Sindh Government Spokesman and Law Adviser Barrister Murtaza Wahab has said that the Sindh Cabinet approved the targeted operation to control street crime, this has reduced the crime and they are making more legislations to control street crime and the law department has The draft has been prepared and the Safe City Authority Act has been approved. This year they will complete the first phase together with NRTC. Cameras will be installed at entry and exit points of Karachi.
Giving media briefing of cabinet meeting at Sindh Assembly media corner Barrister Murtaza Wahab said that the Sindh Cabinet meeting was held at the Chief Minister’s House. The agenda of the meeting was long, so the Cabinet meeting will be held again on Thursday. In the cabinet meeting, regret was expressed over the earthquake in Turkey. Expressing solidarity with them in this hour of difficulty, condolence was also expressed over the tragic incident of Peshawar Police Line in which 88 people were killed. The Sindh Cabinet expressed grief and the members of the Sindh Cabinet paid tribute to the Chief Minister.
He said that there is a cyber knife machine in Jinnah Hospital and very soon a third machine will also be purchased so that people can benefit from it. The Patient Aid Foundation’s grant has been increased to five million. People from 167 cities of Pakistan are benefited in Jinnah Hospital. Earlier Jinnah Hospital had eleven hundred beds. We have converted the hospital to 2208 beds. If someone gives one hundred rupees to Patient Aid, the Sindh government will give the same amount. Besides, a new surgery complex will be built at a cost of four billion rupees, followed by a medical complex.
He said that the Sindh government has approved a new bill to make the Karachi Water Board better and more independent. The approval will be taken from this current session of the Sindh Assembly. Targeted operation has been approved to control street crime, it has reduced the crime, besides, they are making legislation on it to control street crime and the law department has drafted.
He further said that the Safe City Authority Act has been approved. This year they will complete the first phase in collaboration with NRTC. Cameras will be installed at the entry and exit points of Karachi. The recent rains have wreaked havoc in Sindh and the road network has been destroyed. Dealing with this disaster was a challenge for us as there was disaster till September and wheat cultivation was to be done from October. We made sure of our efforts till November.
Barrister Murtaza Wahab answered the questions of the journalists and said that we want the completion of 140-A. We have made the mayor the chairman of the water board. Mustafa Kamal is older than me and I respect him. I want to tell them that we cannot afford the politics of sit-ins, burnings and encirclement in the current situation. When it came to the census, at the time of approval, only the Chief Minister of Sindh opposed it on the forum. Be it Imran Khan of PTI, be it MQM, be it GDA, all of them supported him in the approval. When this approval went to the parliament, Taj Haider raised the case of Sindh. If you supported us, the controversial census would not have been approved.
