother Murtaza dies in a gun battle with police in Karachi. Her brother Shahnawaz had died under mysterious circumstances in France a decade earlier.
Nov. 5, 1996: President Farooq Leghari dismisses Bhutto's second administration amid accusations of nepotism and undermining the justice system.
April 14, 1999: A court finds Bhutto guilty of corruption while she is out of the country. The conviction is later quashed, but Bhutto remains in exile.
Oct. 12, 1999: Gen. Pervez Musharraf, the head of the armed forces, seizes power from Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in a bloodless coup.
Oct. 5, 2007: Musharraf signs an amnesty covering cases against Bhutto, opening the way for her return and a possible power-sharing agreement.
Oct. 18, 2007: Bhutto returns to Pakistan after more than eight years of exile. She narrowly escapes a suicide bombing that kills nearly 140 people during a homecoming procession in Karachi.
Nov. 9, 2007: Police throw barbed wire around Bhutto's house to keep her from speaking at a rally to protest Musharraf's imposition of emergency rule.
Nov. 13, 2007: Authorities put Bhutto under house arrest again. She urges Musharraf to resign.
Dec. 1, 2007: Bhutto launches her election campaign.
Dec. 27, 2007: Minutes after Bhutto addresses thousands of supporters in Rawalpindi, she and at least 20 others are killed when a gunman opens fire and a suicide bomb explodes.
KARACHI: Met office said Tuesday that lower parts of Sindh including Karachi are likely to have a widespread heavy rainfall alongwith strong dust storm on Friday and Saturday.
According to Cyclone alert-2, the tropical cyclone, located some 1100 kilometers south-southwest of Karachi is expected to move initially in a north-westerly direction in the next 24 hours. After that it is expected to re-curve in northeasterly direction towards Indian Gujrat and Sindh coast.
The tropical cyclone is expected to further intensify into a severe tropical cyclone after crossing 20 degree north on Thursday causing a widespread rain with scattered heavy fall accompanies with gusty winds (60 to 80 knots) along Sindh Makran coast from Thursday evening to Saturday.
The fairly widespread heavy falls with strong gusty winds (80 to 100 knots) are expected over lower Sindh including District Badin, Thatta, Tharparkar, Umer Kot and southern areas of Hyderabad and Mirpurkhas and Karachi.
The sea conditions are going to be rough to very rough in next 48 hours and high tides are also expected to develop near Sindh-Makran coast on Friday and Saturday.
Tropical warning centre of Pakistan Meteorological Department has warned that the fishermen of Sindh and Balochistan who are in the open sea should return to the coast before Wednesday evening. The centre has advised all fishermen not to venture in open sea from Thursday to Saturday.
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HAMID MIR
HAMID MIR
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By Amir Wasim and Nasir IqbalWednesday, 19 May, 2010
ISLAMABAD: The ripples caused by the emergence of an audio tape on the web last week of an alleged telephone conversation between a prominent Pakistani journalist and a Pakistani Taliban militant has blown into a full-fledged controversy, with the journalist and television anchor now completely denying his involvement and many others calling for a high-level investigation to establish truth.
Hamid Mir, who finds himself in the midst of a raging debate on the issue of journalistic ethics, has moved a step further from describing the taped conversation as doctored or concocted to completely denying that it was his voice. And for all this he is blaming the country’s top civilian intelligence service, the Intelligence Bureau Directorate which, according to him, was part of a larger game to malign him and a few others.
Shocking as it is, the telephone conversation revolves round the alleged dubious role of an Islamic hardliner and former ISI operative Khalid Khwaja, and that too when he was still in the captivity of a little known militant group Asian Tigers. The man posing himself to be Hamid Mir is heard accusing Khalid Khwaja of being a notorious double agent, who had been working for everyone from the American CIA to Qadianis, and having played a dirty role in the Lal Masjid episode.
The large number of websites where this audio tape is currently available describe it as a candid conversation on telephone between Hamid Mir and a Punjabi Taliban. Some have gone to the extent of accusing Mr Mir to be one of the instigators for what happened to Khalid Khwaja, as within days of this supposed conversation a video of Mr Khwaja was released in which he had made similar “confessions” of his involvement in the Lal Masjid saga, and of working for CIA. Within days of this video tape, Mr Khwaja was shot dead and his body was thrown on a road in North Waziristan.
However, Hamid Mir says he neither has anything to do with such a conversation, nor he can even think of getting involved in such an affair. He has also denied the content of a statement, purported to have been issued by the Taliban, who denied this telephone conversation but at the same time blamed the telephone company PTCL for illegally recording telephones of its subscribers.
In fact, talking to Dawn in his office on Tuesday Hamid Mir claimed that the entire tape recording and its uploading on the website was the work of IB and that too at the behest of President Zardari and the government to malign him as, according to him, he has been a bitter critic of President Zardari and others in his programmes.
Mr Mir claimed that the IB had used a special gadget through which they could change the voices. “They took my voice sample and changed it to look my voice through the special gadget,” he said. He warned that more such tapes involving some other journalists and politicians would surface in near future.
Mr Mir further claimed that he had been informed about this purported tape before time by Interior Minister Rehman Malik. “The interior minister took me to his Parliament House chamber on Thursday and told me that an audio tape had been prepared to implicate me in some terrorism-related issue,” he said, adding the minister also told him that his life was in danger. “The minister even advised me to keep some guards with me,” he said.
Mr Mir claimed that the audio tape was first released on a blog being run by some people belonging to the ruling PPP.
In the tape, Mr Mir is purportedly heard asking an unknown Taliban member to interrogate Khalid Khwaja over his links with the CIA and his role in the Lal Masjid siege. The journalist also narrates some incidents to prove that Khalid Khwaja was a CIA agent. In the conversation, Mr Mir tells the unknown person that Khalid Khwaja had arranged his meeting with an alleged CIA man Mansoor Ijaz in Islamabad. Similarly, Mr Mir has also narrated an incident as to how on the request of Khalid Khwaja he arranged a meeting of the widow of an alleged Al Qaeda man, Abdul Rehman ‘al-Kennedy’, with her son in the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in Rawalpindi, and that later it was revealed that the woman was a Canadian national and also a CIA agent.
When asked about the contents of the controversial tape, Mr Mir said that in the recent past he had talked about Khalid Khwaja in detail on telephone only with an office-bearer of the PPP. He, however, denied that he had had any meeting with Mansoor Ijaz in Pakistan. He, however, confirmed the other part of the tape and admitted that he had “arranged a meeting of a woman with her son at the CMH on the request of Khalid Khwaja.” But, he said, later he came to know that one of the sons of the woman living in the US was working for the CIA and not that woman as claimed in the audio tape.
Mr Mir said he had met Mansoor Ijaz only once in New York in 1995 where he had gone as part of the delegation of the then prime minister Benazir Bhutto. “Mansoor Ijaz had come to see Ms Bhutto, but instead he met Asif Zardari,” he said.
When contacted, president of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) Pervez Shaukat refused to comment on the issue, saying they would come out with some statement in the next few days after holding consultations with other office-bearers.
Legal Notice
Meanwhile, Hamid Mir has served a legal notice on Publisher of Daily Times Salman Taseer who also happens to be the Governor of Punjab, Editor Rashid Rehman and Staff Reporter and Chief Executive Officer Business Plus Mian Ehsanul Haq demanding to pay general damages of Rs250 million as a compensation for allegedly damaging his reputation, along with a written apology within 14 days that should also be published in the newspaper in a similar manner and prominence as the alleged defamatory report was published.
“Our client vehemently denies the conversation made in the alleged communication as fabricated and concocted one,” the legal notice served by Advocate Assad Ullah Jaral on behalf of Hamid Mir said for publishing, what he claimed to be a libellous report titled: “Hamid Mir’s terrifying indiscretions,” along with transcript of alleged communication in the newspaper on May 10, 2010.
Besides on May 17, 2010, a private channel Business Plus also aired the same ‘negative propaganda’ against Mr Mir, the notice said, adding the act of defamation in the television programme
Hamid Mir, who finds himself in the midst of a raging debate on the issue of journalistic ethics, has moved a step further from describing the taped conversation as doctored or concocted to completely denying that it was his voice. And for all this he is blaming the country’s top civilian intelligence service, the Intelligence Bureau Directorate which, according to him, was part of a larger game to malign him and a few others.
Shocking as it is, the telephone conversation revolves round the alleged dubious role of an Islamic hardliner and former ISI operative Khalid Khwaja, and that too when he was still in the captivity of a little known militant group Asian Tigers. The man posing himself to be Hamid Mir is heard accusing Khalid Khwaja of being a notorious double agent, who had been working for everyone from the American CIA to Qadianis, and having played a dirty role in the Lal Masjid episode.
The large number of websites where this audio tape is currently available describe it as a candid conversation on telephone between Hamid Mir and a Punjabi Taliban. Some have gone to the extent of accusing Mr Mir to be one of the instigators for what happened to Khalid Khwaja, as within days of this supposed conversation a video of Mr Khwaja was released in which he had made similar “confessions” of his involvement in the Lal Masjid saga, and of working for CIA. Within days of this video tape, Mr Khwaja was shot dead and his body was thrown on a road in North Waziristan.
However, Hamid Mir says he neither has anything to do with such a conversation, nor he can even think of getting involved in such an affair. He has also denied the content of a statement, purported to have been issued by the Taliban, who denied this telephone conversation but at the same time blamed the telephone company PTCL for illegally recording telephones of its subscribers.
In fact, talking to Dawn in his office on Tuesday Hamid Mir claimed that the entire tape recording and its uploading on the website was the work of IB and that too at the behest of President Zardari and the government to malign him as, according to him, he has been a bitter critic of President Zardari and others in his programmes.
Mr Mir claimed that the IB had used a special gadget through which they could change the voices. “They took my voice sample and changed it to look my voice through the special gadget,” he said. He warned that more such tapes involving some other journalists and politicians would surface in near future.
Mr Mir further claimed that he had been informed about this purported tape before time by Interior Minister Rehman Malik. “The interior minister took me to his Parliament House chamber on Thursday and told me that an audio tape had been prepared to implicate me in some terrorism-related issue,” he said, adding the minister also told him that his life was in danger. “The minister even advised me to keep some guards with me,” he said.
Mr Mir claimed that the audio tape was first released on a blog being run by some people belonging to the ruling PPP.
In the tape, Mr Mir is purportedly heard asking an unknown Taliban member to interrogate Khalid Khwaja over his links with the CIA and his role in the Lal Masjid siege. The journalist also narrates some incidents to prove that Khalid Khwaja was a CIA agent. In the conversation, Mr Mir tells the unknown person that Khalid Khwaja had arranged his meeting with an alleged CIA man Mansoor Ijaz in Islamabad. Similarly, Mr Mir has also narrated an incident as to how on the request of Khalid Khwaja he arranged a meeting of the widow of an alleged Al Qaeda man, Abdul Rehman ‘al-Kennedy’, with her son in the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in Rawalpindi, and that later it was revealed that the woman was a Canadian national and also a CIA agent.
When asked about the contents of the controversial tape, Mr Mir said that in the recent past he had talked about Khalid Khwaja in detail on telephone only with an office-bearer of the PPP. He, however, denied that he had had any meeting with Mansoor Ijaz in Pakistan. He, however, confirmed the other part of the tape and admitted that he had “arranged a meeting of a woman with her son at the CMH on the request of Khalid Khwaja.” But, he said, later he came to know that one of the sons of the woman living in the US was working for the CIA and not that woman as claimed in the audio tape.
Mr Mir said he had met Mansoor Ijaz only once in New York in 1995 where he had gone as part of the delegation of the then prime minister Benazir Bhutto. “Mansoor Ijaz had come to see Ms Bhutto, but instead he met Asif Zardari,” he said.
When contacted, president of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) Pervez Shaukat refused to comment on the issue, saying they would come out with some statement in the next few days after holding consultations with other office-bearers.
Legal Notice
Meanwhile, Hamid Mir has served a legal notice on Publisher of Daily Times Salman Taseer who also happens to be the Governor of Punjab, Editor Rashid Rehman and Staff Reporter and Chief Executive Officer Business Plus Mian Ehsanul Haq demanding to pay general damages of Rs250 million as a compensation for allegedly damaging his reputation, along with a written apology within 14 days that should also be published in the newspaper in a similar manner and prominence as the alleged defamatory report was published.
“Our client vehemently denies the conversation made in the alleged communication as fabricated and concocted one,” the legal notice served by Advocate Assad Ullah Jaral on behalf of Hamid Mir said for publishing, what he claimed to be a libellous report titled: “Hamid Mir’s terrifying indiscretions,” along with transcript of alleged communication in the newspaper on May 10, 2010.
Besides on May 17, 2010, a private channel Business Plus also aired the same ‘negative propaganda’ against Mr Mir, the notice said, adding the act of defamation in the television programme
By Hamid MirISLAMABAD:
The man who has ruled Sindh as a de facto chief minister for many years finally lost his powers on Saturday. Brigadier Huda, who was an ISI commander in Sindh, was in fact the caretaker of the MQM-PML-Q provincial coalition government. He was responsible for running the coalition in a smooth manner. All major decisions were taken after his consultation. He resolved the differences between former CM Arbab Ghulam Rahim and the MQM many a time. Many provincial ministers even used to say "ooper Khuda aur neechay Huda". The brigadier’s name figured in the power circles of Islamabad in the evening of May 12, 2007. Brigadier Huda was given credit for the show of massive government power in Karachi on that day. Initially, the MQM was reluctant to hold a rally in Karachi on May 12. The then ISI DG Gen Ashfaq Kayani also had the same opinion that the MQM should not come out on the streets when Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry would visit Karachi. It was Huda who played an important role in convincing the MQM not to cancel its rally. He assured the MQM leadership that there will be no riots on that day though he was proved wrong. He was supposed to be very close to the then Army chief General Pervez Musharraf. However, no action was taken against him.The blasts in the rally of Benazir Bhutto on October 18, 2007 in Karachi were another failure of Brigadier Huda. He was responsible for the security of Benazir Bhutto on that day more than anybody else. However, he was not transferred despite his repeated failures. His downfall started on April 9, 2008, when many people including lawyers were killed in the Karachi violence. It was another failure on the part of Huda. The new PPP government in Sindh felt that Brigadier Huda was still having immense political influence. It believed that he was in contact with the anti-PPP forces. Many important bureaucrats reported to the provincial government that Huda was interfering in different departments. He was more interested in "political makings and breakings" than doing his security job. After the episode of April 9, PPP leaders asked ISI Director General Lt Gen Nadeem Taj through the prime minister that Huda must be transferred. It took just a few days and Huda was transferred. He was replaced by another brigadier. The PPP gave a message that it means business and it will not tolerate any ambitious spymasters.There are rumors in the capital that the ISI DG will also be transferred soon but highly-placed sources in the new government dispelled all these rumours. "The prime minister has the authority to change the ISI DG anytime but right now we don't need to change him," claimed a top PPP leader
This looks like a tale of fiction and movies. But this is a real life drama unfolding in Pakistan around us.The secret web of betrayal and treachery – The untold story of Khalid Khawaja, Hamid Mir, Mullah Barader and Faisal ShehzadAny links between the three?? Seems impossible! But not in this high stakes State-sponsored dirty, sinister world of covert ops, double agents, sting operations and assassinations.Lets start the story:Americans have been trying to play a sinister game. They had penetrated into the ranks of Afghan Taliban especially into the Popalzai tribe and had cultivated a high level Afghan Taliban leader to be pitched against Mullah Umer. Basically, CIA was creating a "coup" within Taliban. Hold your breath, sit back and prepare yourself to know who this secret "CIA asset" within the Taliban was.. It was Mullah Barader! Yes, the same one captured in Karachi by ISI and US is desperate to have him.The CIA plan was that Mullah Barader would be brought to Karachi and then ISI would be tipped to arrest him. Then US were to ask the custody of the Afghan leader and Pakistan government would hand over the Afghan Talib leader to US. The result would be catastrophic for Pakistan as all pro-Taliban elements would then condemn ISI and Pakistan as CIA puppets and a serious breach of trust and confidence would appear between Pakistani security establishment and Afghan Mujahideen. This would also humiliate army and ISI in front of the nation. CIA and US administration were extremely upset when ISI refused to hand over Mullah Barader to US, despite the pressure from Zardari mafia. ISI initially did not know the CIA game. They just refused to hand over Barader to US and insisted upon their own interrogation first. Unknowingly, ISI was seriously damaging the US game plan of staging a coup against Mullah Omar as well as against ISI. During the interrogation, the entire game became exposed to the ISI.The Zardari clan was equally desperate to hand over Barader to US. Here, enters Khalid Khawaja!Out of his love for Taliban, unknowingly that he is entering to a global game of espionage and betrayal, KK filed a petition into the SC taking a stay order against handing over of Mullah Barader to US. Now US were furious. KK had signed his death warrant and now was marked for death.KK (Khalid Khawaja) had been going to North Waziristan and dealing with TTP, trying his best to start a reconciliation process between Pakistan and TTP. He was also aware of the fact that a “Lashkar Jhangvi” faction of TTP was opposed to these attempts at peace talks. These include Ilyas Kashmiri gang commonly called Punjabi Taliban. When KK was returning from talks with Hakim Ullah Mehsud, he was invited by Punjabi Taliban group and taken prisoner along with Col Imam and Asad Qureshi, the journalist.Initially, TTP was unaware of KK and his party’s being taken prisoner by the Punjabi Taliban. Later, when Hakeem Ullah Mehsud came to know of the drama, he tried to secure the release of the men. But then, enters another treacherous character from Geo TV.Hamid Mir, makes a call to the Punjabi Taliban and ask them not to release KK and instigates them to assassinate KK as a spy! Hamid Mir, talks to Punjabi Taliban (PT) in detail and this entire conversation is recored by the PT and the tape is taken to HakimUllah Mehsud. The allegations, charges and accusations against KK which were leveled by Hamid Mir were so severe that HakimUllah Mehsud also fell for the trap and allowed the execution of KK after making him read the confessional statement which was exactly what Hamid Mir had dictated to the PT. This tape is now available and is the most direct incriminating evidence against Hamid Mir. It is clear that Hamid Mir was launched by Americans to use his influence on the TTP and PT to get KK assassinated. It was done with precision, except for one blunder – the tape is now with Pakistani secret services.The American desire is to wage a war in North Waziristan against Haqqani / Afghan Taliban networks. Pakistan army is not willing to do that. Americans tried to use Mullah Barader to create serious mistrust and hatred between Afghan Taliban and Pakistan army. That was failed when Barader was not handed over to US and Khalid Khawaja unknowingly became a major setback for the Americans when he took a court order against Barader’s extradition. Khalid was trapped and Hamid Mir was used to mislead TTP into assassinating KK. But in the end, the US plan of waging a war in North Waziristan fizzles out.Now a backup plan was required to create reasons to initiate a war into North Waziristan. – Here enter Faisal Shehzad – a false flag operation to implicate Pakistani Taliban and then threaten and force Pakistan to “do more” in North Waziristan! Another Pakistani is arrested in Chile in the US embassy with traces of explosives on his luggage and clothes. More Pakistanis are being arrested and a massive media disinformation war is being launched that all global terrorism is emerging from Pakistani tribal pocket of North Waziristan and ISI/army is either hands and gloves with Taliban or nor willing to do more.So now, you understand the tone, language and demeanor of Hillary and US media over Faisal Shehzad! Despite the fact that US army Generals have confirmed that Faisal had no links with anyone in FATA.Pakistan was being setup for a possible geopolitical disaster. Allah protected Pakistan. US and Indians through their assets in Media and in terrorist groups continue to kick dust and deceive the world and Pakistani nation. But now, this time at least, their game is exposed.http://www.facebook.com/isifanpage?v=app_2347471856
Friday, May 21, 2010
BENAZIR BHUTTO
BENAZIR BHUTTO ASSACINATED Former Pakistan prime minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated on Thursday when a gunman opened fire at her vehicle just before a suicide bomber blew himself up at an election rally in Rawalpindi, killing more than 30 people and injuring about 60 others. Some accounts suggest the gunman and the suicide bomber was the same man; he opened fire before detonating ex
plosives on his body.
Reports said five bullets were fired at Bhutto. The 54-year-old leader of the Pakistan People's Party was rushed to the Rawalpindi general hospital, where emergency surgery was performed. Doctors tried to revive her for almost 35 minutes before they pronounced her dead, the fourth member of her family after her father Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and her brothers Shah Nawaz and Murtaza to die of unnatural causes.According to rediff.com columnist Hamid Mir, "Benazir was shot at by a sniper rifle from close range and a few moments later a suicide bomber created the blast to make sure that she is assassinated. It was a determined effort. They made sure she doesn't survive the attack. She died due to the injury in her neck. I was told about it by injured party leader Ibne Rizvi before he went into a coma.""She expired at 6:16 pm," said Wasif Ali Khan, a PPP member at the hospital.
She is survived by her husband Asif Ali Zardari and three children, a son and two daughters.Shots rang out as the Harvard and Oxford-educated Bhutto was leaving the Liaquat Bagh Park at about 5 pm after addressing thousands of supporters of her Pakistan People's Party.
The suicide attacker, who was reportedly riding a motorcycle, then detonated his explosives, killing up to 30 people and injuring 60 others.
Several people, who were around her car, were blown to pieces. A television reporter at the scene said the suicide bomber's head was found almost 70 feet from the site of the blast.
Eyewitnesses said body parts were strewn across the area. Ambulances rushed the injured from the spot to nearby hospitals.
Liaquat Bagh Park is where Pakistan's first prime minister Liaquat Ali Khan was assassinated in October 1951. Bhutto's father Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto was hanged in April 1979 at a spot not very far from where his daughter was killed.
"Yesterday," Mir said, "I had chatted with her. She was told many times that she carries as much risk as (Pakistan President Pervez) Musharraf. On October 15, (army chief) General Ashraf Kayani and the director general ISI met her in Dubai. They clearly told her that there are forces determined to assassinate her. She thought they were trying to deter her from coming back to Pakistan. I found she was overconfident."Added Mir, "Her partymen forced her to take risks. They were dragging her from one constituency to other. The threat to her life was so clearly understood by everybody. It was like the writing on the wall."
Hundreds of riot police had manned security checkpoints at the venue of the rally. It was Bhutto's first public meeting in Rawalpindi since she returned to the country.
In November, Bhutto had planned a rally in the city, but Musharraf forced her to canc
el it, citing security reasons.
In recent weeks, suicide bombers have repeatedly targeted security forces in Rawalpindi, a city near the capital Islamabad where Musharraf lives and the Pakistan army has its headquarters.
The anguish of Bhutto's supporters was evident from the protests outside the Rawalpindi general hospital. Protestors chanted 'Killer, Killer, Musharraf,' 'Dog, Musharraf, dog.' Some of them smashed the glass door at the main entrance of the emergency unit, others burst into tears. One man with a Pakistan People's Party flag tied around his head beat his chest.PPP supporters in Karachi, Bhutto's hometown of Larkana, Lahore , Hyderabad and Quetta, shouted slogans against the government and Musharraf. At many places, they burnt tyres, stoned cars, blocked roads and forced shops and business establishments to close.
