A new legislation by the Sindh Assembly on Wednesday divested the Governor Sindh of its powers to appoint ombudsman, as a bill was amended to authorise the Chief Minister Sindh instead.

The united opposition slammed the legislation and chanted against the amendment bill called "The Establishment of the Office of the Ombudsman for the Province of Sindh [Amendment] Bill, 2010". The opposition walked out of the house after the chair denied them to speak out their opinion and never returned until the proceedings were put off.

"We intended to bring such an amendment [to the existing law] to allocate powers to the Chief Minister to appoint ombudsmen following the 18th Constitutional Amendment," Chief Minister Sindh, Syed Murad Ali Shah told the house just ahead of the bill presentation in the house.

The previous law lacks the qualification and other such credentials for the post of ombudsman, he said, adding that however, with the fresh legislation the slot will have an official equivalent to that of scale 20. Or the high court retired judge can also be appointed to the office of ombudsman, he said. The amendment to the bill was adopted despite the opposition.

The house also passed "The Provincial Motor Vehicle [Amendment] Bill, 2020," which Sindh Parliamentary Affairs Minister, Mukesh Kumar Chawla had tabled in the house. The legislation ends provision of the registration book to vehicles' owners and a chip card will be provided, instead. The chip card called 'MVR Smart Card' will have modern features.

Qasim Siraj Soomro, PPP's lawmaker tabled a resolution to rename the archaeological site "Moenjo Daro". However discussion on the resolution was put off on the request of Chawla.

Murad Ali Shah gave his policy statement on gas load shedding in Sindh, saying that the federal minister for petroleum should take back his remarks in this connection and called them 'against' the law. He said that Sindh should be given a preferential right to receive gas since it is the main producer, according to the Article 158 of the Constitution.

He said that expensive gas was being sold to industrial and household consumers in Sindh. He said that the federal government should stop misleading remarks on gas that create discontentment in public. The federal government should also accept Sindh's right to use gas first, he asked.