KARACHI: Sindh Home Minister Dr Zulfiqar Mirza has said that if needed, 10 million flood victims would be shifted to Karachi and Hyderabad.
The home minister was talking to a group of journalists on Sunday during his visit to a relief camp in Razzaqabad.
He met flood survivors who complained to him of non-availability of essential relief items.
The minister said full relief arrangements could not be made immediately for such a large number of people. However, he assured them that the government would provide relief to all flood survivors.
Answering a question, he said that the Sindh government had made arrangements for 2.5 million people from Swat who had been displaced during a military operation there. And this time the flood victims were the natives and owners of Sindh and if needed, the government would make arrangements for 10 million flood victims’ stay in Karachi and Hyderabad.
Replying to another question, he said some dishonest people, projecting themselves as flood victims, had also taken shelter in the relief camps, but they would be shunted off and punished.
He appealed to all sections of society to forget all differences and come forward to help flood victims.
Although the Muttahida Qaumi Movement has claimed to have helped people displaced in the aftermath of the floods, it sticks to its stance that the registration of the internally-displaced persons must be done.
MQM leader Wasey Jalil said that the party was helping flood-affected people in Karachi and Hyderabad, where they kept arriving from the flood-hit areas.
“It is our principled stand that people migrating to Karachi or any other region for whatever reason should be registered with the relevant authorities.”
Re: Ten million victims may be shifted to Karachi, Hyderabad
Dont try to make management issue a political Issue. How come asking for registration means "not allowing"? Registration of flood victims should be done so aid can be distributed to real needy people and to minimize the loot of aid money/stuff. Although even registration is not the ultimate fraud filter at least it will provide some basic oversight.
Kisi k baap ka karachi thoree hai jo kisi Pakistani ko aaney sai rook skey ga. Every part of Pakistan is for every Pakistani and yeah that includes Karachi and Hyderabad.
Re: Ten million victims may be shifted to Karachi, Hyderabad
Kisi k baap ka karachi thoree hai jo kisi Pakistani ko aaney sai rook skey ga. Every part of Pakistan is for every Pakistani and yeah that includes Karachi and Hyderabad.