Paramilitary Frontier Corps troops were deployed in Quetta to curb the protests as a high alert was sounded across Pakistan by the federal government.
President Musharraf convened a meeting of top advisors to take stock of the situation and declared a three-day State mourning.
Benazir Bhutto returned to Pakistan after a eight-year self-imposed exile on October 18. She served twice as Pakistan's prime minister between 1988 and 1996.
"We repeatedly informed the government to provide her proper security and appropriate equipment including jammers, but they paid no heed to our requests," one PPP leader said.
Nawaz Sharif, Bhutto's long-time political rival and another former prime minister, visited the hospital and sat silently next to her body, as her close aide
s former editor Sherry Rehman and Naheed Khan, who were injured in the attack, wept.
The Geo television channel showed her husband Asif Zardari, who had returned from Dubai to Islamabad on Thursday to be with Bhutto during her election campaign, weeping inconsolably.
Additional Reportage: PTI
plosives on his body.Reports said five bullets were fired at Bhutto. The 54-year-old leader of the Pakistan People's Party was rushed to the Rawalpindi general hospital, where emergency surgery was performed. Doctors tried to revive her for almost 35 minutes before they pronounced her dead, the fourth member of her family after her father Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and her brothers Shah Nawaz and Murtaza to die of unnatural causes.According to rediff.com columnist Hamid Mir, "Benazir was shot at by a sniper rifle from close range and a few moments later a suicide bomber created the blast to make sure that she is assassinated. It was a determined effort. They made sure she doesn't survive the attack. She died due to the injury in her neck. I was told about it by injured party leader Ibne Rizvi before he went into a coma.""She expired at 6:16 pm," said Wasif Ali Khan, a PPP member at the hospital.
She is survived by her husband Asif Ali Zardari and three children, a son and two daughters.Shots rang out as the Harvard and Oxford-educated Bhutto was leaving the Liaquat Bagh Park at about 5 pm after addressing thousands of supporters of her Pakistan People's Party.
The suicide attacker, who was reportedly riding a motorcycle, then detonated his explosives, killing up to 30 people and injuring 60 others.
Several people, who were around her car, were blown to pieces. A television reporter at the scene said the suicide bomber's head was found almost 70 feet from the site of the blast.
Eyewitnesses said body parts were strewn across the area. Ambulances rushed the injured from the spot to nearby hospitals.
Liaquat Bagh Park is where Pakistan's first prime minister Liaquat Ali Khan was assassinated in October 1951. Bhutto's father Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto was hanged in April 1979 at a spot not very far from where his daughter was killed.
"Yesterday," Mir said, "I had chatted with her. She was told many times that she carries as much risk as (Pakistan President Pervez) Musharraf. On October 15, (army chief) General Ashraf Kayani and the director general ISI met her in Dubai. They clearly told her that there are forces determined to assassinate her. She thought they were trying to deter her from coming back to Pakistan. I found she was overconfident."Added Mir, "Her partymen forced her to take risks. They were dragging her from one constituency to other. The threat to her life was so clearly understood by everybody. It was like the writing on the wall."
Hundreds of riot police had manned security checkpoints at the venue of the rally. It was Bhutto's first public meeting in Rawalpindi since she returned to the country.
In November, Bhutto had planned a rally in the city, but Musharraf forced her to canc
el it, citing security reasons.In recent weeks, suicide bombers have repeatedly targeted security forces in Rawalpindi, a city near the capital Islamabad where Musharraf lives and the Pakistan army has its headquarters.
The anguish of Bhutto's supporters was evident from the protests outside the Rawalpindi general hospital. Protestors chanted 'Killer, Killer, Musharraf,' 'Dog, Musharraf, dog.' Some of them smashed the glass door at the main entrance of the emergency unit, others burst into tears. One man with a Pakistan People's Party flag tied around his head beat his chest.PPP supporters in Karachi, Bhutto's hometown of Larkana, Lahore , Hyderabad and Quetta, shouted slogans against the government and Musharraf. At many places, they burnt tyres, stoned cars, blocked roads and forced shops and business establishments to close.
Paramilitary Frontier Corps troops were deployed in Quetta to curb the protests as a high alert was sounded across Pakistan by the federal government.
President Musharraf convened a meeting of top advisors to take stock of the situation and declared a three-day State mourning.
Benazir Bhutto returned to Pakistan after a eight-year self-imposed exile on October 18. She served twice as Pakistan's prime minister between 1988 and 1996.
"We repeatedly informed the government to provide her proper security and appropriate equipment including jammers, but they paid no heed to our requests," one PPP leader said.
Nawaz Sharif, Bhutto's long-time political rival and another former prime minister, visited the hospital and sat silently next to her body, as her close aide
s former editor Sherry Rehman and Naheed Khan, who were injured in the attack, wept.The Geo television channel showed her husband Asif Zardari, who had returned from Dubai to Islamabad on Thursday to be with Bhutto during her election campaign, weeping inconsolably.
Additional Reportage: PTI
Pakistani cricketer turned politician Imran Khan said President Pervez Musharraf had failed in his war on terrorism and it was high time he steps down.
Speaking at a hurriedly organised press conference at a Mumbai suburb, Imran said, "Musharraf is a part of problem of terrorism and sooner he leaves power the better it would be for Pakistan."
Imran's party Teherek-e-Insaaf has boycotted the general elections sechduled to be held on January 8.
He was in Mumbai on personal visit. He will leave for Pakistan on Saturday.
Imran met the press a day after former
Pakistan prime minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated in Rawalpindi.
"Pakistan is ready for democracy now more than anytime in the past but there is no point in holding elections," said Imran, "People have lost faith in Musharraf and today nobody is safe in Pakistan. Who will now address a political rally? Who will come to attend the rally? A recent survey said 80 percent of the Pakistani people want Musharraf to step down but he refuses to leave his post."
Asked if there were chances that Pakistan's nuclear arsenal will be taken over by terrorists in case of chaos or civil war, the former Pakistan cricket captain said, "I don't think so but there is a threat that Pakistan will head towards anarchy."
When asked what message he wanted to give the people of Pakistan, he said, "To have patience. But for Musharraf I would say, your time is up. He is not the answer to terrorism. The situation in Pakistan has gone from bad to worse and the year 2007 saw the worst terrorist attacks in Pakistan."
When asked if Benazir make a mistake by coming back to Pakistan, Imran said, "She had to come back because she is the leader of a big political party. She was a brave woman and she was not timid. Nobody can deny it."
He further said, "Benazir's life came under threat because she was openly supported by America."
However, Imran did not hold Musharraf directly responsible for her killing but said, "Benazir was a threat to all those people who are in power."
Speaking at a hurriedly organised press conference at a Mumbai suburb, Imran said, "Musharraf is a part of problem of terrorism and sooner he leaves power the better it would be for Pakistan."
Imran's party Teherek-e-Insaaf has boycotted the general elections sechduled to be held on January 8.
He was in Mumbai on personal visit. He will leave for Pakistan on Saturday.
Imran met the press a day after former
Pakistan prime minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated in Rawalpindi."Pakistan is ready for democracy now more than anytime in the past but there is no point in holding elections," said Imran, "People have lost faith in Musharraf and today nobody is safe in Pakistan. Who will now address a political rally? Who will come to attend the rally? A recent survey said 80 percent of the Pakistani people want Musharraf to step down but he refuses to leave his post."
Asked if there were chances that Pakistan's nuclear arsenal will be taken over by terrorists in case of chaos or civil war, the former Pakistan cricket captain said, "I don't think so but there is a threat that Pakistan will head towards anarchy."
When asked what message he wanted to give the people of Pakistan, he said, "To have patience. But for Musharraf I would say, your time is up. He is not the answer to terrorism. The situation in Pakistan has gone from bad to worse and the year 2007 saw the worst terrorist attacks in Pakistan."
When asked if Benazir make a mistake by coming back to Pakistan, Imran said, "She had to come back because she is the leader of a big political party. She was a brave woman and she was not timid. Nobody can deny it."
He further said, "Benazir's life came under threat because she was openly supported by America."
However, Imran did not hold Musharraf directly responsible for her killing but said, "Benazir was a threat to all those people who are in power."
UNITED NATIONS (CNN) -- U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon plans to create a special commission to investigate the killing of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, a 
United Nations spokeswoman said Wednesday.
The U.N.'s Ban Ki-moon, left, visited Pakistani Premier Yousaf Raza Gilani on Wednesday in Islamabad.
Ban, who was in Pakistan for his first official visit, "intends to establish an independent commission of inquiry," said spokeswoman Marie Okabe.
The decision came after "extensive consultations" with the Pakistani government and members of the U.N. Security Council, Okabe said. The U.N. announced Ban's intention to pursue such a commission in December, on the one-year anniversary of Bhutto's death.
Bhutto, 54, was heading the opposition to then-President Pervez Musharraf when she was assassinated December 27, 2007, during a campaign rally in Rawalpindi ahead of parliamentary elections. She died after a bomb blast slammed her head into her SUV -- in which she was standing through an open roof, waving at supporters.
The Pakistani government and CIA officials said Baitullah Mehsud, leader of the Taliban in Pakistan, was responsible for her death. In December, a Gallup Poll showed that almost half of Pakistanis believed Musharraf's government had something to do with the killing.
Bhutto had told supporters that if she was killed, Musharraf would be responsible. She sent Musharraf a letter during the campaign that said that four people in the government were plotting to kill her, an official in her party said.
Musharraf's party was trounced in the February 2008 elections and the new parliament elected Yousaf Raza Gilani, a longtime aide to Bhutto, as the new prime minister. Musharraf -- who took power in a bloodless coup in 1999 and who had been accused of corruption, violating Pakistan's constitution and mismanaging the economy -- resigned as president in August.
He was replaced by Bhutto's widower, Asif Ali Zardari.
Ban met with Gilani and President Zardari on Wednesday.
He has sent a letter to the U.N. Security Council informing them of his plans for the three-member commission, Okabe said.
United Nations spokeswoman said Wednesday.The U.N.'s Ban Ki-moon, left, visited Pakistani Premier Yousaf Raza Gilani on Wednesday in Islamabad.
Ban, who was in Pakistan for his first official visit, "intends to establish an independent commission of inquiry," said spokeswoman Marie Okabe.
The decision came after "extensive consultations" with the Pakistani government and members of the U.N. Security Council, Okabe said. The U.N. announced Ban's intention to pursue such a commission in December, on the one-year anniversary of Bhutto's death.
Bhutto, 54, was heading the opposition to then-President Pervez Musharraf when she was assassinated December 27, 2007, during a campaign rally in Rawalpindi ahead of parliamentary elections. She died after a bomb blast slammed her head into her SUV -- in which she was standing through an open roof, waving at supporters.
The Pakistani government and CIA officials said Baitullah Mehsud, leader of the Taliban in Pakistan, was responsible for her death. In December, a Gallup Poll showed that almost half of Pakistanis believed Musharraf's government had something to do with the killing.
Bhutto had told supporters that if she was killed, Musharraf would be responsible. She sent Musharraf a letter during the campaign that said that four people in the government were plotting to kill her, an official in her party said.
Musharraf's party was trounced in the February 2008 elections and the new parliament elected Yousaf Raza Gilani, a longtime aide to Bhutto, as the new prime minister. Musharraf -- who took power in a bloodless coup in 1999 and who had been accused of corruption, violating Pakistan's constitution and mismanaging the economy -- resigned as president in August.
He was replaced by Bhutto's widower, Asif Ali Zardari.
Ban met with Gilani and President Zardari on Wednesday.
He has sent a letter to the U.N. Security Council informing them of his plans for the three-member commission, Okabe said.
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Legislative Assembly of Sind under Government of India Act 1935. (FIRST ASSEMBLY-27 April, 1937 To 1945)
By the passing of the Government of India Act, 1935 and the inauguration of Reforms and
application of part III of the Act of province of Sindh, the procedure with regard to legislation
changed radically. The power of making laws, which prior to this was vested in the Governor-
General under Section 289(3) of the Act, vested in the legislative of the province of Sindh
constituted under Section 60 of the Act. The first election of the Sindh Legislative Assembly
was held on 7th February, 1937. Sir Lancelot Graham was the first Governor of Sindh.
He held election for 60 members of Sindh Legislative Assembly, the distribution of seats
were as follows:
General Seats 18
Muhammadan Seats 33
European Seats 02
Seats reserved for the representative of Commerce,
Industry, Mining & Planting 02
Seats reserved for Landlords 02
Seats reserved for the representative of Labour 01
Seat reserved for the women's Constituency (General) 01
Seat reserved for the women's Constituency (Muhammadan) 01
T O T A L S E A T S 60
On the 15th April, 1937 a notification was issued by H.E. the Governor Sir Lancelot Graham
summoning the first session of the first Sindh Legislative Assembly to meet on Tuesday the
27th April, 1937 at 11.00 a.m. in the Assembly Hall of the Sindh Chief Court Karachi
pursuant to Section 62(3) of the Government of India Act, 1935. It was a short session for
four days only. H.E. Sir Lancelot Graham, the Governor of Sindh appointed Dewan Bahadur
Hiranand Khemchand, a member of the Sindh as a Chairman to preside the first Session of
Sindh Legislative Assembly on Tuesday 27th April, 1937 at 11.00 am at Sindh Chief Court
Building Hall (Existing Sindh High Court Building) Karachi. Dewan Bahadur Hiranand Khemchand,
was the only member who had made and subscribed his oath of the Membership before His
Excellency the Governor before the commencement of the session. 57 members took oath from
the Chairman Dewan Bahadur Hiranand Khemchand, on the very first day.
NO.
NAME
CONSTITUENCY
01.
Mr. Abdul Majid Lilram Shaikh
Larkana
02.
Mr. Abdul Sattar Abdul Rahman Pirzada
Sukkur
03.
Mr. Akhji Ratansing Sodho
Tharparkar
04.
Khan Sahab Allah Bux Khudadad Khan Gabol
Karachi
05.
Khan Bahadur Allah Bux Muhammad Umar Soomro, O.B.E.
Sukkur
06.
Sian Bahadur Mir Allahdad Khan Imam Bux Khan Talpur
Tharparkar
07.
Khan Bahadur Haji Amir Ali Tharo Khan Lahori
Larkana
08.
Mr. Arbab Togachi Mir Muhammad
Tharparkar
09.
Mr. Bhojsing Gurdinomal Pahalajani
Sukkur
10.
Mr. Dialmal Doulatram
Landlord - seat
11.
Mr. Doulatram Mohandas
Sukkur
12.
Mr. Ghanshyam Jethanand Shivdasani
Hyderabad
13.
Mr. Ghanumal Tarachand
Hyderabad
14.
Mir Ghulam Ali Bandehali Talpur
Hyderabad
15.
Mir Ghulam Allah Khan Mir Haji Hussain Bux Khan
Hyderabad
16.
Makhdoom Ghulam Haider Makhdoom Zaheeruddin
Hyderabad
17.
Pir Ghulam Haider Shah Sahib Dino Shah
Tharparkar
18.
Khan Bahadur Ghulam Muhammad Abdullah Khan Isran
Larkana
19.
Mr. Ghulam Murtaza Shah Muhammad Shah, Syed
Dadu
20.
Khan Bhahdur Ghulam Nabi Shah Moujali Shah, M.B.E
Tharparkar
21.
R.S GokaldasMewaldas
Larkana
22.
Mr. Hassaram Sunderdas Pamnani
Sukkur
23.
Dr. Hemandas Rupchand Wadhwani
Upper Sindh Frontier District
24.
Mr. Hotchand Hiranand Rai Bahadur
Nawabshah
25.
Pir Illahi Bux Nawaz Ali
Dadu
26.
Mr. Issardas Varindmal
Commerce&Industry, Indian Commerce
27.
Khan Sahab Jaffer Khan Gul Muhammad Khan Burdi
Jacobadad
28.
Mr. Jamshed Nusserwanji Mehta
Karachi
29.
Jam Jan Muhammad Khan Muhammad Sharif Junejo
Sanghar
30.
Mrs. Jenubai Ghulam Ali Allana
Karachi
31.
Miss. Jethibai Tulsidas Sipahimalani
Hyderbad
32.
Khan Bhahadur Kaisar Khan Ghulam Mohammad Khan Bozdar
Sukkur
33.
Mr. Khair Shah Imam Ali Shah, Syed (Oath on 3rd August 1937)
Nawabshah
34.
Col. H.J. Mahon
European Sindh
35.
Mr. Miran Muhammad Shah Zainul-ab-din Shah
Hyderabad
36.
Mr. Muhammad Ali Shah Allahando Shah, Syed
Nawabshah
37.
K.B Muhammad Ayub Shah Muhammad Khan Khuhro
Larkana
38.
Muhammad Hashim Faiz Mohammad Alias Gazdar
Karachi
39.
Mir Muhammad Khan Nawab Ghaibi Khan Chandio
Larkana
40.
Mr. Muhammad Usman Muhammad Khan Soomro
Thatta
41.
Mr. Muhammad Yousif Khan Bahadur Khair Mohammad Khan Chandio
Thatta
42.
Mr. Naraindas Anandji Bechar
Karachi
43.
Mr. Newandram Vishindas
Karachi
44.
Mr. Nichaldas Chatomal Vazirani
Thatta
45.
Mr. Nur Muhammad Shah Murad Ali Shah, Syed
Nawabshah
46.
Dr. D.N.O Sullivan
Karachi
47.
Mr. Partabrai Kaisukhdas
Tharparkar
48.
Dr. Popatlal A. Bhoopatkar
Karachi
49.
Mr. G.H Raschen
Karachi
50.
Mr. Rasool Bux Khan Muhammad Bux Khan Unar
Nawabshah
51.
Khan Sahab Rasool Bux Shah Mahboob Shah, Syed
Sukkur
52.
Mr. Rustomji Khurshedji Sidhwa
Karachi
53.
Mir. Bandehali Khan Mir Haji Mohammad Hussain Khan Talpur
Hyderabad
54.
Mr. Shamsuddin Khan Abdul Kabir Khan Barikzai (Durani)
Sukkur
55.
Mr. Sitaldas Perumal
Tharparkar
56.
Mir Zain-ul-din Khan Mir Sunder Khan Sundrani
Jacababad
57.
Khan Sahab Sohrab Khan Sahib Dino Khan Sarki
Jacababad
58.
Mukhi Gobindram Pritamdas
59.
Dewan Bahadur Hiranand Khemsing
Hyderabad
60.
Sir Ghulam Hussain Hidayatullah Shaikh, Kt. K.C.S.I.
Karachi
61.
Mr. Flockhart, J.J. (9th August, 1937 Oath)
Karachi
62.
Mr. Muhammad Amin Abdul Aziz Khoso (29 Marach,1938 Oath)
Jacabadad
63.
MR. Hossack W.B., Lt. Col. (31 March,1938 Oath)
Karachi
64.
Mr. Choithram T.Valecha (19 May, 1938 Oath)
Karachi
65.
Mr. Fraser J. (19 May 1938 Oath)
Karachi
66.
Dr. Choithram P. Gidwani (4th January, 1938 Oath)
67.
Lollumal Rewachand Motiwani (27 November,1940 Oath)
68.
Mr. Lalla Menghraj Beherumal(18 March, !941 Oath)
69.
Rais Ali Gohar Khan Mahar (1st March, 1943 Oath)
Sukkur
70.
Mr. Tarachand Dharamdas (24 June, 1943 Oath)
71.
Mr. Ahmad Khan Sadhayo Khan Bahadur (23rd February, 1944 Oath)
Sukkur
72.
Mir Hussain Bux Talpur Sian Bahadur (21 February, 1945 Oath)
Hyderabad
73.
Mr. Haji Moula Bux Muhammad Umer Soomro Khan Bahadur (21 February, 1945 Oath)
Sukkur
On 28th April, 1937, the following three Members of Sind Legislative Assembly filled the nomination paper for the post of Speaker, Sind Legislative Assembly, Karachi.
1. Pir Illahi Bakhsh (Proposer - Syed Ghulam Murtaza Shah)
2. Mr. Bhojsingh Gurdinomal Pahalajani (Proposer - Dr. Hemandas Rupchand Wadhwani & Rai Sahab Gokaldas Mewaldas.
3. Shaikh Abdul Majeed (Proposer - Khan Bahadur Syed Ghulam Nabi Shah Moujali Shah and Khan Bahadur Amirali Tharo Khan Lahori.
Pir Illahi Bakhsh withdraw the nomination for the post of Speaker in favour of Shaikh Abdul Majeed. Election to the office of Speaker, Sind Legislative Assembly was held on 28th April, 1937. Dewan Bahadur Bhoj Singh, secured 40 votes and elected as a first Speaker.
The Honourable Speaker Dewan Bahadur Bhoj Singh addressed the August House:-
Before I proceed with the business for today, I think it is my duty to thank all honourable members assembled here and they have elected me as the Speaker. I accept this honour in a sprit of humality, because I believe that the task with which you have instrusted me is a very difficult one indeed. I have been in the Bombay Legislative Council for 10 years, and I can well realise the difficulties that confront the Speaker in the discharge of his duties. Those difficulties can only be alleviated by your sympathy and by your cooperation, and I appeal to every member on either side of the House, including specially my honourable colleagues of the congress with whom or whose predecessors in the Bombay Council I have worked for six years, to assist me and to cooperate with me in the discharge of my duties. They can expect from me, to the best of my ability, to the best of my sense, impartial conduct. As a Speaker I have to hold the balance equal between all parties including the Government side, and I hope that I have sufficient experience gained in the Bombay legislative Council to try to keep that balance even.
One most difficult matter in which I want the cooperation of every member of the House is that order must be preserved and the proceedings conducted with a dignity which this House deserves. I am not claiming any consideration for myself. I am, as Speaker, one of you, whom you have elected to the Chair. You have entrusted me with the duty of keeping order and giving rulings and guiding the deliberations of this House, and in the discharge of that duty, I would expect complete cooperation so far s the keeping of order is concerned, so far as rulings are concerned, and so far as submission to those rulings is concerned. It may be that I may be wrong on occasions. But as it is absolutely necessary that discipline must be maintained and that submission to the rulings must be made of the person, whom you have chosen for the time to guide your deliberations, I think I am entitled to kind cooperation of every one of the 60 members of this House in the discharge of my duty.
Before I sit down, I may just give you two or three rules of conduct which have been practised in the Bombay Council and the Legislative Assembly, which may assist you in avoiding some of the little things which are against Parliament, no honourable member is allowed to cross the floor, that is, to go from one side of the Hall to the other, across the central passage which is called the "floor". If the honourable members wish to go to the other side, I would beg them to do so without crossing the floor. Another point that I would like to bring to the notice of honourable members in the Hall is that bringing of news-papers is strictly prohibited.
