KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has constituted a two-member judicial commission to probe into the situation in Thar.
The chief minister has directed Chief Secretary Siddique Memon to constitute a judicial commission under Justice (retd) Ghulam Sarwar Korai and retired District & Sessions Judge Arjun Ram as its member to probe into the overall situation in Thar. The commission would probe into the deaths of children, impact of the government measures taken so far and point out any shortfall in the implementation of government efforts within 15 days.
The commission would start its work from Monday.Meanwhile, Qaim said that his government had taken practical measures for poverty alleviation in Thar. “I have improved health services, upgraded the BHUs, dispensaries and taluka hospitals by providing them equipment, and have doubled the budget for medicines. Even then, the media reports say that infant deaths are on the rise, which is disturbing for me,” he said.
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