MQM-P gives protest call against poor performance of Sindh Govt
Published On 07 June,2021 04:42 am
MQM-P will organize protest rally in Karachi on June 15 against poor performance of Sindh government
KARACHI (Dunya News) - Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) has given a protest call against poor performance of Sindh government in urban areas of Sindh, Dunya News reported on Sunday.
According to sources, the MQM-P will organize a protest rally in Karachi on June 15 against poor performance of Sindh government. The protest rally will start from Civic Centre and culminate at the Press Club.
MQM sources said that the purpose of holding the protest rally is to draw the attention of the provincial government towards the solution of water crisis and public problems in urban areas of Sindh including Karachi.
Ever since the Sindh government has announced strict lockdown measures in Karachi, due to the alarming spike in COVID-19 cases, the city has turned into a ‘police state’ under the Coronavirus SOPs.
After citizens posted videos of police personnel taking bribes, a case was registered against two policemen, including an ASI, who was involved in bribery during the lockdown.
Amid tight restrictions, law enforcement personnel find themselves in a position to make money easily. The Daily Times reported that police in suburbs like Lyari, Gadap, Ibrahim Hyedri, Qaida Abad, Banaras, Baldia Town, Sheerin Jinnah Colony, and the city’s slums have allowed local businesses to stay open till late at night.
Karachi
May 25, 2021
The Provincial Assembly of Sindh passed a resolution on Monday to condemn the âunwelcome situation of the province constantly being denied its due share of water as enshrined in the 1991 Water Accordâ.
The resolution was moved by Sindh Irrigation Minister Sohail Anwar Khan Siyal. He said on the occasion that the province is being treated unfairly since 2003. He pointed out that Punjab has to bear with only nine per cent shortage of irrigation water, while this shortfall has increased to 44 per cent in the case of Sindh.
Siyal said that Sindh has not been demanding anything from the share of the other provinces, and that it only wants to be provided with water in accordance with its due share. He said that hundreds of thousands of acres of land in Sindh has become submerged due to the unwelcome phenomenon of seawater intrusion. He also said that the Indus River System Authority has failed to ensure just distribution of river water among the province
Pak s Sindh govt, farmers threaten protest over theft of provincial waters ANI | Updated: May 16, 2021 17:24 IST
Sukkur [Pakistan], May 16 (ANI): Farmers of Pakistan s Sindh province and workers of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) have threatened to stage a sit-in protest at the Sindh-Punjab border to seal it if the theft of the province s waters is not stopped.
While addressing a press conference on Saturday, Sindh s irrigation minister Sohail Anwar Siyal said that the PPP will stage the protest under the leadership of party chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, Dawn reported.
Strongly criticising Punjab province, led by Chief Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf s (PTI) Usman Buzdar, for opening link canals and thus causing an acute shortage of irrigation water in Sindh, Siyal asserted that the party will also move a resolution over the constant theft of Sindh s water.