I shall bring to the notice of the honourable members the rest of the difficulties as they arise. What I particularly wish to emphasise today is that I expect full cooperation from the honourable members in the observance of the etiquette of Parliament, which it is my duty to request them to follow. The most difficult question I shall have to decide is as to what should be the language for those members of Sind who do not know English. I intend to call leaders of parties, consult them, hear their difficulties, explain my difficulties, and I hope by tomorrow I will be in a position to announce the procedure for the future as regards the language in which the proceedings are to be conducted. At present I shall address a few words in Sindhi to my friends who do not know English, and then take my seat."
The honourable Sir Ghulam Hussain Hidayatullah, The honourable Mir Bandehali Khan Talpur, Khan Bahadur Allah Bakhsh, Mr. Ghanshyam Jethanand, The honourable Mukhi Gobindram Pritamdas, D.B. Hiranand Khemsing, Shaikh Abdul Majid, Mr. Naraindas Anandji Bechar, Khan Sahab Rasul Bakhsh Shah Mahbub Shah, Mr. Jamshed N.R. Metha and Mr. D.N. O'Sullivan present felicitations to honourable Speaker.
ELECTION OF THE DEPUTY SPEAKER
The following two Members of Sind Legislative Assembly filled the nomination paper for the post of Deputy Speaker, Sind Legislative Assembly, Karachi.
1. Khan Sahib Allah Bux Gabol
2. Mr. Abdul Sattar Pirzada.
Mr. Abdul Sattar Pirzada has withdrawn from the election of Deputy Speaker, therefore on 29th April, 1937 Khan Bahadur Allah Bux Gabol, was elected unopposed 1st Deputy Speaker of Sindh Legislative Assembly, Karachi.
Dewan Bahadur Bhoj Singh died in year 1938, then Syed Miran Muhammad Shah, was elected as a Speaker Sindh Legislative Assembly un-opposed. It is also a record, that he remained Speaker for 10 years from 1938 to 1948.
1st Ministry of Sindh under the Government of India Act, 1935 consisted of:
1. Sir Ghulam Hussain Hidayatullah Chief Minister (Finance & Home)
2. Mir Bandeh Ali Khan Talpur Minister (Police & PWD)
3. Mukhi Gobindas Pritamdas Minister (Revenue)
4. Khan Bahadur Allah Bux Soomro, 1st Leader of Opposition.
The above ministry resigned on 22nd March 1938, due to defeat in Rs. 1/- cut motion on 18th March, 1938.
LEGISLATION
On 28th April,1937. The honourable Sir Ghulam Hussain Hidayatullah with permission of the honourable Speaker move the first Bill No.1 of 1937, to fix the salary of the Ministers in Sind. The Salaries that are proposed in this bill for the Ministers are Rs.2,000 for each per mensem. This Act, called as Sind Minister's Salaries Act, 1937.
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR OF SINDH'S ADDRESS
MR. SPEAKER AND MEMBERS OF THE FIRST LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF SIND
At the outset, I think I may be permitted, without trespassing beyond my appointed sphere, to congratulate the Speaker on his election by the House and also to congratulate the House on their choice of a Speaker. You, Mr. Speaker, with your previous Parliamentary experience, will be the first to realise the magnitude of the task, which lies before you. In a House in which there are so many members new to Parliamentary procedure, the main burden will fall on you to develop the true Parliamentary spirit and to secure the observance of Parliamentary proprieties even when party feelings are running at their highest. Yours will be the task in a House in which, I fear, there will be many temptations to the display of personal or communal jealousies and ill-feeling, to secure the abatement of those evil passions by the exercise of the sobering influence of which I believe you already to be possessed, an influence based on the general confidence in your absolute impartiality and high capacity. I wish you, Mr. Speaker, success in your office not because you have any personal ambitions in this direction, but because the successful conduct of your office is essential to the success of this legislature.
And now, let me extend to all of you most cordial welcome to the Legislative Assembly of Sind. Many of you present familiar faces to me, and with the rest of you I hope at no long distance of time to become acquainted. Those of you who have been members of other legislatures under the immediately preceding constitution will remember that the Governor-General or the Governor, as the case may be, used from time to time, to exercise a right expressly conferred upon him by what I may now call the old Government of India Act, to address himself t his legislature. In doing so, he was acting in an exclusively personal capacity and it was recognized that any such speech of his, whether delivered at the opening of a session or not, bore no analogy to the King’s Speech in the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and did not therefore require to be supported by an address moved on behalf of Government. That feature of the old Constitution has been repeated in the present Constitution, the relevant provision being in the following terms:-
“The Governor may, in his discretion, address the Legislative Assembly and may for that purpose require the attendance of members.”
I t is in exercise of that power, that is to say , entirely and exclusively in my personal capacity as Governor of the Province, that I am addressing you to-day. I am not standing here as the mouthpiece of my Ministers, and I do not propose at any time to use the provisions of this section which are personal to me for that purpose. Therefore, in what I am going to say to you, I ask you to expect only a personal communication from me. In preparing what I desire to say to you I have attempted, I hope successfully, to avoid the roles alike of pedagogue and dictator, both of which have been imputed to me during the past year, and if you detect traces of either, I ask you to disregard them as the dying echoes of a previous incarnation.
You are aware, I think, that assistance has been given to us by the Government of India towards the cost of our new buildings but I trust that none of you have come here in the expectation that you would find ready for you a separate and complete Parliament House. I think we should have been in error if, before; we had met you and taken you into our confidence as regards your requirements and our financial position, we had done anything more than we have done, and I would ask you, therefore, to realise that the present arrangement does not represent the final view of the Government of Sind, but that we consider it only natural that you should be consulted before any further steps are taken. May I go further in asking for your patience and pray you to remember that even, at Westminister the Mother of Parliaments is open to the charge of providing insufficient accommodation on the floor of the House for her member and insufficient accommodation in the galleries for her visitors. Even so, speaking for myself, I tell you frankly that I should be surprised if you had expressed yourself as content with the present arrangement, and I conclude, this passage by asking you also to realise that you of the Legislature have not been singled out for inconsiderate treatment. The Secretariat of the Government of Sindh is also working in temporarily adapted quarters in this building, and of your Governor's house not one brick has been laid. He, too, like you and the Secretariat, is enjoying temporarily the hospitality of the Law: If my Advisors and I have chosen the first year of the life of this Province to concentrate on getting the machinery of the headquarters administration into good working order and harmoniously adjusted with the district administration rather than preoccupy ourselves with brick and mortar, I trust that we have not on this account earned the disapproval of the people of this Province.
As one who has been intimately connected with the framing of the present Constitution, and with the working both of the last Constitution and of its predecessor, I think I may claim to speak from a fund of constitutional experience which is not exceeded by that of many of those present to-day. I well remember the mixed feelings with which we officials viewed the constitutional advance of 1909. We recognized indeed that progress was desirable, but we were rather afraid that the advance might prove too extensive when we first scanned the provisions of the Constitution which came to be known as the Morley-Minto Constitution; and as Secretary, of the Bombay Legislative Council under that Constitution, I can remember wondering whether the world would not come to an end if Government were to suffer a defeat in a division. We have moved a long way since then, and most of you, I think, are going to realise within the next few months what a very long, way we have moved since we passed on from the Montague- Chelmsford Constitution. In itself, the Montague-Chelmsford Constitution marked a stage which was more than an advance on its predecessor in so far as it was a definite change from the Morely-Minto Constitution, because, there was embodied in the Montague-Chelmsford Constitution for the first time in British India a partial degree of ministerial responsibility to the elected representatives, of the people. In kind, therefore, it may be said that the change from the Morley-Minto Constitution to the Montague-Chelmsford Constitution was more abrupt and therefore more capable of being appreciated than the change from the Montague-Chelmsford Constitution to the present Constitution, the fundamental principle of responsibility to the elected representatives of the people having already been recognised to a limited extent in the Montague-Chelmsford Constitution. What we have in the present Constitution, so far as the Provinces are concerned, is a deep and wide advance upon the Montague-Chelmsford Constitution, by reason of the extension to all departments of Government of the principle of responsibility, now that the departments reserved under the last Constitution are transferred to responsible Ministers, and the irresponsible member of the Governor's Executive Council have been laid on their allotted shelf in the museum of outworn political institutions.
I do not think that this is an appropriate occasion, to deliver to you a prophesy concerning the probability and extent of the use by the Governor of his special powers. I prefer that in this respect this Constitution should be judged after a fair trial, that is to say, that you sl1aould work the Constitution for a reasonable period and at the end of that period you should reach your own conclusions as to the nature of those powers in the light of the way in which they have been used. Is it too much to ask of you that you should embark on this voyage of discovery with unbiased minds and open eyes? In a speech delivered to my Durbaris at Sukkur, I compared a written Constitution with the dry bones of a skeleton, and I now venture on a fresh smile. It seems to me that written Constitutions are not to be judged by their printed texts any more than individuals are to be judged by their photographs. Just as when. you come to know an individual personally you may recognise in his photograph, which previously appeared flat and uninteresting and devoid of vitality or character, the personal characteristics and qualities which you have already ascertained and learnt to appreciate, so when you have worked this written constitution, instead of burning it, I venture to say that you will discover its true significance, as you never will by merely reading it or by condemning it without reading it.
I have had occasion more than once to speak to other audiences than this about the difficulties of understanding the provisions of this or any other written constitutions, without being a witness to and a partaker in the actual working of it. Even so, I must confess that I have been rather painfully surprised at the ignorance shown by persons who are not ashamed to publish their ignorance in the newspapers on the subject of my distribution of Portfolios among my Ministers. It has actually been made a communal grievance in the Press that in the distribution of Portfolios, I have allotted the Ministry of Public Works and no more to the Hindu Member of my Cabinet. Further, it has been stated that the Ministry of Public Works does not include the Lloyd Barrage, because in the administration of that great enterprise 1 am required to exercise my individual judgment as to the action to be taken. I am tempted to say that I find it difficult to believe that honest misunderstanding could go so far as this. Let me hasten to assure Members of this House, if that should be necessary, and the members of public generally, that the administration of the Lloyd Barrage and Canals Scheme is actually included in the Portfolio of the Minister for Public Works. No paper in connection with the administration of the Lloyd Barrage and Canals Scheme will come up to the Governor without first having passed through the hands of the Minister for Public Works. There are no reserved subjects in the Provincial Constitution in the sense of Subjects, the administration of which is not in the hands of Ministers. There is nothing mysterious about the exercise by the Governor of his individual judgment, and clear directions are contained on this subject in the Instrument of Instructions, which has been issued to the Provincial Governors and has been published in the Gazette. In respect of the administration of the Lloyd. Barrage and Canals Scheme, it is for the Minister-in-charge in the first instance to frame a policy, and to advise me as to its execution. I am not going to pretend to you that the Act does not place within the power of the Governor to differ from and to override his Minister in respect of the administration of this subject; t it should be clearly understood that the initiative in these matters rests with the Minister-in-charge, and that it is the business and duty of the Minister to have a policy. I have no fear that I may be running the risk of giving an undertaking contrary to the provisions of the Government of India Act if I tell you quite plainly that I shall always be most reluctant to differ from the Minister-in-charge of the Lloyd Barrage, and that I have no intention of differing from him, without in the first place discussing the matter very thoroughly with him in person, and in the second place if after that amount of discussion we are unable to agree, without putting the matter before my whole Cabinet. Having said so much, I trust that I shall no longer rebuked in the Press for having given to the Hindu Minister empty Portfolio. The question of the relative size and importance of the Portfolios distributed by me among my Ministers is not, I think, one in which lay and in expert opinion is entitled to much consideration, and I doubt whether °anything is be gained by any attempt on my part, in answer to such criticism, to assess the weight and importance of the different Portfolios. Let it be sufficient for me to say that bulk is not necessarily the same thing as importance, and let me freely admit that in bulk the heavier burden has been laid by me upon the more experienced shoulders; but as regards relative importance I' am not myself prepared to hazard an opinion. From time to time, so far as I can see, the importance of department may, by comparison with that of another department, appear to grow greater, and at other times it may appear to grow less; but I find it difficult to think that at any time in the future of this Province can there be a department of more vital importance to the Province than the department which embrace the administration of the Lloyd Barrage and Canals Scheme.
I have been charged with acting unconstitutionally in that I did not call on the leader of the party, which claims to be the largest party in the Assembly to advise me as to the formation of my Ministry. I have no wish to enter here on a lengthy argument, and I only mention in passing that as I understand the position, I am not bound to recognize for the purpose any group, association, or other conglomeration of members, which does not constitute an absolute majority in the Assembly. Whether I was right or wrong in sending for Sir Ghulam Hussain and asking his advice remains to be seen; but I think it right to assure those persons who accuse me of unconstitutional behaviour that in doing what I did I was impelled solely by the desire to obtain what I considered likely to be the best advice which was laid to the formation of a stable Ministry. You may probe by your votes that I was incorrect, but you will not thereby prove the unconstitutionality of my intention. I may have been wrong, and after all it is but human to err; but so long as I was trying to be right, I should not be charged with breach of the Constitution. It has been, let me say very frankly, a matter of very regret to me that in looking for my Ministers, I have been unable to find any established parties standing for distinct policies. You will I have no doubt remember, that not so long before the elections, there were two parties amongst the Muhammadans bearing names but standing on indistinguishable platforms. What kept them apart was not there opinions but their feelings, and I regret that as yet there has been no change in this respect. Among the Hindus, on the other hand, I have not yet found even the rudiments of the formation of a party, except among the Congress members, whose numbers in this chamber are not sufficient for me to have thought of inviting them to give me a representative on the Council of Ministers. I have learnt not for the first time of differences between Amils and Bhaibands, and election have been fought in which no question of policy was before the electors, who were left to make their choice with no other guide than the personal influence of each candidate and his supporters. I think you will agree with me that I am not speaking lightly of you if I say that from such gathering Cabinet-making has proved to be an extremely difficult art, and I trust that you will also agree with me that my devotion to the Constitution is not to be impugned merely if it turns out that in my first essay in this difficult art I have not succeded in producing a durable article. Where conditions are as fluid as they are at present, the chances are, I think, distinctly against the Governor, though he be guided by none but the purest of constitutional doctrines, reaching with confidence a decision as to the constitution of his Ministry. Therefore in commending my Ministers to you and asking you to award them fair treatment, I should not be understood as indicating any personal preference for this particular combination. My attitude to my Ministers, from whatever quarter of this Assembly they may be selected, will be unchanging. I shall be concerned solely to use my personal influence with them in such a way that they may work together to produce according to their lights the best results for the province. Consequently, when I ask you to give these three gentlemen a clear run and a fair field, I want you to understand that I am not appealing on behalf of a particular Ministry. I know it must be a temptation, where a Ministry is not based on the solid foundation of party-loyalty, for the members of the different groups which constitute the Opposition, to derive a mischievous pleasure from playing the game of King making. I would only by way of friendly warning suggest to those who may be disposed to indulge in this perilous pastime that they should bethink themselves that a time may come when they themselves may be called to occupy the seats of the Ministers, and then if they themselves have initiated a practice of trading on personal jealousies and making individual attacks based not on policy, but on malice, they can only expect that they themselves will in their turn become the victims of a similar treatment. If I appear to be asking for a guarantee of stability for this Ministry, I should like it to be clearly understood by all that such is not my intention. All that I am asking is that my Ministers should be judged on the merits of their administration and their measures and should not be made targets for the slings and arrows of outrageous personal jealousies. I shall ask the same for their successors, whenever that contingency may arise, and whoever those successors may be.
And now finally, let me remind you that the fortunes of this new Province are entrusted to you and it rests with you to bring happiness or misery to millions.. The eyes of the whole Province are upon you and those eyes are no longer half closed in the immemorial lethargy of Sindh, they are opening daily, and already there is sufficient intelligence and wakefulness in them to realise the power which has been vested in you and to require of you that you shall labour unceasingly to exercise that power for the lasting good of the people of this Province.
LEGISLATION
On 29th April,1937. The honourable Sir Ghulam Hussain Hidayatullah with permission of the honourable Speaker move the first Bill No.II of 1937, to fix the salary of the Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the Sindh Legislative Assembly. The Salaries that are proposed in this bill for the Speaker and Deputy Speaker are Rs.1,000 for each per mensem. This Act, called as Sindh (Speaker's and Deputy Speaker's Salaries) Act, 1937.
On 29th April,1937. The honourable Sir Ghulam Hussain Hidayatullah with permission of the honourable Speaker move the first Bill No.III of 1937, a Bill to remove certain disqualification concerning members elected to the Sindh Legislative Assembly.
PRESENTATION OF BUDGET FOR THE YEAR 1937 - 1938.
On 3rd August, 1937, the Budget for the year 1937-38 was presented by the Honourable Chief Minister with an introductory speech. The Budget presented was really a budget for the latter 8 months of the year 1937-38 by reason of the fact that under the provisions of the Government of India Commencement and Transitory order (No.1), 1936, His Excellency the Governor authorised expenditure to enable the business of the Provincial Government to be carried on for four months from the date of the commencement of part III of the constitution in the first session of the Assembly. A general discussion of the budget was made in the Assembly on the 4th and 5th August 1937. The Assembly utilized 7 days for voting on the annual demands for grants which began on 11th August and concluded on 19th August 1937. Notices of several cut motions were received of which only few were discussed. A very wide range of the subject was brought for discussion both during the general discussion of the Budget and the voting of Demand for grants. All the demands were granted by the House.
Sir, Ghulam Hussain Hidayatullah with the permission of Speaker introduced the Budget for the financial year 1937-38. In the end of budget speech, he ask the Honourable House to consider their budget proposals as a whole and to see whether they do not represent an honest attempt to do their utmost in existing circumstances for the people of this province. He said that "We shall, no doubt, be criticised and be told that we have not gone far enough in our efforts to alleviate the condition of the people, but I would remind honourable members that, while we are anxious as any member to go as far as we possibly can in that direction, we cannot allow ourselves to forget that we have the financial stability of Sindh in our charge. Sindh is a deficit province, with a heavy burden of debt, partially supported at the expense of the rest of India, and it is of the highest importance that financial equilibrium should be maintained. Unless by cutting our coat according to our cloth, we maintain the financial stability and credit of our province, no progress will be possible and there can be no future of Sindh".
SECOND SESSION
The second session of the Assembly commenced on Tuesday, the 3rd August 1937 and continued till Wednesday the 1st September, 1937. The Assembly actually sat for 24 days.
LEGISLATION
The following Bill was introduced and passed by the Assembly:
Bill No.IV of 1937, a Bill to provide for the establishment and maintenance in the province of Sind of a Fund called the Sind Famine Relief Fund.
The following elections to the various Committees were held during the session.
PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE
1. Dr. Popatlal Bhoopatkar.
2. Rai Sahib Gokaldas Mewaldas.
3. Mr. Nichaldas C. Vazirani.
4. Mir Ghulam Ali Khan Talpur.
5. Pir Illahi Bakhsh.
6. Mr. Abdus Sattar Abdul Rahman.
7. Mr. M.H. Gazdar.
The Finance minister to be ex-officio Chairman of the Committee.
RULES COMMITTEE.
A Rule Committee consisting of the Honourable the Speaker, as Chairman, the leader of the House and the following seven (7) members were elected by the Assembly to consider and report the draft of the rule to be made under section 84 of the Government of India Act, 1935, for regulating the procedure and conduct of the business of the House.
1. Mr. Ghanshyam Jethanand.
2. Dialmal Doulatram.
3. Mr. Miran Mohammad Shah.
4. Mr. Mohammad Usif Khan Bahadur Mohammad Kham Chandio.
5. Mr. Jamshed Nusserwanjee.
6. Khan Bahadur M.A. Khuhro.
7. Diwan Bahadur Hiranand Khemsing.
N. W. RAILWAY LOCAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
An election was held to return a member on the N.W. Railway Local Advisory Committee and Pir Rasul Bakhsh Shah was elected there to.
THIRD SESSION (1938)
The third session of the Sindh Legislative Assembly commenced on Friday 25th February 1938 and continued till Saturday 19th March 1938. The Assembly sat for 16 days.
On 25th February 1938, the late Speaker Mr. Bhojsing G. Pahalajani, His Excellency the Governor's message of sympathy. The Honourable the Deputy Speaker reads the message from His Excellency the Governor of Sindh.
"Mr. Deputy Speaker and Members of Sindh Legislative Assembly-- (p34 to 40)
LEGISLATION
The Assembly dealt with the following items of legislation during the session.
1. The Finance Bill, 1938 (duty on consumption of electrical energy, enhanced court fees and enhanced stamp duties).
2. The Bombay District Tabacco Bill, 1938.
3. Bill to amend the city of Karachi Municipal Act, 1933.
ELECTION OF SECOND SPEAKER SINDH LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
On 16th February, 1938 the death of Dewan Bhojsing G. Pahalajani, the office of the Speaker become vacant, there were no less than three candidates proposed and seconded for the office of Speaker.
1. Syed Miran Mohammad Shah, proposed by the Honourable member Pir Illahi bakhsh and seconded by the Honourable Member G.M. Syed.
2. Mr. Dialmal Doulatram, proposed by the Honourable member mr. Nichaldas Chatomal and seconded by the Honourable Member Mr. Rai Sahib Gokaldas Mewaldas.
3. Mr. Hassaram pamnani, proposed by the Honourable member Mr. Newandran Vishandas and seconded by the Honourable Member Mr. Issardas Varindmal.
After counting of votes the result of the election as under:
Syed Miran Mohammad Shah secures 37 votes. Mr. Dialmad Doultram gets zero and Mr. Hassaram Pamnani gets 15 votes. Mr. deputy Speaker therefor declare Syed Miram Mohammad Shah elected as the Speaker of the Sind Legislative Assembly. After the declaration of result by the Deputy Speaker, the newly elected Speaker took the Chair on 26th February, 1938.
FELICITATION TO SPEAKER.
The honourable Sir Ghulam Hussain Hidayatullah, The honourable Mir Bandehali Khan Talpur, Mr.Nihchaldas C. Vazirani, Mr. Jamshed N.R. Mehta, Col. H. J. Mahon, Mr. H.S. Pamnani, Mr. Dialmal Doulatram, Mr. Naraindas A. Bechar, Khan Bahadur Allah Bakhsh, Sahib Bahadur Jam Jan Muhammad , Pir Illahi Bakhsh, pir Rasul Bakhsh, Mir Allahdad Khan Talpur, D.B. Hiranand Khemsing, Khan Bahadur Ghulam Nabi Shah, K.S.A.K. Gabol present felicitations to honourable Speaker.
