As local government elections remain stalled in all provinces, there is a need to take account of the situation. For a functioning democracy, it is imperative that it has well-oiled local government.
Sindh not to relax SOPs after exponential rise in Covid cases
Karachi
May 21, 2021
Considering the exponential increase in the number of Covid-19 cases observed across Sindh since Eidul Fitr, the provincial government on Thursday decided against relaxing the standard operating procedures (SOPs), and resolved to review the situation on Saturday (tomorrow) to see if more restrictions will be needed.
Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah chaired a meeting of the provincial task force on Covid-19 that was told that on April 19, during the first week of Ramazan, Sindh had reported 737 positive cases, which was 5.2 per cent of those tested.
In mid-Ramazan 1,155 fresh cases were reported, which was eight per cent of those tested. On May 13, Eid Day, 1,232 cases were reported, while six days after Eid 2,076 new cases were reported, which was 10.2 per cent of those tested.
Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan claimed Prime Minister Imran Khan had exposed the corruption and plunder of the Sharif family. DawnNewsTV/File
LAHORE: The Sharif family has blatantly plundered public resources in the past and former chief minister Shehbaz Sharif embezzled Punjab’s development funds along with his henchmen, alleged Special Assistant to the Chief Minister (SACM) on Information Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan.
Talking to the media at the Directorate General Public Relations here on Tuesday, Dr Awan claimed Prime Minister Imran Khan had exposed the corruption and plunder of the Sharif family. However, she regretted, the remnants of that corrupt legacy are still showing loyalty to their previous masters in the civil service, politics and other walks of life.
The writer is a paediatrician at AKUH and founder member of the child welfare initiative Kasur Hamara Hai.
RECENTLY, the news of a 64-year-old MNA getting married to a 14-year-old girl circulated on social media. Barring a few protests from child rights activists and a couple of legislators, no action was taken against him. Teenagers getting married even to a person three times their age is not unusual in Pakistan. This is a form of sexual abuse in which the child is subjected to assault and deprived of their education and childhood. Also, a horrifying proportion of young girls are abducted, forcefully converted, and married to older men all in the guise of a good deed done in the name of Islam, which, in fact, prohibits forced conversions.
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