A majority in all parties do, I think, want to see local government recover its old vigour and independence.

I've always believed in local government.

We want a system that will improve consistency and steadiness in the quality of government.

I think that the press has a duty and an obligation to report on local government, state government, federal government - to be aggressive, to do its job. And its job is to report on whatever it's covering.

Pakistan needs to have decentralisation and a good local government system.

We need to find a way of having a conversation across the parties on how you fund local government.