The Honourable Speaker Syed Miran Mohammad Shah addressed the August House:-
" Honourable Sirs, I must thank you from the bottom of my heart for the honour that you have done me today by elevating me to this office of high honour and responsibility. I must admit that I have ascended this Chair with a mixed feeling of joy and sorrow. The fountain head of my joy, of course, can be well understood. The confidence which my honourable colleagues have evinced today by electing me to this high office is a sufficient source of pleasure and gratification to me. I may inform you that it has been a day of the realisation of my dream which I dreamt as far back as 1928, when I was associated with the Simon Commission which had arrived then to enquire into the working of the reforms and to lay down the foundations for a constitution that we are working today; and being a member of the Bombay Provincial Committee cooperating with the Simon Commission, I was one of those members who, inspite of the majority opposing the separation of Sindh, first wrote a note proving the case and raising the voice of the people of Sindh for separation from Bombay. Therefore, my associations at the very commencement of my political career have been with eminent politicians like Sir John Simon who was the Chairman of that Commission; and so I was initiated for the first time in my life in the principles of constitutional law at that stage of my political career. then, as you know, I endeavoured to mobilise public opinion and organised a conference for the separation of Sind in Hyderabad in 1929; and by a unanimous vote of the Conference I was elected as General Secretary of the Sind Separation Conference and continued as such right up to the date of actual separation.
You have by your cooperation raised me to this high Chair and given me an opportunity to guide your deliberations in this Legislature which is going to legislate for our whole province. I must admit that my feelings of sorrow were due to the premature departure of our esteemed late lamented Diwan Bhojsing, the Speaker of this House. I may inform you that I was always eager to have an opportunity to guide the deliberations of this House, but I considered the superiority of the late lamented Speaker of our House and I was indeed much gratified when he was elevated to the Chair. He has laid the Province as a whole to success and on the path of progress; and the traditions which he has established, I must assure every section of this House, I will try to maintain and advance as far as lies in my power. Once more I assure all the sections of the House, as has been pointed out by the leader of the House and the leaders of the various sections, that I shall hold the balance even. I assure you that I will do so; and if I do not do so, I will be flouting the age-long traditions connected with the Chair which I am now occupying. My friends must disabuse their minds of all the been elected by a majority in this House, still i shall maintain the traditions of this House as far as it is humanly possible for me to do so. But I must say that I cannot do so and I cannot carry out my desire without the unstinted cooperation of my honourable friends here.
The honourable member Mr. Nihchaldas and other members pointed out that discipline and order must be the essence of the proceedings of this House; and I assure you al that I am going to maintain them, because, without them, the dignity of the House cannot be maintained and youcannot make any progress. Before I sit down, i feel tempted t quote the words of our late Speaker, because I cannot find better words than what he said and remind you of them so that you should pursue the path which has been laid down by him. here are the few words contained in a paragraph:
"One most difficult matter in which I want the cooperation of every member of the House is that order must be preserved and the proceedings conducted with a dignity which this House deserves. I am not claiming any consideration for myself. I am, as Speaker, one of you, whom you have elected to the Chair. You have entrusted me with the duty of keeping order and giving rulings and guiding the deliberations of this House, and in the discharge of that duty, I would expect complete cooperation so far s the keeping of order is concerned, so far as rulings are concerned, and so far as submission to those rulings is concerned. It may be that I may be wrong on occasions. But as it is absolutely necessary that discipline must be maintained and that submission to the rulings must be made of the person, whom you have chosen for the time to guide your deliberations, I think I am entitled to kind cooperation of every one of the 60 members of this House in the discharge of my duty."
PRESENTATION OF BUDGET FOR THE YEAR 1938-39
On 26th February, 1938. Sir Ghulam Hussain Hidayatullah presented the budget estimate for the year 1938-39 in the Sind legislative Assembly.
On 21st March, 1938 the previous Ministry of Honourable Sir Ghulam Hussain Hidayatullah resigned and Honourable Khan Bahadur Allah Bakhsh was called by His Excellency the Governor to form the Ministry. The new Ministry consisted of the following:
1. Khan Bahadur Allah Bakhsh Chief Minister, Home, Finance
2. Pir Illahi Bakhsh Revenue
3. Mr. Nichaldas C. Vazirani P.W.D., Public Health Medical.
FOURTH SESSION
The fourth session of the Sind Legislative Assembly commenced on Friday, 25th March 1938 and continued till 31st March, 1938. The Assembly sat for 4 days. No Bills, either Government or non-official, was moved in this session.
FIFTH SESSION
The fifth session of the Sind Legislative Assembly commenced on Thursday, 1st May, 1938 and continued till 2nd June, 1938. The Assembly sat for 13 days.
LEGISLATION
The Sindh Legislative Assembly dealt with the following items of legislation, during the session:
I. The Sindh Betting Tax Bill, 1938.
II. The Bombay' Finance Act (Sindh Amendment) Bill, 1938.
II. The City of Karachi Municipal Act (Amendment) Bill, 1938.
III. The Bombay (District) Tobacco (Sindh Amendment) Bill, 1938.
IV. The Sindh Ministers' Salaries (Amendment) Bill, 1938.
V. The Sindh Legislative Assembly Members' Salaries and Allowances Bill, 1938.
VI. The Sindh Legislative Assembly (Removal of Disqualifications) (Amendment) Bill, 1938.
VII. The Bombay District Municipal, Local Boards and Municipal Boroughs (Sindh Amendment) Bill, 1938.
VIII.The Bombay Local Boards (Sindh Amendment) Bill, 1938.
IX. The Bombay Weights and Measures (Sindh Amendment) Bill, 1938.
X. The Bombay Co-operative Societies (Sindh Amendment) Bill, 1938. .
XI. The Bombay Entertainments Duty (Sindh Amendment) Bill, 1938.
XII. The Indian Stamp (Sindh Amendment) Bill, 1938.
XIII.The City of Karachi Municipal (Second Amendment) Bill, 1938.
XIV.The Bombay Primary Education (Sindh Amendment) Bill, 1938.
SIXTH SESSION
The sixth session of the Sindh legislative Assembly commenced on the 4th January 1939 and continued till 28th January 1939.
LEGISLATION
The Sindh Legislative Assembly dealt with the following items of legislation, during the session:
I. The Bombay Local Boards (Sindh Amendment) Bill, 1939.
II. The Bombay Local Boards (Sindh Second Amendment) Bill, 1939.
III. The Bombay Local Boards (Sindh Third Amendment) Bill, 1939.
IV. The Sindh Famine Relief Fund (Amendment) Bill, 1939. .
V. The Sindh Local Authorities Payments Bill, 1939.
VI. The Bombay Irrigation (Sindh Amendment) Bill, 1939.
VII. The Bombay Village Sanitation (Sindh Amendment) Bill, 1939.
VIII.The Bombay Land Revenue Code (Sindh Amendment) Bill, 1939.
IX. The Sindh Nurses, Midwives, Health Visitors and Dais Registration Bill. 1939.
X. The Sindh Deti-Ieti Bill, 1939.
XI. Bombay Prevention of Gambling (Sindh Amendment) Bill, 1939.
The 61 non-official Bills were introduced during the session.
OBITUARY
On 4th January, 1939 condolence Resolution were moved in the Assembly on the death of the following:
1. Kamal Ataturk, the founder of regenerated Turkey.
2. Moulana Shoukat Ali, a veteran leader and great patriot.
PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE
On 19th January, 1939 the following Members were elected on the Public Accounts Committee:
1. Mr. J. Fraser.
2. Mr. Issardas Varindmal
3. Dr. Popat Lal Bhoopatkar
4. Mr. Muhammad Ali Shah
5. Mr. Jamshed Nusserwanjee
6. Rai Sahab Gokaldas Mewaldas
7. Mr. G.M. Syed
The Finance Minister to be ex-officio Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee.
RESOLUTION
Resolution on matter of general public interest. Grant of rebate in assessment in non-barrage talukas of Hyderabad District.
On 26th January, 1939. Khan Bahadur Haji Ghulam Nabi Shah moved this resolution asking Government to grant a proportionate rebate in the assessment of non-barrage talukas of Hyderabad District on account of falling the price of paddy since the advent of the Sukkur Barrage and also on account of the fall in the yield. After considerable discussion, the resolution was passed to division and lost.
DIVISION
FOR AYES
1. SHAIKH ABDUL MAJID
2. MR. C.T. VALEECHA
3. MR. GHANSHYAM JETHANAND
4. KHAN BAHADUR GHULAM MUHAMMAD ISRAN
5. MR. G.M. SYED
6. KHAN BAHADUR GHULAM NABI SHAH
7. MR. H.S. PAMNANI
8. DR. CHOITHRAM P. GIDWANI
9. MR. ISSARDAS VARINDMAL
10. MISS JETHIBAI T. SIPAHIMALANI
11. MR. KHAN BAHADUR MUHAMMAD ALI KHUHRO
12. MR. MUHAMMAD USMAN SOOMRO
13. MR. MOHAMMAD YUSIF CHANDIO
14. MR. KHAIR SHAH IMAM ALI SHAH
15. MR. NEWANDRAM VISHANDAS
16. MR. NUR MUHAMMAD SHAH
17. MR. PARTABRAI KHAISUKHDAS
18. MR. R. K. SIDHWA
FOR NOES
1. MR. ABDUS SATTAR ABDUL REHMAN
2. KHAN BAHADUR ALLAH BAKHSH K. GABOL
3. KHAN BAHADUR ALLAH BAKHSH
4. HAJI AMIR ALI LAHORI.
5. MIR BANDEHALI KHAN TALPUR.
6. MR. DIALMAL DOULATRAM
7. MR. DOULATRAM MOHANDAS
8. MR. GHANUMAL TARACHAND
9. MIR GHULAM ALLAH KHAN TALPUR.
10. SIR GHULAM HUSSAIN HIDAYATULLAH.
11. RAI BAHADUR HOTCHAND HIRANAND
12. PIR ILLAHI BAKHSH
13. KHAN SAHAB JAFFER KHAN BURDI
14. MR. JAMSHED N.R. MEHTA
15. MR. NICHALDAS C. VAZIRANI
16. MR. J. FRASER
17. MR. RASUL BAKHSH KHAN UNAR
18. KHAN SAHAB PIR RASUL BAKHSH SHAH
19. MR. SHAMSUDDIN KHAN.
20. MR. SITALDAS PERUMAL
21. KHAN SAHIB SOHRAB KHAN SARKI.
The result of the division is 18 for the AYES and 21 for the NOES. The resolution was lost.
SEVENTH SESSION
The seventh session of the Sindh Legislative Assembly commenced on the 13th February 1939 and continued till the 28th February 1939. The Assembly sat for 13 days.
BUDGET FOR 1939-40
On 18th February 1939 the budget for 1939-40 was presented by the Honourable Chief Minister, Khan Bahadur Allah Bux Soomro with an introductory speech.
RESIGNATION OF DEPUTY SPEAKER
On 21st February, 1939. The Honourable Speaker inform the House a communication was received from His Excellency the Governor that Khan Bahadur Allah Bakhsh Gabol had tendered his resignation from the office of Deputy Speaker, which was accepted by Governor. The Honourable Speaker asked the House to elect a person for the post of Deputy Speaker.
ELECTION OF DEPUTY SPEAKER
On 25th February, 1939, there were two candidates proposed and seconded for the office of the Deputy Speaker. Miss Jethi T. Sipahimalani and Mukhi Gobindram Pritamdas , both secured 27 votes, but the Speaker exercised his casting vote in favour of Miss Jethi T. Siphimalani, therefore she was declared duly elected.
LEGISLATION
The Assembly dealt with the following items of legislation during the session.
1. Nurses, Midwives, health visitors and Dias Registration Bill, 1939.
2. Bombay prevent of gambling (Sindh Amendment) Bill, 1939.
Bill No.2 was passed, while No.1 was referred to Select Committee.
EIGHTH SESSION
This session was commenced on 17th March 1939 and continued till the 18th April 1939. The Assembly sat for 11 days.
LEGISLATION
The Assembly dealt with the following items of legislation during the session.
1. Court Fee Bill, 1939.
2. Entertainment Duty Bill, 1939.
3. Motor Vehicle Taxation Bill, 1939.
4. Sindh Nurses, Midwives and Registration of Dais Bill, 1939.
5. Primary Education Bill, 1939.
6. Transfer of Property Bill, 1939.
Bill Nos.1, 2, 4 & 6 were passed, while No.3 & 5 were referred to Select Committee.
NO CONFIDENCE MOTION
On 30th March, 1939. A Motion of No Confidence against the Allah Bakhsh Soomro Ministry was admitted. After a long debate the motion was withdrawn by the Honourable Member Dr. Hemandas R. Wadhwani on 31st March, 1939.
MISCELLANEOUS
During the session the Revenue Minister (Honourable Mr. Nichaldas C. Vazirani) made a statement that he had tendered the resignation of his office to H.E. the Governor. A question arose whether he could continue to hold that portfolio. The Speaker ruled that as the resignation had not been accepted by His Excellency the Governor, the Minister continued as such and continued to hold the portfolio.
NINTH SESSION
The ninth session commenced on 1st June and continued till 9th June, 1939. The Assembly sat for 7 days.
LEGISLATION.
The Assembly dealt with the following item of legislation during the session.
1. Election Expenses Bill, 1939.
2. Motor Vehicle Taxation Bill, 1939.
3. Bombay Finance Act, 1939
4. Motor Sprit Sales Tax Bill, 1939.
5. Lepers Bill, 1939.
6. Debt Conciliation Bill, 1939.
7. Charging of certain expenditure on the Revenue of the Province Bill, 1939.
8. Primary Education Bill, 1939.
9. Deti-leti Bill, 1939.
10. Civil Procedure Code (Sindh Amendment) Bill, 1939.
11. Presidency Towns Insolvency (Sindh Amendment) Bill, 1939.
12. Hakim and Vaids Bill, 1939.
13. Tobacco Bill, 1939.
Bills Nos. 7 & 12 were referred to the Select Committee, while all the remaining Bills were passed.
MESSAGE FROM H.E. THE GOVERNOR
On 1st June, 1939. A message was received from H.E. the Governor appointing Miss Jethi T. Sipalimalani, Deputy Speaker, of the Sind legislative Assembly, to be a person before whom the oath required by section 67 of the Government of India Act, 1935 may be made and subscribed by the Members of the Assembly.
TENTH SESSION
The tenth session commenced on the 26th January and continued till the 14th March, 1940. The Assembly sat for 28 days.
LEGISLATION
The Assembly dealt with the following items of legislation during the session.
1. Hakim and Vaids Bill, 1939.
2. Cooperative Societies (Amendment) Bill, 1939.
3. Vaccination Bill, 1939.
4. Agricultural Market Bill, 1940.
5. Intoxicants Bill, 1940.
6. Frontier Regulation Bill, 1940.
7. Zamindars Children Bill, 1940.
8. Deti-leti Bill, 1940.
9. Bombay Prevention of Gambling (Amendment) Bill, 1940.
10. Cooperative Societies (Amendment) Bill, 1940.
11. Court of Inquiry Bill, 1940.
12. Agriculturist Debt Relief Bill, 1940.
13. Holy Quran Bill, 1940.
Bill No.4 was read a second time. There was an amendment moved by the opposition to clause 19 of this Bill which was pressed to division and carried No.6, consent of the Governor-General was required to be obtained. The remaining Bills were passed.
BUDGET 1940-41
On 21st February, 1940. The Budget for the year 1940-41 was presented by Khan Bahadur Allah Bux Soomro to the House. 22nd and 23rd February were devoted for general discussions of Budget and the demands for grants were discussed for 8 days from 5th to 14th March, 1940.
FOUNDATION STONE OF THE ASSEMBLY BUILDING
The foundation stone of the present Sindh Assembly Building was laid by His Excellency, Sir Lancelot Graham K.C.S.I., K.C.I.E., I.C.S., Governor of Sind on Saturday the 11th of March, 1940 at 6 p.m.
ELEVENTH SESSION
The eleventh session commenced on 26th March 1940 and continued till the 1st April, 1940. The Assembly sat for 6 days.
On 18th March, 1940 all Ministers of the Allah Bux Soomro's Government were resign from the Ministry and the new Ministry of Mir Bandehali Khan talpur was in office and consisted of the following Ministers:
1. Honourable Mir Bandehali Khan Talpur (C.M., Home, Law and S&GAD)
2. Honourable G.M. Sayd (Labour, Industries, Forest, Education & Rural Development)
3. Honourable R.S. Gokaldas Mewaldas (Agriculture , Local Government)
4. Honourable mr. Nichchaldas C. Vazirani (Revenue)
5. Honourable Khan Bahadur M.A. Khuhro (P.W.D)
6. Honourable Shaikh abdul Majid (Finance, Medical, Public Health, Excise)
LEGISLATION
The Assembly dealt with the following item of legislation during this session.
1. Holy Quran Bill, 1940.
2. Agricultural Marketing Bill, 1940.
3. District Police (Amendment) Bill, 1940.
4. Joint Electorate Bill, 1940.
5. Sind Frontier Regulation Bill, 1940.
Bill No.3 was circulated for eliciting public opinion, while the remaining Bills were passed.
INVITATION FOR THE OPENING CEREMONY OF CHIEF COURT (HIGH COURT)
On 1st April, 1940. The Honourable Speaker informed the honourable members that the Honourable Judicial Commissionor has invited to attend the opening ceremony of the chief court (now Sindh High Court, Karachi) which is to take place on the 15th April, 1940.
TWELFTH SESSION
The twelfth session of the Assembly commenced on the 27th November, 1940 and continued till 11th December, 1940. the Assembly sat for 22 days.
LEGISLATION.
The Assembly dealt with following items of legislation, during the session.
1. Karachi Municipal (Amendment) Bill, 1937.
2. Bombay District Police (Amendment) Act, 1940.
3. Bombay Prevention of Gambling Bill, 1940.
4. Irrigation Bill, 1940.
5. Ferries Bill, 1940.
6. Opium Smoking Bill, 1940.
7. Wild Birds and Animals Protection Bill, 1940.
8. Cooperative Societies (Amendment) Bill, 1940.
9. Abkari Bill, 1940.
10. Lunacy Bill, 1940.
11. Removal of disqualification Bill, 1940.
12. Cattle Disease Bill, 1940.
13. Shop Assistants Bill, 1940.
14. Land Revenue Bill, 1940.
15. Jagirdars Assistance Bill, 1940.
THIRTEENTH SESSION
The thirteenth session of the Assembly commenced on the 26th February 1941 and continued till 2nd April, 1941. The Assembly sat for 22 days.
LEGISLATION
The Assembly dealt with the following items of legislature during the session.
1. Debt conciliation Bill, 1940.
2. Jagirdars Bill, 1940.
3. Sind Agriculturist Relief Bill, 1941.
4. Karachi Municipal (Amendment) Bill, 1941.
5. Land Revenue Code (Amendment) Bill, 1941.
6. Abkari (Amendment) Bill, 1941.
7. Minister's Salary Bill, 1941.
8. Speaker's Salary Bill, 1941.
9. Members Salaries and Allowances Bill, 1941.
All the Bills were passed.
BUDGET 1941-42.
The Budget estimates for the year 1941-42 was presented by the Finance Minister Khan Bahadur Allah Bux Soomro to the House on 26th February, 1941. A general discussion of the budget was made in the Assembly on 3rd & 4th march, 1941.
On 6th March, 1941. The Honourable mr. Nichchaldas C. Vazirani ( Revenue Minster), Mr. R.S. Gokaldas Mewaldas (Agriculture Minister) and Khan Bahadur Allah BuxSoomro (Finance Minister) have resigned and submitted resignation to His Excellency the Governor. New Ministry came to office consisting of the following:
1. The Hnourable K.B. Allah Bux Soomro (Chief Minister & Finance)
2. The Honourable Sir Ghulam Hussain Hidayatullah (Home, Parliamentary affairs, Law & S&GAD)
3. The Honourable Pir Illahi Bux (Education, Industries, Labour, Excise, Forest & Rural Development)
4. R.S. Gokaldas Mewaldas (Local government & Agriculture)
5. Pizada Abdul Sattar (PWD, medical, Public Health)
FOURTEENTH SESSION
The fourteenth session of the Assembly commenced on 25th June and continued till the 2nd July 1941. The Assembly sat for 7 days.
LEGISLATION
The Assembly dealt with the following items of legislation during the session.
1. War Contribution Bill, 1941.
2. Bombay District police (Amendment) Bill, 1941.
3. Ministers Salaries Bill, 1941.
4. Tobacco Bill, 1941.
5. Sind Encumbered Estates Act (Amendment) Bill, 1941.
6. Irrigation Bill, 1941.
7. Cotton Ginning and pressing Bill, 1941.
8. Primary Education Bill, 1941.
9. Agriculture Loans Bill, 1941.
All the Bills were passed except Bill No. 5 & 6, which were referred to Select Committee.
FIFTEENTH SESSION
The fifteenth session commenced on the 15th December 1941 and continued till 23rd December 1941. The Assembly sat for 7 days.
LEGISLATION
The Assembly dealt with the following items of legislation during the session.
1. Irrigation Bill, 1941.
2. Intoxicants Bill, 1941.
3. Steam Vessels Bill, 1941.
4. Tobacco Bill, 1941.
5. Weight and Measures Bill, 1941.
6. Villages Sanitation Bill, 1941.
7. Local Boards Bill, 1941.
Bill Nos.1, 3, 4, & 5 were passed and Bills Nos2 & 7 were referred to the Select Committee; and Bill nO6 was read for a second time.
SIXTEENTH SESSION
The sixteenth session commenced on 4th March 1942 and continued till 20th March, 1942. The Assembly sat for 14 days.
LEGISLATION
The Assembly dealt with the following items of legislation during the session.
1. Village Sanitation Bill, 1942.
2. Local Cess Bill, 1942.
3. Municipal Bill, 1942.
4. Hur Bill, 1942.
All the Bill were passed.
CONDOLENCE RESOLUTION, K.S. PIR RASUL BAKHSH SHAH
On 4th March, 1942 Condolence Resolution was Moved "This House desires to place on record its deep sense of bereavement upon the passing away of Khan Sahib Pir Rasul Bux Shah, MLA, who had for several years worthily represented this province in the Bombay Legislative Council, and had proved a useful of this legislature ever since its inauguration under the scheme of Provincial Autonomy. This House request the Honourable the Speaker to convey its heartfelt condolences to the family of the deceased Member".
BUDGET FOR THE YEAR 1942-43
On the 4th March, 1942 K.B. Allah Bux Soomro presented the Budget estimates for the financial year 1942-43. A general discussion of the budget was made on 6th, 7th & 8th and the Assembly utilised 7 days for grants which began on 12th March and concluded on 20th March, 1942.
PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE
On 5th March, 1942 the following Members were elected on the Public Accounts Committee for one year commencing from the date of election.
1. Khan Bahadur M.A. Khuhro
2. Mr. M.H. Gazdar
3. Mr. Issardas Varindmal
4. Mr. N.A. Bechar
5. Mr. J. Fraser
6. Mr. Dialmal Doultram
7. Dr. Popat Lal Bhoopatkar
The Finance Minister (K.B. Allah Bakhsh Soomro) to be Ex-officio Chairman.
