Karachi Political Diary

 Karachi Political Diary

. Mubasher Mir

The Sindh Information Department organized a program in memory of the martyrs on the occasion of Defense Day, in which the families of the martyrs participated. It is not possible to give an example of those who sacrificed for the defense of the country, while being the heir of the martyrs is also a matter of pride.

An adjournment motion was tabled in the Sindh Assembly regarding the implementation of the water distribution agreement reached in 1991. The federal government is being asked to present a policy in this regard, in this context the Sindh Assembly authorizes the federal government to make a policy, the resolution was unanimously approved.

Member of the Sindh Assembly Muhammad Farooq, who belongs to Jamaat-e-Islami, raised the question under the attention notice that from where the robbers in Sindh get modern weapons and why the unrest could not be controlled. In response to this, Interior Minister Zia Linjar said that a lot of actions have been taken against the robbers, while some robbers uploaded their videos using social media ,he claimed that they were getting weapons from police ,it was the allegation of a dacoit but even the police could not adequately answer it.

According to the provincial interior minister, people are trapped, robbers make phone calls to citizens, it is surprising that robbers are using mobile phones freely in Kacha area.

The leader of the opposition in the Sindh Assembly has once again criticized the Sindh government and said that the provincial government is destroying the local bodies. By appointing focal persons in the districts, the importance of local representatives has been further reduced, the situation in Hyderabad has worsened due to rains while the mayor of Karachi only works to maintain Shahrah-e-Faisal. The demand for empowerment of local bodies is also raised from the public level, but it does not seem to be happening. The local bodies will be empowered only when resources are transferred to them. The Sindh government should make the Provincial Finance Commission active, so that regular share in the development program for other districts can be allocated in the budget.

Senior provincial minister Sharjeel Inam Memon has warned drug sellers across the province that raids will be conducted wherever there is information that ice or hashish is being sold. He said that the woman who killed a  father and her daughter by hitting the car on Karsaz was also intoxicated, the question arises as to how such a dangerous drug is so easily available throughout the city. Why is the police system failing to control it? There is police patrolling while the complete report and information of each police station limits are obtained by the police from various sources, but still the criminals are doing their work. To stop the patronage of influential people, there is a need for changes in the way of working, due to outdated procedures criminals are doing their job and destroying the youth generation.

It has been revealed in Public Accounts Committee, Sindh that K Electric is in default of Sindh Government, electricity duty is collected from consumers in electricity bills, but this duty has not been paid by K Electric to the government for many years. was informed by him that he lacked funds, hence the payment was not being made. Chairman Public Accounts Committee Sindh issued a show cause notice to the CEO of K Electric. Surprisingly, K Electric is already a defaulter of the Sindh Government and Karachi Metropolitan nevertheless entered into an agreement with K Electric to pay the KMC charges in their bills. KMC should collect the charges. Why did the Sindh government allow KMC to enter into such a contract with an already insolvent institution?

The details of the province-wide solarization program have been brought forward by the Chief Minister of Sindh, in which it has been revealed that there are 2.6 lakh households in the province of Sindh who do not have access to electricity. It is a fundamental right. Villages that are far from the national grid have difficulty getting electricity, they have the first right to solar power panels, but they live at a very low level of poverty. It is not difficult to estimate the ability of these families to operate the solar panel subsidy that the Sindh government is giving, so attention should also be paid to increasing the employment opportunities of these people. Along with providing electricity to these people, there should also be a plan to train them. The number of people living below the poverty line is increasing.