Re: Sharjeel Memon and thar crises
THE ONLY HOPE k par jal gaeey. This proved to be a short drama instead of long.
quick uturn...quicker than Altaf Hussain's withdrawal of resignations
Re: Sharjeel Memon and thar crises
Guy who blew the whistle on Sindh Govt for providing/mixing dirt in wheat bags has been arrested. Perhaps so next time people think twice before blowing the whistle.
Well done THE ONLY HOPE.
Marsoo, Marsoo Food na Daisoo!
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This is EXACTLY why Bilawal and Zardari are the ONLY hope for PPP’s domination in Sindh, they WILL rule the province by any means… they will feed dirt to poor, and if you report it then you will be “shoved” with dirt.
Re: Sharjeel Memon and thar crises
As its said, “uzr-e-gunah ba’d-tar az gunah”, they not only not do the sufficient to avert the crisis but also deny to accept that there is a crisis at all. So shameful.
Thar deaths: Sharjeel Memon’s bid to defend undefendable
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KARACHI: Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Memon on Monday came out with an strange logic to defend his government over criticism for children’s deaths in Tharparker due to famine, saying that ** **daily 600 children die across the country but there is hue and cry over the deaths of just two children in Tharparker. **
The minister also criticised media for critical coverage of Sindh government over Thar famine situation.
Talking to media prior to Sindh Assembly session, Memon said that Tharparker was the least developed and backward district of the province and the government was carrying out relief activities in the drought-hit district effectively and efficiently.
He said that in the first phase RO plants were being installed in the district so that supply of safe and clear drinking water to the residents could be ensured.
He said that Health Department had not been held by the Pakistan People’s Party nominee for the last 20 years. He questioned that why there was a hue and cry over the death of two children in Thar though over 600 children die daily across the country.
He rejected the reports that Sindh Chief Minister might be changed. He further said that due to government measures, cases of kidnapping for ransom had come down in the province.
Sharjeel Memon strange logic to defend Sindh govt over Thar deaths | The News Tribe
Re: Sharjeel Memon and thar crises
what do you expect from a JAAHIL person like Sharjeel Memon. he shouldn't be ashamed of himself.
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I agree with him, do you?
Re: Sharjeel Memon and thar crises
If his kids were in same situation... would he say the same 'oh, few hundreds die across the country, let them die too'???
کون سی بھٹو مارکہ چرس پی کر سو رہی ہے سندھ حکومت?
اگر تھر ہوتا خیبر پختونخواہ میں تو جیالوں کے ابالے گننے کے لئے الگ پٹواری رکھنا پڑ جاتا.
گندم کی بوری سے مٹی نکلے سمجھ لو بھٹو ذندہ ہے.
شہزادہ تھر کے سرکاری فنڈ پر سیر فرمارہاہے.....بھٹو آج بھی ذندہ ہے.
Re: Sharjeel Memon and thar crises
Now he is saying that children who are dying in Thar are due to “maternity” issues and not because of lack of food. This bleep is not accepting that there is an issue in the first place, how do we expect him to take care of it? He is actually joking around bleep bleep** beghairat insan
MQM should also be asked what did they do for Thar when they had health minister? aab bohat shoor ker rahey hain to gain political ground
Qaim dismisses child deaths from Thar famine
Mohammad Hussain Khan
Updated about 4 hours ago
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Famine has triggered large scale migration of marginalised groups in Thar. – Photo by author
HYDERABAD:** Chief Minister Sindh Syed Qaim Ali Shah on Wednesday said that deaths of children being reported in Tharparkar are largely on account of maternity related complications and not of hunger or food.**
The chief minister was briefing journalists after chairing a special meeting of his provincial cabinet in local circuit house at district headquarters of Mithi.
Senior provincial minister Nisar Khoro, Information Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon, Livestock Minsiter Jam Khan Shoro, Health Minister Jam Mahtab Dahar and others were also present.
CM Shah denied that any child died of hunger or food and it was due to maternity stage problems that caused their deaths subsequently in hospitals.
“Pregnancies are handled by unskilled women. Newborns get exposed to different ailments and when such children get seriously ill they are brought to hospitals,” he said and smilingly added: (whaaan bachey mar rhaye hain iss beghairat ko mazaq sojh rahi hai) “As to what government has to do with these maternity problems or how can government be blamed for it”.
The CM said that government could not be held responsible for deaths caused by these complications. He, however, added that government should be blamed for deaths of newborns and infants if these occur due to doctors’ negligence in hospital.
He confidently said that** Mithi district hospital is the best one in the whole region after Karachi and Hyderabad.** It is fully equipped and provide all facilities and even patients from Umerkot, Badin and Mirpurkhas reach this hospital, he added.
Shah urged the media to show some large-heartedness now as it has been very ‘generous’ in its criticism of government’s performance regarding Thar.
He announced a number of measures being taken by the government to address prevailing situation in the desert region of Sindh. He also directed formation of two separate committees that would be headed by concerned provincial ministers with members of Sindh Assembly and media personnel as members.
The measures include nutrition programme for children, establishment of reverse osmosis (ROs) plant, vaccination of livestock, chiller plant in collaboration with some NGO, midwifery training of 665 lady health workers (LHWs), four mobile units for each taluka of the district, appointment of 145 qualified veterinary doctors with 25 belonging to Thar and building of road networks.
The Thar desert is facing drought conditions for the last three years. Famine has triggered large scale migration of marginalised groups like Kolhis, Bheels and Meghwars but the first two communities outnumber Meghwars when it comes to migration to barrage areas.
Such migration of these groups towards barrage to work as farm labour during harvesting of Kharif crops and sowing of Rabi crops is a regular feature annually but only on a limited scale. Current migration is by and large the result of drought that is visiting Thar which didn’t get required rainfall since 2012.
Sindh government is getting flak from opposition parties in and outside the Sindh Assembly while media is also projecting disturbing stories from the area, putting the elderly Shah led Sindh government in an uncomfortable position.
During today’s press conference, CM Shah also said the government was committed to provision of basic facilities to people everywhere. He was quite critical of former Sindh health minister and MQM Coordination Committee member, Dr Saghir Ahmed, saying that he never visited Thar.
“He should have visited Thar when he was minister and apprise himself of the situation. He should have heard from doctors here,” the CM said and added that: “If today Dr Saghir visits Mithi, people will not even recognise him (as if he was health minister previously)”.
He maintained that the health ministry has been with MQM for the last 20 year, adding that Saghir held the health portfolio since 2001 until recently. “We got it [health ministry] only a few weeks back,” he said.
The chief minister disclosed that a nutrition programme was being initiated for children in Tharparkar and a project relating to marketing of milk from Thar has finalised in collaboration with the World Bank.
He also distributed cheques among the affected families in Thar.
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Re: Sharjeel Memon and thar crises
it's a 'blame game' now for QAS and the PPP. they will try to shrug off ALL responsibility and shift it on the shoulders of others [MQM in this case]. if MQM wasn't performing as per QAS, where was he? he has been the CM of Sindh for over 12 years, i believe. was he hibernating as usual or too high on cocaine. idiot kahiiN kaa!
Re: Sharjeel Memon and thar crises
Now the golden words coming from our golden PM (Old is gold ) " QEHET to QEHET hota hey safeed ya kala nahi hota "