On 14th October, 1942 K.B. Allah Balhsh Soomro Cabinet present the resignation to His Excellency Gover and new Ministry consisted of the following:
1. Sir Ghulam Hussain Hidayatullah (Chief Minister, Finance)
2. Pir Illahi Bux (Education, Labour, Excise, Agriculture, Forest, Rural Development)
3. Khan Bahadur Muhammad Ayub Khuhro (Revenue)
4. Alhaj Muhammad Hashim Gazdar (Home, Law, Parliamentary affairs)
5. Gokaldas M. Rochlani (PWD and Local Government)
6. Dr. Hemandas Rupchand Wadhwani (health, Industries, Civil defence)
SEVENTEENTH SESSION
The seventeenth session commenced on the 24th February, 1943 and continued till 15th March, 1943. The Assembly sat for 10 days.
LEGISLATION
The Assembly dealt with the following items of legislation, during the session:
1. Abkari Bill, 1942.
2. Hindu Women's Right Bill, 1942.
3. Cooperative Societies Bill, 1942.
4. Intoxicants Bill, 1942.
5. Entertainments Duty Bill, 1942.
6. Electricity Bill, 1942.
7. Karachi Water Supply Bill, 1942.
8. Cotton Ginning and pressing Bill, 1942.
9. Weight and Measures Bill, 1942.
10. Hakims and Vaids Bill, 1942.
11. Primary Education Bill, 1942.
12. Opium Smooking Bill, 1942.
13. Sanitation Bill, 1942.
14. Members Salaries and Allowances Bill, 1942.
15. Nurses and Midwives Bill, 1942.
16. Land Revenue (amendment) Bill, 1942.
17. Rato Dero Municipality Bill, 1942.
18. Money Lenders Bill, 1942.
19. Police Force Bill, 1942.
20. Water Course Charge Bill, 1942.
21. Cooperative Societies Bill, 1942.
22. Agriculture Relief Bill, 1942.
23. Land Alienation Bill, 1942.
Bills Nos.18 and 23 were circulated for eliciting public opinion. Bill No.3 was referred to Select Committee, the remaining Bills were passed.
PRESENTATION OF BUDGET FOR THE YEAR 1943-44
The Budget for the year 1943-44 was presented by Sir Ghulam Hussain Hidayatullah Chief Minister & Finance Minister, on 24th February, 1943 in the Assembly. A general discussion of the budget was made in the Assembly on 27th February and 1st March, 1943. The Assembly utilised only one day, 8th March 1943, for voting on the annual demands for grants.
CONDOLENCE RESOLUTION SIR ABDULLAH HAROON
On 25th February, 1943, in the absence of the Honourable Member Shaikh Abdul Majid, the Honourable Leader of the HOuse Sir Ghulam Hussain Hidayatullah, moved the following resolution:
"This House places on record its profound regret at the death of Sir Haji Abdullah Haroon, MLA and old political leader and a philanthropist and its deep sense of services rendered by him to the country. Resolved also that the sympathy of this House be conveyed to the members of his family".
Sir at the outset, I must admit that I quite forgot yesterday to move this resolution, and I am sorry for it. The Late Sir Haji Abdullah Haroon was a prominent figure and one of the leader in the city of Karachi as also of the province of Sind. He was gentleman of All India fame. He was a merchant-prince, not only of the city of the Karachi but of the whole province, and I might say that he was one of the leading sugar merchant of India. he was a Member of the Karachi Corporation for a umbers of years. He was also a member of the Bombay Council for some years. Then he went to the Central Assembly where he did very useful work. He was then sent as representative of India to the Ottawa Conference. There he did very good work.
As a philanthropist also, he is being remembered throughout the province. He has contributed a large amount of money to the building of R.S. Udhavdas Hospital at Shikarpur. Educational Institutions such as the Muslim School at Hyderabad were being helped by him. Even here at Karachi he helped several institutions, such as Yatimkhanas and other poor institutions. His death is a loss not only to the Mussalman Community, but I think to the Commercial Community too. I am very glad that his place has been filled by his son, young Yusif, and I hope he will prove himself a worthy son of a worthy father. With these words I move the resolution.
Mr. Nihchaldas C. Vazirani also expressed his view as, "Sir I fully associate myself with this resolution. I had the honour of knowing late Sir Haji Abdullah Haroon personally and in various aspects of his life as a politician as well as a merchant. I particularly came to know him in his capacity of the Chairman of the Sindh Provincial Cooperative Bank's Board. There he displayed real commercial instinct and tact and raised up the status of the Sindh Provincial Cooperative Bank from almost a failing bank to a very prosperous bank. In fact when he was appointed Vice-Chairman, it was considered necessary for Government to promise some aid and give some loan to the bank. By the time that he served init for about a couple of years, the Provincial bank had investments to an extent that they did not know what to do with. They returned the loan advanced by Government and had also surpluses. He introduced so many new schemes with the sanction of Government, and the province certainly is highly obliged to him for giving all his time to an honourary work. I fully endorse the resolution and express their condolence to the bereaved family.
Mr. Dialmal Doulatram expressed his view as, "Sir, I had the privilege of coming in contact with the late Sir Haji Abdullah Haroon in 1915 when he went round Sindh for procuring funds for relief of the Turkish people in those days. I was then posted to Mehar. He displayed qualities of head and heart which brought him lots of funds in those days. He was always hospitable, and his benefactions are well known. I know that during his career as a merchant he employed Hindu employees and Hindu accountants, finding them always superior to others in keeping accounts. His fame, both in Sindh and outside Sindh, is well known. I fully associate myself with what has been said by other speakers and I support the resolution.
Chairman of the sitting expressed his view as, "I would like also to bear testimony to the qualities of the late haji Abdullah Haroon. I had also the pleasure of knowing him and had many talks with him on various political subjects. He was very hospitable and broad-minded. It is true that this loss is not only a loss to Sindh but it is a loss to the whole country. he was not a narrow nationalist, but he was rather an internationalist. he had the good fortune to become a merchant-prince, but he also had the good fortune and the goodness of heart to disburse and dispose of a lot of his wealth in charity. There are very few institutions that have not benefied at his hands. But he did not seek publicity for his charities. they were given quietly and cluostenatiously. I fully associate my community with this resolution that has now been moved, that the sympathy of the House be conveyed to the members of his family.
The Resolution was passed, all members standing then the House was adjourn for 15 minutes in memory of the departed soul.
PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE
On 27th February, 1943 the following 7 members were elected to constitute with the Honourable Finance Minister. The Public Accounts Committee for one year commencing from the date of election:
1. Mr. Dialmal Doulatram
2. Mr. Bandehali Khan Talpur
3. Mr. Shaikh Abdul Majid
4. Mr. Nur Muhammad Shah
5. Mr. J. Fraser
6. Mr. Muhammad Usman Soomro
7. Mukhi Gobindram Pritamdas
The Finance Minister to be ex-officio Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee.
The Present Sindh Assembly Building, which was constructed in 11th March, 1940 and officially inaugurated by the Governor Sir Hugh Dow on 4th March, 1942 in (New Building) First Session of Sindh Legislative Assembly was held on 2nd April, 1942.
RESOLUTION ON MATTERS OF GENERAL PUBLIC IMPORTANCE
On 3rd March, 1943, Mr. G.M. Syed moved the Historical Pakistan Resolution:-
“This House recommends to Government to convey to His Majesty’s Government through His Excellency the Viceroy, the sentiments and wishes of the Muslims of this Province that whereas Muslims of India are a separate nation possessing religion, philosophy, social customs, literature, traditions, political and economic theories of their own, quite different from those of Hindus, they are justly entitled to the right, as a single, separate nation, to have independent national states of their own, craved out in the zones where they are in majority in the sub-continent of India.
“Whereas they emphatically declare that no constitution shall be acceptable to them that will place the Muslims under a Central Government dominated by another nation, as in order the order of things to come, it is necessary for them to have independent National States of their own and hence any attempt to subject the Muslims of India under one Central Government is bound to result in Civil War with grave unhappy consequences.”
Walkout by Hindu Members
The Honourable mover of the resolution stated that his resolution was intended to convey the views and sentiments of only the Mussalmans of Sind and not of the entire population of Sind. The Chair also held that it was only the wish of the Mussalmans of Sind which was going to be conveyed by this resolution. In view of this ruling of the Chair that the Hindus had no interest in the resolution and that it was only the religion and sentiments of the Mussalmans of Sind that were to be conveyed through it, the following Hindu members left the House.
Mr. Nihchaldas C. Vazirani, Mr. Dialmal Doulatram, Mr. Ghanumal Tarachand, Mr. Partabrai Khasukhdas, mr. Akhji Ratansing Sodho, Mr. Mukhi Gobindram and Rao Bahadur Hotchand Hiranand.
Division
The Resolution was pressed to division.
RESULT OF DIVISION ON PAKISTAN RESOLUTION.
YES.
SHAIKH ABDUL MAJID
KHAN BAHADUR ALLAH BAKHSH K.GABOL
KHAN BAHADUR HAJI AMIR ALI LAHORI.
MR. ARBAB TOGACHI.
MIR BANDEHALI KHAN TALPUR.
MIR GHULAM ALI KHAN TALPUR.
HONOURABLE SIR GHULAM HUSSAIN HIDAYATULLAH.
KHAN BAHADUR GHULAM MUHAMMAD ISRAN.
SAYED GHULAM MURTAZA SHAH.
KHAN BAHADUR SAYED GHULAM NABI SHAH.
HONOURABLE PIR ILLAHI BAKHSH NAWAZ ALI.
NAWAB HAJI JAM JAN MUHAMMAD.
MRS. JENUBAI G. ALLANA.
S.B. SARDAR KAISER KHAN.
SYED MUHAMMAD ALI SHAH
HONOURABLE KHAN BAHADUR M. A. KHUHRO.
HONOURABLE HAJI MUHAMMAD HASHIM GAZDAR.
MR. MUHAMMAD USMAN SOOMRO.
MR. MUHAMMAD YURI CHANDIO.
SAYED NUR MUHAMMAD SHAH.
RAIS RASUL BAKHSH KHAN UNER.
MR. ALI GOHAR KHAN MEHAR.
MR. SHAMSUDDIN KHAN BARAKZAI
KHAN SAHIB SOHRAB KHAN SARKI.
NOES.
THE HONOURABLE RAI SAHIB GOKALDAS MEWALDAS
THE HONOURABLE DR. HEMANDAS R. WADHWAN
MR. LOLUMAL R. MOTWANI.
The Historical Pakistan Resolution was passed by the Sindh Legislative Assembly on 3rd March, 1943 during the Session, out of 38 Members 24 Members favoured and 3 Members opposed the Pakistan Resolution.
EIGHTEENTH SESSION
The eighteenth Session of the Assembly commenced on the 24th June 1943 and continued till 12th July, 1943. The Assembly sat for 04 days.
Legislation
The Assembly dealt with the following items of legislation during the session.
1. Money Lenders Bill, 1943.
2. Land Alienation Bill, 1943.
3. Weights and Measures Bill, 1943.
4. Postponement of Decrees Bill, 1943.
5. District Municipal Bill, 1943.
6. Local Boards Bill, 1943.
7. Appointment of Special Commissioner Bill, 1943.
8. Removal of Disqualification Bill, 1943.
9. Electricity Bill, 1943.
Bill No. 1 and 2 were referred to the Select Committee, the remaining Bills were passed.
Condolence Resolution
On 24th June, 1943. The Condolence resolution of Late Mr. Allah Bakhsh Soomro (Ex-Chief Minster of Sind) was moved in the Assembly by Sir Ghulam Hussain Hidayatullah.
"Resolved that this Assembly place on record its profound grief at the tragic and preamature death of Mr. Allah Bakhsh Muhammad Umar Soomro, a member of this Honourable House and lately Premier of Sind, and its deep sense of the great services rendered by him to the Province and the country, and the grievous loss caused by his untimely demise. Resolved further that the sympathy of this House be conveyed to the members of his family."
Honourable Sir Ghulam Hussain Hidayatullah, Mr. Dialmal Doulatram, Mr. Nihchaldas C. Vazirani, Lalla Menghraj Behrumal, Lt. Col. W.B. Hossack, Honourable Rai Sahib Gokaldas, Mr. Muhammad Usman Soomro, Sardar Bahadur Jaffar Khan Burdi, and Honourable the Speaker suport the resolution and expressed their views on the death of Mr. Allah Bakhsh.
After passing a resolution of condolence, the House was adjourn for 15 minutes.
NINETEENTH SESSION
The nineteenth session of the Assembly commenced on the 23rd February and continued till the 13th March, 1944. The Assembly sat for 14 days.
LEGISLATION
The Assembly dealt with the following items of Legislation during the session.
1. Finance Bill, 1944.
2. Town Planning Bill, 1944.
3. Registration of Medical Practioners Bill, 1944.
4. City of Karachi Municipal Bill, 1944.
5. District Police (Amendment) Bill, 1944.
6. Sindh Rifle Force Bill, 1944.
7. Local Boards Bill, 1944.
8. Hakims and Vaids Bill, 1944.
9. Deti Leti Bill, 1944.
10. Money Lenders Bill, 1944.
11. Karachi Municipal Act, 1944.
12. Local Fund Audit Bill, 1944.
13. Co-operative Societies Bill, 1944.
14. Sindh Shop Assistant Bill, 1944.
15. Hur Suppression Bill, 1944.
All the Bills were passed.
BUDGET FOR THE YEAR 1944-45.
The budget for 19944-45 was presented to the Assembly on 23rd February 1944. A general discussion of the budget was made on 24th and 25th February 1944. The Assembly utilised 6 days for voting on the annual demands for grants which began on 2nd March and concluded on 5th March 1944.
TWENTIETH SESSION
The twentieth session commenced on 19th July and continued till 25th July 1944. The Assembly sat for 6 days.
LEGISLATION
The Assembly dealt with the following items of Legislation during the session.
1. Medical Practioners Bill, 1944.
2. Joint Electorates Bill, 1944.
3. Land Alienation Bill, 1944.
4. Local Bodies Bill, 1944.
5. Food Adulteration Bill, 1944.
6. Small Causes Court Bill, 1944.
Bill No.3 was read for a second time, Bill No.5 was referred to Select Committee, the remaining Bills were passed.
TWENTY FIRST SESSION
The twenty first session commenced on 21st and continued till 24th February 1945. The Assembly sat for 4 days.
CONDOLENCE RESOLUTION, KHAN BAHADUR AHMED KHAN SADHAYO.
On 21st February condolence resolution regarding the death of Khan Bahadur Ahmed Khan Sadhayo, moved in the Assembly.
"Resolved that this Assembly place on record its great grief at the death of Khan Bahadur Ahmed Khan Sadhayo, a member only recently elected to this Honourable House. Resolved further, that the sympathy of this House be conveyed to the members of the deceased family".
CONDOLENCE RESOLUTION, MIR GHULAM ALLAH KHAN TALPUR.
"Resolved that this Assembly place on record its deep grief at the premature death of Mir Ghulam Allah Khan Talpur, for some years a member of this House be conveyed to the members of the deceased's family".
House adjourn for half an hour.
BUDGET FOR THE YEAR 1945-46
On 21st February, 1945, Sir Ghulam Hussain Hidayatullah presented Budget estimates for the year 1945-46. A general discussion of the budget was made on 22nd and 23rd February 1945. The Assembly utilized one day for voting on the annual demands for grants.
TWENTY SECOND SESSION
The twenty second session commenced on the 12th March and continued till 29th March 1945. The Assembly sat for 14 days.
LEGISLATION
The Assembly dealt with the following items of legislation.
1. Hur Bill, 1945.
2. Sindh Consumption of Intoxicants Bill, 1945.
3. Civil Jail (Amendment) Bill, 1945.
4. Motor Sprit Taxation Bill, 1945.
5. Nurses Bill, 1945.
6. Lepers Bill, 1945.
7. Land revenue Code Amendment Bill, 1945.
8. Karachi Municipal Bill, 1945.
9. Local Boards Bill, 1945.
10. Suppression of Hur Bill, 1945.
11. Vagrancy Bill, 1945.
12. University Bill, 1945.
13. Salaries Bill, 1945.
14. Karachi Municipal (Amendment) Bill, 1945.
15. Joint Water Board Bill, 1945.
Bill No.6, Bill No.11 and Bill No.12 were referred to Select Committee while remaining Bills were passed.
CONDOLENCE RESOLUTION REGARDING THE VICTIMS OF JUNGSHAHI RAILWAY ACCIDENT.
On 22nd March, 1945 a resolution was moved from the Chair.
" That this House do extent their sympathy with the families and dependents of these bereaved who have either died or been injured in the accident, on account of the collision of the trains near Jungshahi, that took place last night".
Condolence resolution was passed regarding the victims of the Jungshahi Railway Accident.
During the period of First Legislative Assembly, there were twenty two (22) sessions and 259 days.
The First Legislative Assembly of Sindh was dissolved in 1945 and fresh general elections were ordered to take place by H.E. the Governor. Since the inauguration of the Constitutional Reforms in the Province under the Government of India Act, 1935, in April 1937, the first Legislative Assembly of Sindh functioned for about 9 years instead of the normal period of 5 years fixed under Section 61(2) of the Act, by virtue of an amendment to that Section made in that behalf of the British Parliament under the stress of circumstances brought about by the Global War.
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Legislative Assembly of Sind under Government of India Act 1935. (FIRST ASSEMBLY-27 April, 1937 To 1945)
By the passing of the Government of India Act, 1935 and the inauguration of Reforms and
application of part III of the Act of province of Sindh, the procedure with regard to legislation
changed radically. The power of making laws, which prior to this was vested in the Governor-
General under Section 289(3) of the Act, vested in the legislative of the province of Sindh
constituted under Section 60 of the Act. The first election of the Sindh Legislative Assembly
was held on 7th February, 1937. Sir Lancelot Graham was the first Governor of Sindh.
He held election for 60 members of Sindh Legislative Assembly, the distribution of seats
were as follows:
General Seats 18
Muhammadan Seats 33
European Seats 02
Seats reserved for the representative of Commerce,
Industry, Mining & Planting 02
Seats reserved for Landlords 02
Seats reserved for the representative of Labour 01
Seat reserved for the women's Constituency (General) 01
Seat reserved for the women's Constituency (Muhammadan) 01
T O T A L S E A T S 60
On the 15th April, 1937 a notification was issued by H.E. the Governor Sir Lancelot Graham
summoning the first session of the first Sindh Legislative Assembly to meet on Tuesday the
27th April, 1937 at 11.00 a.m. in the Assembly Hall of the Sindh Chief Court Karachi
pursuant to Section 62(3) of the Government of India Act, 1935. It was a short session for
four days only. H.E. Sir Lancelot Graham, the Governor of Sindh appointed Dewan Bahadur
Hiranand Khemchand, a member of the Sindh as a Chairman to preside the first Session of
Sindh Legislative Assembly on Tuesday 27th April, 1937 at 11.00 am at Sindh Chief Court
Building Hall (Existing Sindh High Court Building) Karachi. Dewan Bahadur Hiranand Khemchand,
was the only member who had made and subscribed his oath of the Membership before His
Excellency the Governor before the commencement of the session. 57 members took oath from
the Chairman Dewan Bahadur Hiranand Khemchand, on the very first day.
NO.
NAME
CONSTITUENCY
01.
Mr. Abdul Majid Lilram Shaikh
Larkana
02.
Mr. Abdul Sattar Abdul Rahman Pirzada
Sukkur
03.
Mr. Akhji Ratansing Sodho
Tharparkar
04.
Khan Sahab Allah Bux Khudadad Khan Gabol
Karachi
05.
Khan Bahadur Allah Bux Muhammad Umar Soomro, O.B.E.
Sukkur
06.
Sian Bahadur Mir Allahdad Khan Imam Bux Khan Talpur
Tharparkar
07.
Khan Bahadur Haji Amir Ali Tharo Khan Lahori
Larkana
08.
Mr. Arbab Togachi Mir Muhammad
Tharparkar
09.
Mr. Bhojsing Gurdinomal Pahalajani
Sukkur
10.
Mr. Dialmal Doulatram
Landlord - seat
11.
Mr. Doulatram Mohandas
Sukkur
12.
Mr. Ghanshyam Jethanand Shivdasani
Hyderabad
13.
Mr. Ghanumal Tarachand
Hyderabad
14.
Mir Ghulam Ali Bandehali Talpur
Hyderabad
15.
Mir Ghulam Allah Khan Mir Haji Hussain Bux Khan
Hyderabad
16.
Makhdoom Ghulam Haider Makhdoom Zaheeruddin
Hyderabad
17.
Pir Ghulam Haider Shah Sahib Dino Shah
Tharparkar
18.
Khan Bahadur Ghulam Muhammad Abdullah Khan Isran
Larkana
19.
Mr. Ghulam Murtaza Shah Muhammad Shah, Syed
Dadu
20.
Khan Bhahdur Ghulam Nabi Shah Moujali Shah, M.B.E
Tharparkar
21.
R.S GokaldasMewaldas
Larkana
22.
Mr. Hassaram Sunderdas Pamnani
Sukkur
23.
Dr. Hemandas Rupchand Wadhwani
Upper Sindh Frontier District
24.
Mr. Hotchand Hiranand Rai Bahadur
Nawabshah
25.
Pir Illahi Bux Nawaz Ali
Dadu
26.
Mr. Issardas Varindmal
Commerce&Industry, Indian Commerce
27.
Khan Sahab Jaffer Khan Gul Muhammad Khan Burdi
Jacobadad
28.
Mr. Jamshed Nusserwanji Mehta
Karachi
29.
Jam Jan Muhammad Khan Muhammad Sharif Junejo
Sanghar
30.
Mrs. Jenubai Ghulam Ali Allana
Karachi
31.
Miss. Jethibai Tulsidas Sipahimalani
Hyderbad
32.
Khan Bhahadur Kaisar Khan Ghulam Mohammad Khan Bozdar
Sukkur
33.
Mr. Khair Shah Imam Ali Shah, Syed (Oath on 3rd August 1937)
Nawabshah
34.
Col. H.J. Mahon
European Sindh
35.
Mr. Miran Muhammad Shah Zainul-ab-din Shah
Hyderabad
36.
Mr. Muhammad Ali Shah Allahando Shah, Syed
Nawabshah
37.
K.B Muhammad Ayub Shah Muhammad Khan Khuhro
Larkana
38.
Muhammad Hashim Faiz Mohammad Alias Gazdar
Karachi
39.
Mir Muhammad Khan Nawab Ghaibi Khan Chandio
Larkana
40.
Mr. Muhammad Usman Muhammad Khan Soomro
Thatta
41.
Mr. Muhammad Yousif Khan Bahadur Khair Mohammad Khan Chandio
Thatta
42.
Mr. Naraindas Anandji Bechar
Karachi
43.
