Sindh Minister for Information, Saeed Ghani Saturday said that Governor Sindh has no constitutional authority to dissolve the provincial assembly, adding those who were talking about the authority of the Governor to dissolve the Sindh Assembly should be aware of the fact that governor was not even able to send home his watchman.

Ghani said this while talking to the journalists after attending as chief guest the three-day Adab Festival organized by Arts Council.

Ghani said that in accordance with the present constitution the provincial government had been authorized to even pay for the patrol of the vehicle of governor.

He said that like the President the designation of the governor was mere symbolic with no authority. He said that governor should roam around and enjoy as he had been with his friends.

Saeed Ghani said as per the constitution of Pakistan the Chief Minister was the Chief Executive of the province. "Haleem Adil Shaikh should first go through the present constitution of Pakistan thoroughly and then comment about the authority of the Governor," he added

Responding to a question Saeed Ghani said that the members of MQM-Pakistan would be included in the cabinet if they decided to join Pakistan People's Party.

Responding to another question Saeed Ghani said that Pakistan People's Party would resist every effort of the federal government a propos changing the name of Benazir Income Support Program.

Saeed Ghani said that if anyone wanted to change this name he would have to amend the constitution.

Responding to another question, Saeed Ghani said that Chairman National Accountability Bureau was misusing his authority as he on his own will closed the files of the members of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf while the members of the opposition parties were facing references one after the other.

On the issue of replacement of Inspector General of Police, Sindh, Saeed Ghani said that Syed Kaleem Imam was still holding his post on the backing of the few of the federal ministers.

Earlier, speaking on "Karachi's Urban Planning; Public Spaces and Garbage Management" at Adab Festival, Saeed Ghani said citizens need to play their role for the betterment of the country. "Not just the citizens but the political leaders are also not ready to own the city," he said.

On the recent operation against encroachments in the city, Saeed said the provincial government removed illegal constructions in the city but the fact was that destroyed the shelters of many people and this is indeed a serious issue and the government had to face it.

"When court ordered to eliminate the illegal constructions, I opposed knowing that they are also the citizens of this city although those people were not my voters," he added.

Saeed Ghani said that he always felt pleasure whenever he visited the Arts Council. He said the regularity with which the Arts Council was arranging such events like the Adab Festival was commendable.

He said that such activities portrayed not only a positive image of the metropolis, but also gave an opportunity to the people to interact with the honorable learned people of different fields and learn from their experience.

During the session, Architect Arif Hassan stressed the need for strengthening the civic agencies. "Without empowering the civic institutions, the problems of the people cannot be resolved and that the people could only be benefited greatly from the metropolitan agencies."

Arts Council President Muhammad Ahmed Shah said, "This is a city of immigrants and unfortunately public transport is not available here. He said even today half of the population lives in slum areas. He said the government should provide plots to people at low rates."