Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has urged ulema of different school of thought and sects to preach inter-faith and inter-sect harmony and unity in the country particularly during the month Mohrram which teaches us the lesson sacrifice for great cause.
This he said while presiding over a meeting Ulmas of different school of thought here at New Sindh Secretariat. The meeting was attended by Chief Secretary Mumtaz Shah, Minister for Religious Affairs Nasir Shah, Minister for Labour saeed Ghani, Minister for Irrigation Sohail Anwar Siyal, Advisor to CM Murtaza Wahab, IG Sindh Dr Kalem Imam, Home Secretary Kazi Kabir, Commissioner Karachi Iftikhar Shahlwani and other concerned officers.
The ulemas who attended the meeting include Allama Maqsood Hussain Domki, Allama Furkan Haider Abdi, Maulana Sadiq Jaferi, Allama Mubashir Hussain, Allama Asghar Ali Naqvi, Allama Nisar Qalandri, Maulana Hussain Masoodi, Sarwat Aijaz Qadri, Maulana Akbar Dars, Qari Usman, Allama Shah Ferozezuddin Qadri and others.
The chief minister said that the Islam was the religion of peace, tranquility, brotherhood and teaches tolerance and respect for every one irrespective of any discrimination. “We all have worked together and successfully restored peace in the city and we have to sustain it collectively with our wisdom, vision, actions and speeches,” he said.
Mr Shah said that the purpose of the meeting was to take all the religious scholars and ulemas into confidence for measures his government has taken to maintain peace and tranquility in the city and in the province at large. “I have held a meeting with all the law enforcement agencies and chalked out a detail security plan for Moharram Majalis, and processions and I am sure you will cooperate with the administration and law enforcement agencies in conducting the Moharram events,” he said.
The ulemas assured the chief minister of their support and cooperation and gave some suggestions for improvement of overall environment all over Sindh. They complained that the private hospitals were not entertaining any patient in emergency. They cited the example of Dr Askari who had sustained a bullet injury in targeted attack. He was taken to Patel hospital which refused to entertain the case then he was taken to Aga Khan hospital. The chief minister directed chief secretary to conduct an inquiry and report him. He issued clear directives to all the private hospitals to entertain emergency cases.
The chief minister nominated three ministers committee/focal persons to resolve all the issues emerging upto 10 Moharram. These minister include Syed nasir Shah, Shabir Bijarani and Special Assistant to CM Waqar Mehdi.
The chief minister directed KER and Wapda authorities not to resort load-shedding during majalis and processions. Three year back a terrorist incident in Jacobabad had taken place during power outage. He also directed Commissioner Karachi to ensure proper cleaning of Majalis route, provision of water and improvement of sanitation system during these important days.—INP