Mr. Newandram Vishindas
Karachi
44.
Mr. Nichaldas Chatomal Vazirani
Thatta
45.
Mr. Nur Muhammad Shah Murad Ali Shah, Syed
Nawabshah
46.
Dr. D.N.O Sullivan
Karachi
47.
Mr. Partabrai Kaisukhdas
Tharparkar
48.
Dr. Popatlal A. Bhoopatkar
Karachi
49.
Mr. G.H Raschen
Karachi
50.
Mr. Rasool Bux Khan Muhammad Bux Khan Unar
Nawabshah
51.
Khan Sahab Rasool Bux Shah Mahboob Shah, Syed
Sukkur
52.
Mr. Rustomji Khurshedji Sidhwa
Karachi
53.
Mir. Bandehali Khan Mir Haji Mohammad Hussain Khan Talpur
Hyderabad
54.
Mr. Shamsuddin Khan Abdul Kabir Khan Barikzai (Durani)
Sukkur
55.
Mr. Sitaldas Perumal
Tharparkar
56.
Mir Zain-ul-din Khan Mir Sunder Khan Sundrani
Jacababad
57.
Khan Sahab Sohrab Khan Sahib Dino Khan Sarki
Jacababad
58.
Mukhi Gobindram Pritamdas
59.
Dewan Bahadur Hiranand Khemsing
Hyderabad
60.
Sir Ghulam Hussain Hidayatullah Shaikh, Kt. K.C.S.I.
Karachi
61.
Mr. Flockhart, J.J. (9th August, 1937 Oath)
Karachi
62.
Mr. Muhammad Amin Abdul Aziz Khoso (29 Marach,1938 Oath)
Jacabadad
63.
MR. Hossack W.B., Lt. Col. (31 March,1938 Oath)
Karachi
64.
Mr. Choithram T.Valecha (19 May, 1938 Oath)
Karachi
65.
Mr. Fraser J. (19 May 1938 Oath)
Karachi
66.
Dr. Choithram P. Gidwani (4th January, 1938 Oath)
67.
Lollumal Rewachand Motiwani (27 November,1940 Oath)
68.
Mr. Lalla Menghraj Beherumal(18 March, !941 Oath)
69.
Rais Ali Gohar Khan Mahar (1st March, 1943 Oath)
Sukkur
70.
Mr. Tarachand Dharamdas (24 June, 1943 Oath)
71.
Mr. Ahmad Khan Sadhayo Khan Bahadur (23rd February, 1944 Oath)
Sukkur
72.
Mir Hussain Bux Talpur Sian Bahadur (21 February, 1945 Oath)
Hyderabad
73.
Mr. Haji Moula Bux Muhammad Umer Soomro Khan Bahadur (21 February, 1945 Oath)
Sukkur
On 28th April, 1937, the following three Members of Sind Legislative Assembly filled the nomination paper for the post of Speaker, Sind Legislative Assembly, Karachi.
1. Pir Illahi Bakhsh (Proposer - Syed Ghulam Murtaza Shah)
2. Mr. Bhojsingh Gurdinomal Pahalajani (Proposer - Dr. Hemandas Rupchand Wadhwani & Rai Sahab Gokaldas Mewaldas.
3. Shaikh Abdul Majeed (Proposer - Khan Bahadur Syed Ghulam Nabi Shah Moujali Shah and Khan Bahadur Amirali Tharo Khan Lahori.
Pir Illahi Bakhsh withdraw the nomination for the post of Speaker in favour of Shaikh Abdul Majeed. Election to the office of Speaker, Sind Legislative Assembly was held on 28th April, 1937. Dewan Bahadur Bhoj Singh, secured 40 votes and elected as a first Speaker.
The Honourable Speaker Dewan Bahadur Bhoj Singh addressed the August House:-
Before I proceed with the business for today, I think it is my duty to thank all honourable members assembled here and they have elected me as the Speaker. I accept this honour in a sprit of humality, because I believe that the task with which you have instrusted me is a very difficult one indeed. I have been in the Bombay Legislative Council for 10 years, and I can well realise the difficulties that confront the Speaker in the discharge of his duties. Those difficulties can only be alleviated by your sympathy and by your cooperation, and I appeal to every member on either side of the House, including specially my honourable colleagues of the congress with whom or whose predecessors in the Bombay Council I have worked for six years, to assist me and to cooperate with me in the discharge of my duties. They can expect from me, to the best of my ability, to the best of my sense, impartial conduct. As a Speaker I have to hold the balance equal between all parties including the Government side, and I hope that I have sufficient experience gained in the Bombay legislative Council to try to keep that balance even.
One most difficult matter in which I want the cooperation of every member of the House is that order must be preserved and the proceedings conducted with a dignity which this House deserves. I am not claiming any consideration for myself. I am, as Speaker, one of you, whom you have elected to the Chair. You have entrusted me with the duty of keeping order and giving rulings and guiding the deliberations of this House, and in the discharge of that duty, I would expect complete cooperation so far s the keeping of order is concerned, so far as rulings are concerned, and so far as submission to those rulings is concerned. It may be that I may be wrong on occasions. But as it is absolutely necessary that discipline must be maintained and that submission to the rulings must be made of the person, whom you have chosen for the time to guide your deliberations, I think I am entitled to kind cooperation of every one of the 60 members of this House in the discharge of my duty.
Before I sit down, I may just give you two or three rules of conduct which have been practised in the Bombay Council and the Legislative Assembly, which may assist you in avoiding some of the little things which are against Parliament, no honourable member is allowed to cross the floor, that is, to go from one side of the Hall to the other, across the central passage which is called the "floor". If the honourable members wish to go to the other side, I would beg them to do so without crossing the floor. Another point that I would like to bring to the notice of honourable members in the Hall is that bringing of news-papers is strictly prohibited.
I shall bring to the notice of the honourable members the rest of the difficulties as they arise. What I particularly wish to emphasise today is that I expect full cooperation from the honourable members in the observance of the etiquette of Parliament, which it is my duty to request them to follow. The most difficult question I shall have to decide is as to what should be the language for those members of Sind who do not know English. I intend to call leaders of parties, consult them, hear their difficulties, explain my difficulties, and I hope by tomorrow I will be in a position to announce the procedure for the future as regards the language in which the proceedings are to be conducted. At present I shall address a few words in Sindhi to my friends who do not know English, and then take my seat."
The honourable Sir Ghulam Hussain Hidayatullah, The honourable Mir Bandehali Khan Talpur, Khan Bahadur Allah Bakhsh, Mr. Ghanshyam Jethanand, The honourable Mukhi Gobindram Pritamdas, D.B. Hiranand Khemsing, Shaikh Abdul Majid, Mr. Naraindas Anandji Bechar, Khan Sahab Rasul Bakhsh Shah Mahbub Shah, Mr. Jamshed N.R. Metha and Mr. D.N. O'Sullivan present felicitations to honourable Speaker.
ELECTION OF THE DEPUTY SPEAKER
The following two Members of Sind Legislative Assembly filled the nomination paper for the post of Deputy Speaker, Sind Legislative Assembly, Karachi.
1. Khan Sahib Allah Bux Gabol
2. Mr. Abdul Sattar Pirzada.
Mr. Abdul Sattar Pirzada has withdrawn from the election of Deputy Speaker, therefore on 29th April, 1937 Khan Bahadur Allah Bux Gabol, was elected unopposed 1st Deputy Speaker of Sindh Legislative Assembly, Karachi.
Dewan Bahadur Bhoj Singh died in year 1938, then Syed Miran Muhammad Shah, was elected as a Speaker Sindh Legislative Assembly un-opposed. It is also a record, that he remained Speaker for 10 years from 1938 to 1948.
1st Ministry of Sindh under the Government of India Act, 1935 consisted of:
1. Sir Ghulam Hussain Hidayatullah Chief Minister (Finance & Home)
2. Mir Bandeh Ali Khan Talpur Minister (Police & PWD)
3. Mukhi Gobindas Pritamdas Minister (Revenue)
4. Khan Bahadur Allah Bux Soomro, 1st Leader of Opposition.
The above ministry resigned on 22nd March 1938, due to defeat in Rs. 1/- cut motion on 18th March, 1938.
LEGISLATION
On 28th April,1937. The honourable Sir Ghulam Hussain Hidayatullah with permission of the honourable Speaker move the first Bill No.1 of 1937, to fix the salary of the Ministers in Sind. The Salaries that are proposed in this bill for the Ministers are Rs.2,000 for each per mensem. This Act, called as Sind Minister's Salaries Act, 1937.
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR OF SINDH'S ADDRESS
MR. SPEAKER AND MEMBERS OF THE FIRST LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF SIND
At the outset, I think I may be permitted, without trespassing beyond my appointed sphere, to congratulate the Speaker on his election by the House and also to congratulate the House on their choice of a Speaker. You, Mr. Speaker, with your previous Parliamentary experience, will be the first to realise the magnitude of the task, which lies before you. In a House in which there are so many members new to Parliamentary procedure, the main burden will fall on you to develop the true Parliamentary spirit and to secure the observance of Parliamentary proprieties even when party feelings are running at their highest. Yours will be the task in a House in which, I fear, there will be many temptations to the display of personal or communal jealousies and ill-feeling, to secure the abatement of those evil passions by the exercise of the sobering influence of which I believe you already to be possessed, an influence based on the general confidence in your absolute impartiality and high capacity. I wish you, Mr. Speaker, success in your office not because you have any personal ambitions in this direction, but because the successful conduct of your office is essential to the success of this legislature.
And now, let me extend to all of you most cordial welcome to the Legislative Assembly of Sind. Many of you present familiar faces to me, and with the rest of you I hope at no long distance of time to become acquainted. Those of you who have been members of other legislatures under the immediately preceding constitution will remember that the Governor-General or the Governor, as the case may be, used from time to time, to exercise a right expressly conferred upon him by what I may now call the old Government of India Act, to address himself t his legislature. In doing so, he was acting in an exclusively personal capacity and it was recognized that any such speech of his, whether delivered at the opening of a session or not, bore no analogy to the King’s Speech in the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and did not therefore require to be supported by an address moved on behalf of Government. That feature of the old Constitution has been repeated in the present Constitution, the relevant provision being in the following terms:-
“The Governor may, in his discretion, address the Legislative Assembly and may for that purpose require the attendance of members.”
I t is in exercise of that power, that is to say , entirely and exclusively in my personal capacity as Governor of the Province, that I am addressing you to-day. I am not standing here as the mouthpiece of my Ministers, and I do not propose at any time to use the provisions of this section which are personal to me for that purpose. Therefore, in what I am going to say to you, I ask you to expect only a personal communication from me. In preparing what I desire to say to you I have attempted, I hope successfully, to avoid the roles alike of pedagogue and dictator, both of which have been imputed to me during the past year, and if you detect traces of either, I ask you to disregard them as the dying echoes of a previous incarnation.
You are aware, I think, that assistance has been given to us by the Government of India towards the cost of our new buildings but I trust that none of you have come here in the expectation that you would find ready for you a separate and complete Parliament House. I think we should have been in error if, before; we had met you and taken you into our confidence as regards your requirements and our financial position, we had done anything more than we have done, and I would ask you, therefore, to realise that the present arrangement does not represent the final view of the Government of Sind, but that we consider it only natural that you should be consulted before any further steps are taken. May I go further in asking for your patience and pray you to remember that even, at Westminister the Mother of Parliaments is open to the charge of providing insufficient accommodation on the floor of the House for her member and insufficient accommodation in the galleries for her visitors. Even so, speaking for myself, I tell you frankly that I should be surprised if you had expressed yourself as content with the present arrangement, and I conclude, this passage by asking you also to realise that you of the Legislature have not been singled out for inconsiderate treatment. The Secretariat of the Government of Sindh is also working in temporarily adapted quarters in this building, and of your Governor's house not one brick has been laid. He, too, like you and the Secretariat, is enjoying temporarily the hospitality of the Law: If my Advisors and I have chosen the first year of the life of this Province to concentrate on getting the machinery of the headquarters administration into good working order and harmoniously adjusted with the district administration rather than preoccupy ourselves with brick and mortar, I trust that we have not on this account earned the disapproval of the people of this Province.
As one who has been intimately connected with the framing of the present Constitution, and with the working both of the last Constitution and of its predecessor, I think I may claim to speak from a fund of constitutional experience which is not exceeded by that of many of those present to-day. I well remember the mixed feelings with which we officials viewed the constitutional advance of 1909. We recognized indeed that progress was desirable, but we were rather afraid that the advance might prove too extensive when we first scanned the provisions of the Constitution which came to be known as the Morley-Minto Constitution; and as Secretary, of the Bombay Legislative Council under that Constitution, I can remember wondering whether the world would not come to an end if Government were to suffer a defeat in a division. We have moved a long way since then, and most of you, I think, are going to realise within the next few months what a very long, way we have moved since we passed on from the Montague- Chelmsford Constitution. In itself, the Montague-Chelmsford Constitution marked a stage which was more than an advance on its predecessor in so far as it was a definite change from the Morely-Minto Constitution, because, there was embodied in the Montague-Chelmsford Constitution for the first time in British India a partial degree of ministerial responsibility to the elected representatives, of the people. In kind, therefore, it may be said that the change from the Morley-Minto Constitution to the Montague-Chelmsford Constitution was more abrupt and therefore more capable of being appreciated than the change from the Montague-Chelmsford Constitution to the present Constitution, the fundamental principle of responsibility to the elected representatives of the people having already been recognised to a limited extent in the Montague-Chelmsford Constitution. What we have in the present Constitution, so far as the Provinces are concerned, is a deep and wide advance upon the Montague-Chelmsford Constitution, by reason of the extension to all departments of Government of the principle of responsibility, now that the departments reserved under the last Constitution are transferred to responsible Ministers, and the irresponsible member of the Governor's Executive Council have been laid on their allotted shelf in the museum of outworn political institutions.
I do not think that this is an appropriate occasion, to deliver to you a prophesy concerning the probability and extent of the use by the Governor of his special powers. I prefer that in this respect this Constitution should be judged after a fair trial, that is to say, that you sl1aould work the Constitution for a reasonable period and at the end of that period you should reach your own conclusions as to the nature of those powers in the light of the way in which they have been used. Is it too much to ask of you that you should embark on this voyage of discovery with unbiased minds and open eyes? In a speech delivered to my Durbaris at Sukkur, I compared a written Constitution with the dry bones of a skeleton, and I now venture on a fresh smile. It seems to me that written Constitutions are not to be judged by their printed texts any more than individuals are to be judged by their photographs. Just as when. you come to know an individual personally you may recognise in his photograph, which previously appeared flat and uninteresting and devoid of vitality or character, the personal characteristics and qualities which you have already ascertained and learnt to appreciate, so when you have worked this written constitution, instead of burning it, I venture to say that you will discover its true significance, as you never will by merely reading it or by condemning it without reading it.
I have had occasion more than once to speak to other audiences than this about the difficulties of understanding the provisions of this or any other written constitutions, without being a witness to and a partaker in the actual working of it. Even so, I must confess that I have been rather painfully surprised at the ignorance shown by persons who are not ashamed to publish their ignorance in the newspapers on the subject of my distribution of Portfolios among my Ministers. It has actually been made a communal grievance in the Press that in the distribution of Portfolios, I have allotted the Ministry of Public Works and no more to the Hindu Member of my Cabinet. Further, it has been stated that the Ministry of Public Works does not include the Lloyd Barrage, because in the administration of that great enterprise 1 am required to exercise my individual judgment as to the action to be taken. I am tempted to say that I find it difficult to believe that honest misunderstanding could go so far as this. Let me hasten to assure Members of this House, if that should be necessary, and the members of public generally, that the administration of the Lloyd Barrage and Canals Scheme is actually included in the Portfolio of the Minister for Public Works. No paper in connection with the administration of the Lloyd Barrage and Canals Scheme will come up to the Governor without first having passed through the hands of the Minister for Public Works. There are no reserved subjects in the Provincial Constitution in the sense of Subjects, the administration of which is not in the hands of Ministers. There is nothing mysterious about the exercise by the Governor of his individual judgment, and clear directions are contained on this subject in the Instrument of Instructions, which has been issued to the Provincial Governors and has been published in the Gazette. In respect of the administration of the Lloyd. Barrage and Canals Scheme, it is for the Minister-in-charge in the first instance to frame a policy, and to advise me as to its execution. I am not going to pretend to you that the Act does not place within the power of the Governor to differ from and to override his Minister in respect of the administration of this subject; t it should be clearly understood that the initiative in these matters rests with the Minister-in-charge, and that it is the business and duty of the Minister to have a policy. I have no fear that I may be running the risk of giving an undertaking contrary to the provisions of the Government of India Act if I tell you quite plainly that I shall always be most reluctant to differ from the Minister-in-charge of the Lloyd Barrage, and that I have no intention of differing from him, without in the first place discussing the matter very thoroughly with him in person, and in the second place if after that amount of discussion we are unable to agree, without putting the matter before my whole Cabinet. Having said so much, I trust that I shall no longer rebuked in the Press for having given to the Hindu Minister empty Portfolio. The question of the relative size and importance of the Portfolios distributed by me among my Ministers is not, I think, one in which lay and in expert opinion is entitled to much consideration, and I doubt whether °anything is be gained by any attempt on my part, in answer to such criticism, to assess the weight and importance of the different Portfolios. Let it be sufficient for me to say that bulk is not necessarily the same thing as importance, and let me freely admit that in bulk the heavier burden has been laid by me upon the more experienced shoulders; but as regards relative importance I' am not myself prepared to hazard an opinion. From time to time, so far as I can see, the importance of department may, by comparison with that of another department, appear to grow greater, and at other times it may appear to grow less; but I find it difficult to think that at any time in the future of this Province can there be a department of more vital importance to the Province than the department which embrace the administration of the Lloyd Barrage and Canals Scheme.
I have been charged with acting unconstitutionally in that I did not call on the leader of the party, which claims to be the largest party in the Assembly to advise me as to the formation of my Ministry. I have no wish to enter here on a lengthy argument, and I only mention in passing that as I understand the position, I am not bound to recognize for the purpose any group, association, or other conglomeration of members, which does not constitute an absolute majority in the Assembly. Whether I was right or wrong in sending for Sir Ghulam Hussain and asking his advice remains to be seen; but I think it right to assure those persons who accuse me of unconstitutional behaviour that in doing what I did I was impelled solely by the desire to obtain what I considered likely to be the best advice which was laid to the formation of a stable Ministry. You may probe by your votes that I was incorrect, but you will not thereby prove the unconstitutionality of my intention. I may have been wrong, and after all it is but human to err; but so long as I was trying to be right, I should not be charged with breach of the Constitution. It has been, let me say very frankly, a matter of very regret to me that in looking for my Ministers, I have been unable to find any established parties standing for distinct policies. You will I have no doubt remember, that not so long before the elections, there were two parties amongst the Muhammadans bearing names but standing on indistinguishable platforms. What kept them apart was not there opinions but their feelings, and I regret that as yet there has been no change in this respect. Among the Hindus, on the other hand, I have not yet found even the rudiments of the formation of a party, except among the Congress members, whose numbers in this chamber are not sufficient for me to have thought of inviting them to give me a representative on the Council of Ministers. I have learnt not for the first time of differences between Amils and Bhaibands, and election have been fought in which no question of policy was before the electors, who were left to make their choice with no other guide than the personal influence of each candidate and his supporters. I think you will agree with me that I am not speaking lightly of you if I say that from such gathering Cabinet-making has proved to be an extremely difficult art, and I trust that you will also agree with me that my devotion to the Constitution is not to be impugned merely if it turns out that in my first essay in this difficult art I have not succeded in producing a durable article. Where conditions are as fluid as they are at present, the chances are, I think, distinctly against the Governor, though he be guided by none but the purest of constitutional doctrines, reaching with confidence a decision as to the constitution of his Ministry. Therefore in commending my Ministers to you and asking you to award them fair treatment, I should not be understood as indicating any personal preference for this particular combination. My attitude to my Ministers, from whatever quarter of this Assembly they may be selected, will be unchanging. I shall be concerned solely to use my personal influence with them in such a way that they may work together to produce according to their lights the best results for the province. Consequently, when I ask you to give these three gentlemen a clear run and a fair field, I want you to understand that I am not appealing on behalf of a particular Ministry. I know it must be a temptation, where a Ministry is not based on the solid foundation of party-loyalty, for the members of the different groups which constitute the Opposition, to derive a mischievous pleasure from playing the game of King making. I would only by way of friendly warning suggest to those who may be disposed to indulge in this perilous pastime that they should bethink themselves that a time may come when they themselves may be called to occupy the seats of the Ministers, and then if they themselves have initiated a practice of trading on personal jealousies and making individual attacks based not on policy, but on malice, they can only expect that they themselves will in their turn become the victims of a similar treatment. If I appear to be asking for a guarantee of stability for this Ministry, I should like it to be clearly understood by all that such is not my intention. All that I am asking is that my Ministers should be judged on the merits of their administration and their measures and should not be made targets for the slings and arrows of outrageous personal jealousies. I shall ask the same for their successors, whenever that contingency may arise, and whoever those successors may be.
And now finally, let me remind you that the fortunes of this new Province are entrusted to you and it rests with you to bring happiness or misery to millions.. The eyes of the whole Province are upon you and those eyes are no longer half closed in the immemorial lethargy of Sindh, they are opening daily, and already there is sufficient intelligence and wakefulness in them to realise the power which has been vested in you and to require of you that you shall labour unceasingly to exercise that power for the lasting good of the people of this Province.
LEGISLATION
On 29th April,1937. The honourable Sir Ghulam Hussain Hidayatullah with permission of the honourable Speaker move the first Bill No.II of 1937, to fix the salary of the Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the Sindh Legislative Assembly. The Salaries that are proposed in this bill for the Speaker and Deputy Speaker are Rs.1,000 for each per mensem. This Act, called as Sindh (Speaker's and Deputy Speaker's Salaries) Act, 1937.
On 29th April,1937. The honourable Sir Ghulam Hussain Hidayatullah with permission of the honourable Speaker move the first Bill No.III of 1937, a Bill to remove certain disqualification concerning members elected to the Sindh Legislative Assembly.
PRESENTATION OF BUDGET FOR THE YEAR 1937 - 1938.
On 3rd August, 1937, the Budget for the year 1937-38 was presented by the Honourable Chief Minister with an introductory speech. The Budget presented was really a budget for the latter 8 months of the year 1937-38 by reason of the fact that under the provisions of the Government of India Commencement and Transitory order (No.1), 1936, His Excellency the Governor authorised expenditure to enable the business of the Provincial Government to be carried on for four months from the date of the commencement of part III of the constitution in the first session of the Assembly. A general discussion of the budget was made in the Assembly on the 4th and 5th August 1937. The Assembly utilized 7 days for voting on the annual demands for grants which began on 11th August and concluded on 19th August 1937. Notices of several cut motions were received of which only few were discussed. A very wide range of the subject was brought for discussion both during the general discussion of the Budget and the voting of Demand for grants. All the demands were granted by the House.
