Sindh Governor Imran Ismail has effectively rejected the Local Government (Amendment) Bill passed by the Sindh Assembly last month, sending it back to the assembly to reconsider at least nine points he has raised. The move was being anticipated by the Pakistan Peoples Party led provincial government, which has been pushing key amendments to the 2013 Sindh Local Government Act. The Sindh Assembly has the prerogative to pass the same bill again without any changes. However, opposition parties in the province have been protesting against the amendments that take away several departments from the city government to place them under the provincial authorities. The Sindh governor ha...