Sir, Ghulam Hussain Hidayatullah with the permission of Speaker introduced the Budget for the financial year 1937-38. In the end of budget speech, he ask the Honourable House to consider their budget proposals as a whole and to see whether they do not represent an honest attempt to do their utmost in existing circumstances for the people of this province. He said that "We shall, no doubt, be criticised and be told that we have not gone far enough in our efforts to alleviate the condition of the people, but I would remind honourable members that, while we are anxious as any member to go as far as we possibly can in that direction, we cannot allow ourselves to forget that we have the financial stability of Sindh in our charge. Sindh is a deficit province, with a heavy burden of debt, partially supported at the expense of the rest of India, and it is of the highest importance that financial equilibrium should be maintained. Unless by cutting our coat according to our cloth, we maintain the financial stability and credit of our province, no progress will be possible and there can be no future of Sindh".
SECOND SESSION
The second session of the Assembly commenced on Tuesday, the 3rd August 1937 and continued till Wednesday the 1st September, 1937. The Assembly actually sat for 24 days.
LEGISLATION
The following Bill was introduced and passed by the Assembly:
Bill No.IV of 1937, a Bill to provide for the establishment and maintenance in the province of Sind of a Fund called the Sind Famine Relief Fund.
The following elections to the various Committees were held during the session.
PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE
1. Dr. Popatlal Bhoopatkar.
2. Rai Sahib Gokaldas Mewaldas.
3. Mr. Nichaldas C. Vazirani.
4. Mir Ghulam Ali Khan Talpur.
5. Pir Illahi Bakhsh.
6. Mr. Abdus Sattar Abdul Rahman.
7. Mr. M.H. Gazdar.
The Finance minister to be ex-officio Chairman of the Committee.
RULES COMMITTEE.
A Rule Committee consisting of the Honourable the Speaker, as Chairman, the leader of the House and the following seven (7) members were elected by the Assembly to consider and report the draft of the rule to be made under section 84 of the Government of India Act, 1935, for regulating the procedure and conduct of the business of the House.
1. Mr. Ghanshyam Jethanand.
2. Dialmal Doulatram.
3. Mr. Miran Mohammad Shah.
4. Mr. Mohammad Usif Khan Bahadur Mohammad Kham Chandio.
5. Mr. Jamshed Nusserwanjee.
6. Khan Bahadur M.A. Khuhro.
7. Diwan Bahadur Hiranand Khemsing.
N. W. RAILWAY LOCAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
An election was held to return a member on the N.W. Railway Local Advisory Committee and Pir Rasul Bakhsh Shah was elected there to.
THIRD SESSION (1938)
The third session of the Sindh Legislative Assembly commenced on Friday 25th February 1938 and continued till Saturday 19th March 1938. The Assembly sat for 16 days.
On 25th February 1938, the late Speaker Mr. Bhojsing G. Pahalajani, His Excellency the Governor's message of sympathy. The Honourable the Deputy Speaker reads the message from His Excellency the Governor of Sindh.
"Mr. Deputy Speaker and Members of Sindh Legislative Assembly-- (p34 to 40)
LEGISLATION
The Assembly dealt with the following items of legislation during the session.
1. The Finance Bill, 1938 (duty on consumption of electrical energy, enhanced court fees and enhanced stamp duties).
2. The Bombay District Tabacco Bill, 1938.
3. Bill to amend the city of Karachi Municipal Act, 1933.
ELECTION OF SECOND SPEAKER SINDH LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
On 16th February, 1938 the death of Dewan Bhojsing G. Pahalajani, the office of the Speaker become vacant, there were no less than three candidates proposed and seconded for the office of Speaker.
1. Syed Miran Mohammad Shah, proposed by the Honourable member Pir Illahi bakhsh and seconded by the Honourable Member G.M. Syed.
2. Mr. Dialmal Doulatram, proposed by the Honourable member mr. Nichaldas Chatomal and seconded by the Honourable Member Mr. Rai Sahib Gokaldas Mewaldas.
3. Mr. Hassaram pamnani, proposed by the Honourable member Mr. Newandran Vishandas and seconded by the Honourable Member Mr. Issardas Varindmal.
After counting of votes the result of the election as under:
Syed Miran Mohammad Shah secures 37 votes. Mr. Dialmad Doultram gets zero and Mr. Hassaram Pamnani gets 15 votes. Mr. deputy Speaker therefor declare Syed Miram Mohammad Shah elected as the Speaker of the Sind Legislative Assembly. After the declaration of result by the Deputy Speaker, the newly elected Speaker took the Chair on 26th February, 1938.
FELICITATION TO SPEAKER.
The honourable Sir Ghulam Hussain Hidayatullah, The honourable Mir Bandehali Khan Talpur, Mr.Nihchaldas C. Vazirani, Mr. Jamshed N.R. Mehta, Col. H. J. Mahon, Mr. H.S. Pamnani, Mr. Dialmal Doulatram, Mr. Naraindas A. Bechar, Khan Bahadur Allah Bakhsh, Sahib Bahadur Jam Jan Muhammad , Pir Illahi Bakhsh, pir Rasul Bakhsh, Mir Allahdad Khan Talpur, D.B. Hiranand Khemsing, Khan Bahadur Ghulam Nabi Shah, K.S.A.K. Gabol present felicitations to honourable Speaker.
The Honourable Speaker Syed Miran Mohammad Shah addressed the August House:-
" Honourable Sirs, I must thank you from the bottom of my heart for the honour that you have done me today by elevating me to this office of high honour and responsibility. I must admit that I have ascended this Chair with a mixed feeling of joy and sorrow. The fountain head of my joy, of course, can be well understood. The confidence which my honourable colleagues have evinced today by electing me to this high office is a sufficient source of pleasure and gratification to me. I may inform you that it has been a day of the realisation of my dream which I dreamt as far back as 1928, when I was associated with the Simon Commission which had arrived then to enquire into the working of the reforms and to lay down the foundations for a constitution that we are working today; and being a member of the Bombay Provincial Committee cooperating with the Simon Commission, I was one of those members who, inspite of the majority opposing the separation of Sindh, first wrote a note proving the case and raising the voice of the people of Sindh for separation from Bombay. Therefore, my associations at the very commencement of my political career have been with eminent politicians like Sir John Simon who was the Chairman of that Commission; and so I was initiated for the first time in my life in the principles of constitutional law at that stage of my political career. then, as you know, I endeavoured to mobilise public opinion and organised a conference for the separation of Sind in Hyderabad in 1929; and by a unanimous vote of the Conference I was elected as General Secretary of the Sind Separation Conference and continued as such right up to the date of actual separation.
You have by your cooperation raised me to this high Chair and given me an opportunity to guide your deliberations in this Legislature which is going to legislate for our whole province. I must admit that my feelings of sorrow were due to the premature departure of our esteemed late lamented Diwan Bhojsing, the Speaker of this House. I may inform you that I was always eager to have an opportunity to guide the deliberations of this House, but I considered the superiority of the late lamented Speaker of our House and I was indeed much gratified when he was elevated to the Chair. He has laid the Province as a whole to success and on the path of progress; and the traditions which he has established, I must assure every section of this House, I will try to maintain and advance as far as lies in my power. Once more I assure all the sections of the House, as has been pointed out by the leader of the House and the leaders of the various sections, that I shall hold the balance even. I assure you that I will do so; and if I do not do so, I will be flouting the age-long traditions connected with the Chair which I am now occupying. My friends must disabuse their minds of all the been elected by a majority in this House, still i shall maintain the traditions of this House as far as it is humanly possible for me to do so. But I must say that I cannot do so and I cannot carry out my desire without the unstinted cooperation of my honourable friends here.
The honourable member Mr. Nihchaldas and other members pointed out that discipline and order must be the essence of the proceedings of this House; and I assure you al that I am going to maintain them, because, without them, the dignity of the House cannot be maintained and youcannot make any progress. Before I sit down, i feel tempted t quote the words of our late Speaker, because I cannot find better words than what he said and remind you of them so that you should pursue the path which has been laid down by him. here are the few words contained in a paragraph:
"One most difficult matter in which I want the cooperation of every member of the House is that order must be preserved and the proceedings conducted with a dignity which this House deserves. I am not claiming any consideration for myself. I am, as Speaker, one of you, whom you have elected to the Chair. You have entrusted me with the duty of keeping order and giving rulings and guiding the deliberations of this House, and in the discharge of that duty, I would expect complete cooperation so far s the keeping of order is concerned, so far as rulings are concerned, and so far as submission to those rulings is concerned. It may be that I may be wrong on occasions. But as it is absolutely necessary that discipline must be maintained and that submission to the rulings must be made of the person, whom you have chosen for the time to guide your deliberations, I think I am entitled to kind cooperation of every one of the 60 members of this House in the discharge of my duty."
PRESENTATION OF BUDGET FOR THE YEAR 1938-39
On 26th February, 1938. Sir Ghulam Hussain Hidayatullah presented the budget estimate for the year 1938-39 in the Sind legislative Assembly.
On 21st March, 1938 the previous Ministry of Honourable Sir Ghulam Hussain Hidayatullah resigned and Honourable Khan Bahadur Allah Bakhsh was called by His Excellency the Governor to form the Ministry. The new Ministry consisted of the following:
1. Khan Bahadur Allah Bakhsh Chief Minister, Home, Finance
2. Pir Illahi Bakhsh Revenue
3. Mr. Nichaldas C. Vazirani P.W.D., Public Health Medical.
FOURTH SESSION
The fourth session of the Sind Legislative Assembly commenced on Friday, 25th March 1938 and continued till 31st March, 1938. The Assembly sat for 4 days. No Bills, either Government or non-official, was moved in this session.
FIFTH SESSION
The fifth session of the Sind Legislative Assembly commenced on Thursday, 1st May, 1938 and continued till 2nd June, 1938. The Assembly sat for 13 days.
LEGISLATION
The Sindh Legislative Assembly dealt with the following items of legislation, during the session:
I. The Sindh Betting Tax Bill, 1938.
II. The Bombay' Finance Act (Sindh Amendment) Bill, 1938.
II. The City of Karachi Municipal Act (Amendment) Bill, 1938.
III. The Bombay (District) Tobacco (Sindh Amendment) Bill, 1938.
IV. The Sindh Ministers' Salaries (Amendment) Bill, 1938.
V. The Sindh Legislative Assembly Members' Salaries and Allowances Bill, 1938.
VI. The Sindh Legislative Assembly (Removal of Disqualifications) (Amendment) Bill, 1938.
VII. The Bombay District Municipal, Local Boards and Municipal Boroughs (Sindh Amendment) Bill, 1938.
VIII.The Bombay Local Boards (Sindh Amendment) Bill, 1938.
IX. The Bombay Weights and Measures (Sindh Amendment) Bill, 1938.
X. The Bombay Co-operative Societies (Sindh Amendment) Bill, 1938. .
XI. The Bombay Entertainments Duty (Sindh Amendment) Bill, 1938.
XII. The Indian Stamp (Sindh Amendment) Bill, 1938.
XIII.The City of Karachi Municipal (Second Amendment) Bill, 1938.
XIV.The Bombay Primary Education (Sindh Amendment) Bill, 1938.
SIXTH SESSION
The sixth session of the Sindh legislative Assembly commenced on the 4th January 1939 and continued till 28th January 1939.
LEGISLATION
The Sindh Legislative Assembly dealt with the following items of legislation, during the session:
I. The Bombay Local Boards (Sindh Amendment) Bill, 1939.
II. The Bombay Local Boards (Sindh Second Amendment) Bill, 1939.
III. The Bombay Local Boards (Sindh Third Amendment) Bill, 1939.
IV. The Sindh Famine Relief Fund (Amendment) Bill, 1939. .
V. The Sindh Local Authorities Payments Bill, 1939.
VI. The Bombay Irrigation (Sindh Amendment) Bill, 1939.
VII. The Bombay Village Sanitation (Sindh Amendment) Bill, 1939.
VIII.The Bombay Land Revenue Code (Sindh Amendment) Bill, 1939.
IX. The Sindh Nurses, Midwives, Health Visitors and Dais Registration Bill. 1939.
X. The Sindh Deti-Ieti Bill, 1939.
XI. Bombay Prevention of Gambling (Sindh Amendment) Bill, 1939.
The 61 non-official Bills were introduced during the session.
OBITUARY
On 4th January, 1939 condolence Resolution were moved in the Assembly on the death of the following:
1. Kamal Ataturk, the founder of regenerated Turkey.
2. Moulana Shoukat Ali, a veteran leader and great patriot.
PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE
On 19th January, 1939 the following Members were elected on the Public Accounts Committee:
1. Mr. J. Fraser.
2. Mr. Issardas Varindmal
3. Dr. Popat Lal Bhoopatkar
4. Mr. Muhammad Ali Shah
5. Mr. Jamshed Nusserwanjee
6. Rai Sahab Gokaldas Mewaldas
7. Mr. G.M. Syed
The Finance Minister to be ex-officio Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee.
RESOLUTION
Resolution on matter of general public interest. Grant of rebate in assessment in non-barrage talukas of Hyderabad District.
On 26th January, 1939. Khan Bahadur Haji Ghulam Nabi Shah moved this resolution asking Government to grant a proportionate rebate in the assessment of non-barrage talukas of Hyderabad District on account of falling the price of paddy since the advent of the Sukkur Barrage and also on account of the fall in the yield. After considerable discussion, the resolution was passed to division and lost.
DIVISION
FOR AYES
1. SHAIKH ABDUL MAJID
2. MR. C.T. VALEECHA
3. MR. GHANSHYAM JETHANAND
4. KHAN BAHADUR GHULAM MUHAMMAD ISRAN
5. MR. G.M. SYED
6. KHAN BAHADUR GHULAM NABI SHAH
7. MR. H.S. PAMNANI
8. DR. CHOITHRAM P. GIDWANI
9. MR. ISSARDAS VARINDMAL
10. MISS JETHIBAI T. SIPAHIMALANI
11. MR. KHAN BAHADUR MUHAMMAD ALI KHUHRO
12. MR. MUHAMMAD USMAN SOOMRO
13. MR. MOHAMMAD YUSIF CHANDIO
14. MR. KHAIR SHAH IMAM ALI SHAH
15. MR. NEWANDRAM VISHANDAS
16. MR. NUR MUHAMMAD SHAH
17. MR. PARTABRAI KHAISUKHDAS
18. MR. R. K. SIDHWA
FOR NOES
1. MR. ABDUS SATTAR ABDUL REHMAN
2. KHAN BAHADUR ALLAH BAKHSH K. GABOL
3. KHAN BAHADUR ALLAH BAKHSH
4. HAJI AMIR ALI LAHORI.
5. MIR BANDEHALI KHAN TALPUR.
6. MR. DIALMAL DOULATRAM
7. MR. DOULATRAM MOHANDAS
8. MR. GHANUMAL TARACHAND
9. MIR GHULAM ALLAH KHAN TALPUR.
10. SIR GHULAM HUSSAIN HIDAYATULLAH.
11. RAI BAHADUR HOTCHAND HIRANAND
12. PIR ILLAHI BAKHSH
13. KHAN SAHAB JAFFER KHAN BURDI
14. MR. JAMSHED N.R. MEHTA
15. MR. NICHALDAS C. VAZIRANI
16. MR. J. FRASER
17. MR. RASUL BAKHSH KHAN UNAR
18. KHAN SAHAB PIR RASUL BAKHSH SHAH
19. MR. SHAMSUDDIN KHAN.
20. MR. SITALDAS PERUMAL
21. KHAN SAHIB SOHRAB KHAN SARKI.
The result of the division is 18 for the AYES and 21 for the NOES. The resolution was lost.
SEVENTH SESSION
The seventh session of the Sindh Legislative Assembly commenced on the 13th February 1939 and continued till the 28th February 1939. The Assembly sat for 13 days.
BUDGET FOR 1939-40
On 18th February 1939 the budget for 1939-40 was presented by the Honourable Chief Minister, Khan Bahadur Allah Bux Soomro with an introductory speech.
RESIGNATION OF DEPUTY SPEAKER
On 21st February, 1939. The Honourable Speaker inform the House a communication was received from His Excellency the Governor that Khan Bahadur Allah Bakhsh Gabol had tendered his resignation from the office of Deputy Speaker, which was accepted by Governor. The Honourable Speaker asked the House to elect a person for the post of Deputy Speaker.
ELECTION OF DEPUTY SPEAKER
On 25th February, 1939, there were two candidates proposed and seconded for the office of the Deputy Speaker. Miss Jethi T. Sipahimalani and Mukhi Gobindram Pritamdas , both secured 27 votes, but the Speaker exercised his casting vote in favour of Miss Jethi T. Siphimalani, therefore she was declared duly elected.
LEGISLATION
The Assembly dealt with the following items of legislation during the session.
1. Nurses, Midwives, health visitors and Dias Registration Bill, 1939.
2. Bombay prevent of gambling (Sindh Amendment) Bill, 1939.
Bill No.2 was passed, while No.1 was referred to Select Committee.
EIGHTH SESSION
This session was commenced on 17th March 1939 and continued till the 18th April 1939. The Assembly sat for 11 days.
LEGISLATION
The Assembly dealt with the following items of legislation during the session.
1. Court Fee Bill, 1939.
2. Entertainment Duty Bill, 1939.
3. Motor Vehicle Taxation Bill, 1939.
4. Sindh Nurses, Midwives and Registration of Dais Bill, 1939.
5. Primary Education Bill, 1939.
6. Transfer of Property Bill, 1939.
Bill Nos.1, 2, 4 & 6 were passed, while No.3 & 5 were referred to Select Committee.
NO CONFIDENCE MOTION
On 30th March, 1939. A Motion of No Confidence against the Allah Bakhsh Soomro Ministry was admitted. After a long debate the motion was withdrawn by the Honourable Member Dr. Hemandas R. Wadhwani on 31st March, 1939.
MISCELLANEOUS
During the session the Revenue Minister (Honourable Mr. Nichaldas C. Vazirani) made a statement that he had tendered the resignation of his office to H.E. the Governor. A question arose whether he could continue to hold that portfolio. The Speaker ruled that as the resignation had not been accepted by His Excellency the Governor, the Minister continued as such and continued to hold the portfolio.
NINTH SESSION
The ninth session commenced on 1st June and continued till 9th June, 1939. The Assembly sat for 7 days.
LEGISLATION.
The Assembly dealt with the following item of legislation during the session.
1. Election Expenses Bill, 1939.
2. Motor Vehicle Taxation Bill, 1939.
3. Bombay Finance Act, 1939
4. Motor Sprit Sales Tax Bill, 1939.
5. Lepers Bill, 1939.
6. Debt Conciliation Bill, 1939.
7. Charging of certain expenditure on the Revenue of the Province Bill, 1939.
8. Primary Education Bill, 1939.
9. Deti-leti Bill, 1939.
10. Civil Procedure Code (Sindh Amendment) Bill, 1939.
11. Presidency Towns Insolvency (Sindh Amendment) Bill, 1939.
12. Hakim and Vaids Bill, 1939.
13. Tobacco Bill, 1939.
Bills Nos. 7 & 12 were referred to the Select Committee, while all the remaining Bills were passed.
MESSAGE FROM H.E. THE GOVERNOR
On 1st June, 1939. A message was received from H.E. the Governor appointing Miss Jethi T. Sipalimalani, Deputy Speaker, of the Sind legislative Assembly, to be a person before whom the oath required by section 67 of the Government of India Act, 1935 may be made and subscribed by the Members of the Assembly.
TENTH SESSION
The tenth session commenced on the 26th January and continued till the 14th March, 1940. The Assembly sat for 28 days.
LEGISLATION
The Assembly dealt with the following items of legislation during the session.
1. Hakim and Vaids Bill, 1939.
2. Cooperative Societies (Amendment) Bill, 1939.
3. Vaccination Bill, 1939.
4. Agricultural Market Bill, 1940.
5. Intoxicants Bill, 1940.
6. Frontier Regulation Bill, 1940.
7. Zamindars Children Bill, 1940.
8. Deti-leti Bill, 1940.
9. Bombay Prevention of Gambling (Amendment) Bill, 1940.
10. Cooperative Societies (Amendment) Bill, 1940.
11. Court of Inquiry Bill, 1940.
12. Agriculturist Debt Relief Bill, 1940.
13. Holy Quran Bill, 1940.
Bill No.4 was read a second time. There was an amendment moved by the opposition to clause 19 of this Bill which was pressed to division and carried No.6, consent of the Governor-General was required to be obtained. The remaining Bills were passed.
BUDGET 1940-41
On 21st February, 1940. The Budget for the year 1940-41 was presented by Khan Bahadur Allah Bux Soomro to the House. 22nd and 23rd February were devoted for general discussions of Budget and the demands for grants were discussed for 8 days from 5th to 14th March, 1940.
FOUNDATION STONE OF THE ASSEMBLY BUILDING
The foundation stone of the present Sindh Assembly Building was laid by His Excellency, Sir Lancelot Graham K.C.S.I., K.C.I.E., I.C.S., Governor of Sind on Saturday the 11th of March, 1940 at 6 p.m.
ELEVENTH SESSION
The eleventh session commenced on 26th March 1940 and continued till the 1st April, 1940. The Assembly sat for 6 days.
On 18th March, 1940 all Ministers of the Allah Bux Soomro's Government were resign from the Ministry and the new Ministry of Mir Bandehali Khan talpur was in office and consisted of the following Ministers:
1. Honourable Mir Bandehali Khan Talpur (C.M., Home, Law and S&GAD)
2. Honourable G.M. Sayd (Labour, Industries, Forest, Education & Rural Development)
3. Honourable R.S. Gokaldas Mewaldas (Agriculture , Local Government)
4. Honourable mr. Nichchaldas C. Vazirani (Revenue)
5. Honourable Khan Bahadur M.A. Khuhro (P.W.D)
6. Honourable Shaikh abdul Majid (Finance, Medical, Public Health, Excise)
LEGISLATION
The Assembly dealt with the following item of legislation during this session.
1. Holy Quran Bill, 1940.
2. Agricultural Marketing Bill, 1940.
3. District Police (Amendment) Bill, 1940.
4. Joint Electorate Bill, 1940.
5. Sind Frontier Regulation Bill, 1940.
Bill No.3 was circulated for eliciting public opinion, while the remaining Bills were passed.
INVITATION FOR THE OPENING CEREMONY OF CHIEF COURT (HIGH COURT)
On 1st April, 1940. The Honourable Speaker informed the honourable members that the Honourable Judicial Commissionor has invited to attend the opening ceremony of the chief court (now Sindh High Court, Karachi) which is to take place on the 15th April, 1940.
TWELFTH SESSION
The twelfth session of the Assembly commenced on the 27th November, 1940 and continued till 11th December, 1940. the Assembly sat for 22 days.
LEGISLATION.
The Assembly dealt with following items of legislation, during the session.
1. Karachi Municipal (Amendment) Bill, 1937.
2. Bombay District Police (Amendment) Act, 1940.
3. Bombay Prevention of Gambling Bill, 1940.
4. Irrigation Bill, 1940.
5. Ferries Bill, 1940.
6. Opium Smoking Bill, 1940.
7. Wild Birds and Animals Protection Bill, 1940.
8. Cooperative Societies (Amendment) Bill, 1940.
9. Abkari Bill, 1940.
10. Lunacy Bill, 1940.
11. Removal of disqualification Bill, 1940.
12. Cattle Disease Bill, 1940.
13. Shop Assistants Bill, 1940.
14. Land Revenue Bill, 1940.
15. Jagirdars Assistance Bill, 1940.
THIRTEENTH SESSION
The thirteenth session of the Assembly commenced on the 26th February 1941 and continued till 2nd April, 1941. The Assembly sat for 22 days.
LEGISLATION
The Assembly dealt with the following items of legislature during the session.
1. Debt conciliation Bill, 1940.
2. Jagirdars Bill, 1940.
3. Sind Agriculturist Relief Bill, 1941.
4. Karachi Municipal (Amendment) Bill, 1941.
5. Land Revenue Code (Amendment) Bill, 1941.
6. Abkari (Amendment) Bill, 1941.
7. Minister's Salary Bill, 1941.
8. Speaker's Salary Bill, 1941.
9. Members Salaries and Allowances Bill, 1941.
All the Bills were passed.
BUDGET 1941-42.
The Budget estimates for the year 1941-42 was presented by the Finance Minister Khan Bahadur Allah Bux Soomro to the House on 26th February, 1941. A general discussion of the budget was made in the Assembly on 3rd & 4th march, 1941.
On 6th March, 1941. The Honourable mr. Nichchaldas C. Vazirani ( Revenue Minster), Mr. R.S. Gokaldas Mewaldas (Agriculture Minister) and Khan Bahadur Allah BuxSoomro (Finance Minister) have resigned and submitted resignation to His Excellency the Governor. New Ministry came to office consisting of the following:
1. The Hnourable K.B. Allah Bux Soomro (Chief Minister & Finance)
2. The Honourable Sir Ghulam Hussain Hidayatullah (Home, Parliamentary affairs, Law & S&GAD)
3. The Honourable Pir Illahi Bux (Education, Industries, Labour, Excise, Forest & Rural Development)
4. R.S. Gokaldas Mewaldas (Local government & Agriculture)
5. Pizada Abdul Sattar (PWD, medical, Public Health)
FOURTEENTH SESSION
The fourteenth session of the Assembly commenced on 25th June and continued till the 2nd July 1941. The Assembly sat for 7 days.
LEGISLATION
The Assembly dealt with the following items of legislation during the session.
1. War Contribution Bill, 1941.
2. Bombay District police (Amendment) Bill, 1941.
3. Ministers Salaries Bill, 1941.
4. Tobacco Bill, 1941.
5. Sind Encumbered Estates Act (Amendment) Bill, 1941.
6. Irrigation Bill, 1941.
7. Cotton Ginning and pressing Bill, 1941.
8. Primary Education Bill, 1941.
9. Agriculture Loans Bill, 1941.
All the Bills were passed except Bill No. 5 & 6, which were referred to Select Committee.
FIFTEENTH SESSION
The fifteenth session commenced on the 15th December 1941 and continued till 23rd December 1941. The Assembly sat for 7 days.
LEGISLATION
The Assembly dealt with the following items of legislation during the session.
1. Irrigation Bill, 1941.
2. Intoxicants Bill, 1941.
3. Steam Vessels Bill, 1941.
4. Tobacco Bill, 1941.
5. Weight and Measures Bill, 1941.
6. Villages Sanitation Bill, 1941.
7. Local Boards Bill, 1941.
Bill Nos.1, 3, 4, & 5 were passed and Bills Nos2 & 7 were referred to the Select Committee; and Bill nO6 was read for a second time.
SIXTEENTH SESSION
The sixteenth session commenced on 4th March 1942 and continued till 20th March, 1942. The Assembly sat for 14 days.
LEGISLATION
The Assembly dealt with the following items of legislation during the session.
1. Village Sanitation Bill, 1942.
2. Local Cess Bill, 1942.
3. Municipal Bill, 1942.
4. Hur Bill, 1942.
All the Bill were passed.
CONDOLENCE RESOLUTION, K.S. PIR RASUL BAKHSH SHAH
On 4th March, 1942 Condolence Resolution was Moved "This House desires to place on record its deep sense of bereavement upon the passing away of Khan Sahib Pir Rasul Bux Shah, MLA, who had for several years worthily represented this province in the Bombay Legislative Council, and had proved a useful of this legislature ever since its inauguration under the scheme of Provincial Autonomy. This House request the Honourable the Speaker to convey its heartfelt condolences to the family of the deceased Member".
BUDGET FOR THE YEAR 1942-43
On the 4th March, 1942 K.B. Allah Bux Soomro presented the Budget estimates for the financial year 1942-43. A general discussion of the budget was made on 6th, 7th & 8th and the Assembly utilised 7 days for grants which began on 12th March and concluded on 20th March, 1942.
PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE
On 5th March, 1942 the following Members were elected on the Public Accounts Committee for one year commencing from the date of election.
1. Khan Bahadur M.A. Khuhro
2. Mr. M.H. Gazdar
3. Mr. Issardas Varindmal
4. Mr. N.A. Bechar
5. Mr. J. Fraser
6. Mr. Dialmal Doultram
7. Dr. Popat Lal Bhoopatkar
The Finance Minister (K.B. Allah Bakhsh Soomro) to be Ex-officio Chairman.
On 14th October, 1942 K.B. Allah Balhsh Soomro Cabinet present the resignation to His Excellency Gover and new Ministry consisted of the following:
1. Sir Ghulam Hussain Hidayatullah (Chief Minister, Finance)
2. Pir Illahi Bux (Education, Labour, Excise, Agriculture, Forest, Rural Development)
3. Khan Bahadur Muhammad Ayub Khuhro (Revenue)
4. Alhaj Muhammad Hashim Gazdar (Home, Law, Parliamentary affairs)
5. Gokaldas M. Rochlani (PWD and Local Government)
6. Dr. Hemandas Rupchand Wadhwani (health, Industries, Civil defence)
SEVENTEENTH SESSION
The seventeenth session commenced on the 24th February, 1943 and continued till 15th March, 1943. The Assembly sat for 10 days.
LEGISLATION
The Assembly dealt with the following items of legislation, during the session:
1. Abkari Bill, 1942.
2. Hindu Women's Right Bill, 1942.
3. Cooperative Societies Bill, 1942.
4. Intoxicants Bill, 1942.
5. Entertainments Duty Bill, 1942.
6. Electricity Bill, 1942.
7. Karachi Water Supply Bill, 1942.
8. Cotton Ginning and pressing Bill, 1942.
9. Weight and Measures Bill, 1942.
10. Hakims and Vaids Bill, 1942.
11. Primary Education Bill, 1942.
12. Opium Smooking Bill, 1942.
13. Sanitation Bill, 1942.
14. Members Salaries and Allowances Bill, 1942.
15. Nurses and Midwives Bill, 1942.
16. Land Revenue (amendment) Bill, 1942.
17. Rato Dero Municipality Bill, 1942.
18. Money Lenders Bill, 1942.
19. Police Force Bill, 1942.
20. Water Course Charge Bill, 1942.
21. Cooperative Societies Bill, 1942.
22. Agriculture Relief Bill, 1942.
23. Land Alienation Bill, 1942.
Bills Nos.18 and 23 were circulated for eliciting public opinion. Bill No.3 was referred to Select Committee, the remaining Bills were passed.
PRESENTATION OF BUDGET FOR THE YEAR 1943-44
The Budget for the year 1943-44 was presented by Sir Ghulam Hussain Hidayatullah Chief Minister & Finance Minister, on 24th February, 1943 in the Assembly. A general discussion of the budget was made in the Assembly on 27th February and 1st March, 1943. The Assembly utilised only one day, 8th March 1943, for voting on the annual demands for grants.
CONDOLENCE RESOLUTION SIR ABDULLAH HAROON
On 25th February, 1943, in the absence of the Honourable Member Shaikh Abdul Majid, the Honourable Leader of the HOuse Sir Ghulam Hussain Hidayatullah, moved the following resolution:
"This House places on record its profound regret at the death of Sir Haji Abdullah Haroon, MLA and old political leader and a philanthropist and its deep sense of services rendered by him to the country. Resolved also that the sympathy of this House be conveyed to the members of his family".
Sir at the outset, I must admit that I quite forgot yesterday to move this resolution, and I am sorry for it. The Late Sir Haji Abdullah Haroon was a prominent figure and one of the leader in the city of Karachi as also of the province of Sind. He was gentleman of All India fame. He was a merchant-prince, not only of the city of the Karachi but of the whole province, and I might say that he was one of the leading sugar merchant of India. he was a Member of the Karachi Corporation for a umbers of years. He was also a member of the Bombay Council for some years. Then he went to the Central Assembly where he did very useful work. He was then sent as representative of India to the Ottawa Conference. There he did very good work.
As a philanthropist also, he is being remembered throughout the province. He has contributed a large amount of money to the building of R.S. Udhavdas Hospital at Shikarpur. Educational Institutions such as the Muslim School at Hyderabad were being helped by him. Even here at Karachi he helped several institutions, such as Yatimkhanas and other poor institutions. His death is a loss not only to the Mussalman Community, but I think to the Commercial Community too. I am very glad that his place has been filled by his son, young Yusif, and I hope he will prove himself a worthy son of a worthy father. With these words I move the resolution.
Mr. Nihchaldas C. Vazirani also expressed his view as, "Sir I fully associate myself with this resolution. I had the honour of knowing late Sir Haji Abdullah Haroon personally and in various aspects of his life as a politician as well as a merchant. I particularly came to know him in his capacity of the Chairman of the Sindh Provincial Cooperative Bank's Board. There he displayed real commercial instinct and tact and raised up the status of the Sindh Provincial Cooperative Bank from almost a failing bank to a very prosperous bank. In fact when he was appointed Vice-Chairman, it was considered necessary for Government to promise some aid and give some loan to the bank. By the time that he served init for about a couple of years, the Provincial bank had investments to an extent that they did not know what to do with. They returned the loan advanced by Government and had also surpluses. He introduced so many new schemes with the sanction of Government, and the province certainly is highly obliged to him for giving all his time to an honourary work. I fully endorse the resolution and express their condolence to the bereaved family.
Mr. Dialmal Doulatram expressed his view as, "Sir, I had the privilege of coming in contact with the late Sir Haji Abdullah Haroon in 1915 when he went round Sindh for procuring funds for relief of the Turkish people in those days. I was then posted to Mehar. He displayed qualities of head and heart which brought him lots of funds in those days. He was always hospitable, and his benefactions are well known. I know that during his career as a merchant he employed Hindu employees and Hindu accountants, finding them always superior to others in keeping accounts. His fame, both in Sindh and outside Sindh, is well known. I fully associate myself with what has been said by other speakers and I support the resolution.
Chairman of the sitting expressed his view as, "I would like also to bear testimony to the qualities of the late haji Abdullah Haroon. I had also the pleasure of knowing him and had many talks with him on various political subjects. He was very hospitable and broad-minded. It is true that this loss is not only a loss to Sindh but it is a loss to the whole country. he was not a narrow nationalist, but he was rather an internationalist. he had the good fortune to become a merchant-prince, but he also had the good fortune and the goodness of heart to disburse and dispose of a lot of his wealth in charity. There are very few institutions that have not benefied at his hands. But he did not seek publicity for his charities. they were given quietly and cluostenatiously. I fully associate my community with this resolution that has now been moved, that the sympathy of the House be conveyed to the members of his family.
The Resolution was passed, all members standing then the House was adjourn for 15 minutes in memory of the departed soul.
PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE
On 27th February, 1943 the following 7 members were elected to constitute with the Honourable Finance Minister. The Public Accounts Committee for one year commencing from the date of election:
1. Mr. Dialmal Doulatram
2. Mr. Bandehali Khan Talpur
3. Mr. Shaikh Abdul Majid
4. Mr. Nur Muhammad Shah
5. Mr. J. Fraser
6. Mr. Muhammad Usman Soomro
7. Mukhi Gobindram Pritamdas
The Finance Minister to be ex-officio Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee.
The Present Sindh Assembly Building, which was constructed in 11th March, 1940 and officially inaugurated by the Governor Sir Hugh Dow on 4th March, 1942 in (New Building) First Session of Sindh Legislative Assembly was held on 2nd April, 1942.
RESOLUTION ON MATTERS OF GENERAL PUBLIC IMPORTANCE
On 3rd March, 1943, Mr. G.M. Syed moved the Historical Pakistan Resolution:-
“This House recommends to Government to convey to His Majesty’s Government through His Excellency the Viceroy, the sentiments and wishes of the Muslims of this Province that whereas Muslims of India are a separate nation possessing religion, philosophy, social customs, literature, traditions, political and economic theories of their own, quite different from those of Hindus, they are justly entitled to the right, as a single, separate nation, to have independent national states of their own, craved out in the zones where they are in majority in the sub-continent of India.
“Whereas they emphatically declare that no constitution shall be acceptable to them that will place the Muslims under a Central Government dominated by another nation, as in order the order of things to come, it is necessary for them to have independent National States of their own and hence any attempt to subject the Muslims of India under one Central Government is bound to result in Civil War with grave unhappy consequences.”
Walkout by Hindu Members
The Honourable mover of the resolution stated that his resolution was intended to convey the views and sentiments of only the Mussalmans of Sind and not of the entire population of Sind. The Chair also held that it was only the wish of the Mussalmans of Sind which was going to be conveyed by this resolution. In view of this ruling of the Chair that the Hindus had no interest in the resolution and that it was only the religion and sentiments of the Mussalmans of Sind that were to be conveyed through it, the following Hindu members left the House.
Mr. Nihchaldas C. Vazirani, Mr. Dialmal Doulatram, Mr. Ghanumal Tarachand, Mr. Partabrai Khasukhdas, mr. Akhji Ratansing Sodho, Mr. Mukhi Gobindram and Rao Bahadur Hotchand Hiranand.
Division
The Resolution was pressed to division.
RESULT OF DIVISION ON PAKISTAN RESOLUTION.
YES.
SHAIKH ABDUL MAJID
KHAN BAHADUR ALLAH BAKHSH K.GABOL
KHAN BAHADUR HAJI AMIR ALI LAHORI.
MR. ARBAB TOGACHI.
MIR BANDEHALI KHAN TALPUR.
MIR GHULAM ALI KHAN TALPUR.
HONOURABLE SIR GHULAM HUSSAIN HIDAYATULLAH.
KHAN BAHADUR GHULAM MUHAMMAD ISRAN.
SAYED GHULAM MURTAZA SHAH.
KHAN BAHADUR SAYED GHULAM NABI SHAH.
HONOURABLE PIR ILLAHI BAKHSH NAWAZ ALI.
NAWAB HAJI JAM JAN MUHAMMAD.
MRS. JENUBAI G. ALLANA.
S.B. SARDAR KAISER KHAN.
SYED MUHAMMAD ALI SHAH
HONOURABLE KHAN BAHADUR M. A. KHUHRO.
HONOURABLE HAJI MUHAMMAD HASHIM GAZDAR.
MR. MUHAMMAD USMAN SOOMRO.
MR. MUHAMMAD YURI CHANDIO.
SAYED NUR MUHAMMAD SHAH.
RAIS RASUL BAKHSH KHAN UNER.
MR. ALI GOHAR KHAN MEHAR.
MR. SHAMSUDDIN KHAN BARAKZAI
KHAN SAHIB SOHRAB KHAN SARKI.
NOES.
THE HONOURABLE RAI SAHIB GOKALDAS MEWALDAS
THE HONOURABLE DR. HEMANDAS R. WADHWAN
MR. LOLUMAL R. MOTWANI.
The Historical Pakistan Resolution was passed by the Sindh Legislative Assembly on 3rd March, 1943 during the Session, out of 38 Members 24 Members favoured and 3 Members opposed the Pakistan Resolution.
EIGHTEENTH SESSION
The eighteenth Session of the Assembly commenced on the 24th June 1943 and continued till 12th July, 1943. The Assembly sat for 04 days.
Legislation
The Assembly dealt with the following items of legislation during the session.
1. Money Lenders Bill, 1943.
2. Land Alienation Bill, 1943.
3. Weights and Measures Bill, 1943.
4. Postponement of Decrees Bill, 1943.
5. District Municipal Bill, 1943.
6. Local Boards Bill, 1943.
7. Appointment of Special Commissioner Bill, 1943.
8. Removal of Disqualification Bill, 1943.
9. Electricity Bill, 1943.
Bill No. 1 and 2 were referred to the Select Committee, the remaining Bills were passed.
Condolence Resolution
On 24th June, 1943. The Condolence resolution of Late Mr. Allah Bakhsh Soomro (Ex-Chief Minster of Sind) was moved in the Assembly by Sir Ghulam Hussain Hidayatullah.
"Resolved that this Assembly place on record its profound grief at the tragic and preamature death of Mr. Allah Bakhsh Muhammad Umar Soomro, a member of this Honourable House and lately Premier of Sind, and its deep sense of the great services rendered by him to the Province and the country, and the grievous loss caused by his untimely demise. Resolved further that the sympathy of this House be conveyed to the members of his family."
Honourable Sir Ghulam Hussain Hidayatullah, Mr. Dialmal Doulatram, Mr. Nihchaldas C. Vazirani, Lalla Menghraj Behrumal, Lt. Col. W.B. Hossack, Honourable Rai Sahib Gokaldas, Mr. Muhammad Usman Soomro, Sardar Bahadur Jaffar Khan Burdi, and Honourable the Speaker suport the resolution and expressed their views on the death of Mr. Allah Bakhsh.
After passing a resolution of condolence, the House was adjourn for 15 minutes.
NINETEENTH SESSION
The nineteenth session of the Assembly commenced on the 23rd February and continued till the 13th March, 1944. The Assembly sat for 14 days.
LEGISLATION
The Assembly dealt with the following items of Legislation during the session.
1. Finance Bill, 1944.
2. Town Planning Bill, 1944.
3. Registration of Medical Practioners Bill, 1944.
4. City of Karachi Municipal Bill, 1944.
5. District Police (Amendment) Bill, 1944.
6. Sindh Rifle Force Bill, 1944.
7. Local Boards Bill, 1944.
8. Hakims and Vaids Bill, 1944.
9. Deti Leti Bill, 1944.
10. Money Lenders Bill, 1944.
11. Karachi Municipal Act, 1944.
12. Local Fund Audit Bill, 1944.
13. Co-operative Societies Bill, 1944.
14. Sindh Shop Assistant Bill, 1944.
15. Hur Suppression Bill, 1944.
All the Bills were passed.
BUDGET FOR THE YEAR 1944-45.
The budget for 19944-45 was presented to the Assembly on 23rd February 1944. A general discussion of the budget was made on 24th and 25th February 1944. The Assembly utilised 6 days for voting on the annual demands for grants which began on 2nd March and concluded on 5th March 1944.
TWENTIETH SESSION
The twentieth session commenced on 19th July and continued till 25th July 1944. The Assembly sat for 6 days.
LEGISLATION
The Assembly dealt with the following items of Legislation during the session.
1. Medical Practioners Bill, 1944.
2. Joint Electorates Bill, 1944.
3. Land Alienation Bill, 1944.
4. Local Bodies Bill, 1944.
5. Food Adulteration Bill, 1944.
6. Small Causes Court Bill, 1944.
Bill No.3 was read for a second time, Bill No.5 was referred to Select Committee, the remaining Bills were passed.
TWENTY FIRST SESSION
The twenty first session commenced on 21st and continued till 24th February 1945. The Assembly sat for 4 days.
CONDOLENCE RESOLUTION, KHAN BAHADUR AHMED KHAN SADHAYO.
On 21st February condolence resolution regarding the death of Khan Bahadur Ahmed Khan Sadhayo, moved in the Assembly.
"Resolved that this Assembly place on record its great grief at the death of Khan Bahadur Ahmed Khan Sadhayo, a member only recently elected to this Honourable House. Resolved further, that the sympathy of this House be conveyed to the members of the deceased family".
CONDOLENCE RESOLUTION, MIR GHULAM ALLAH KHAN TALPUR.
"Resolved that this Assembly place on record its deep grief at the premature death of Mir Ghulam Allah Khan Talpur, for some years a member of this House be conveyed to the members of the deceased's family".
House adjourn for half an hour.
BUDGET FOR THE YEAR 1945-46
On 21st February, 1945, Sir Ghulam Hussain Hidayatullah presented Budget estimates for the year 1945-46. A general discussion of the budget was made on 22nd and 23rd February 1945. The Assembly utilized one day for voting on the annual demands for grants.
TWENTY SECOND SESSION
The twenty second session commenced on the 12th March and continued till 29th March 1945. The Assembly sat for 14 days.
LEGISLATION
The Assembly dealt with the following items of legislation.
1. Hur Bill, 1945.
2. Sindh Consumption of Intoxicants Bill, 1945.
3. Civil Jail (Amendment) Bill, 1945.
4. Motor Sprit Taxation Bill, 1945.
5. Nurses Bill, 1945.
6. Lepers Bill, 1945.
7. Land revenue Code Amendment Bill, 1945.
8. Karachi Municipal Bill, 1945.
9. Local Boards Bill, 1945.
10. Suppression of Hur Bill, 1945.
11. Vagrancy Bill, 1945.
12. University Bill, 1945.
13. Salaries Bill, 1945.
14. Karachi Municipal (Amendment) Bill, 1945.
15. Joint Water Board Bill, 1945.
Bill No.6, Bill No.11 and Bill No.12 were referred to Select Committee while remaining Bills were passed.
CONDOLENCE RESOLUTION REGARDING THE VICTIMS OF JUNGSHAHI RAILWAY ACCIDENT.
On 22nd March, 1945 a resolution was moved from the Chair.
" That this House do extent their sympathy with the families and dependents of these bereaved who have either died or been injured in the accident, on account of the collision of the trains near Jungshahi, that took place last night".
Condolence resolution was passed regarding the victims of the Jungshahi Railway Accident.
During the period of First Legislative Assembly, there were twenty two (22) sessions and 259 days.
The First Legislative Assembly of Sindh was dissolved in 1945 and fresh general elections were ordered to take place by H.E. the Governor. Since the inauguration of the Constitutional Reforms in the Province under the Government of India Act, 1935, in April 1937, the first Legislative Assembly of Sindh functioned for about 9 years instead of the normal period of 5 years fixed under Section 61(2) of the Act, by virtue of an amendment to that Section made in that behalf of the British Parliament under the stress of circumstances brought about by the Global War.
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