MIRPURKHAS: Sindh Minister for Health Dr Azra Pechuho has said that Pakistan Peoples Party government is making concerted efforts to redress grievances of masses and announced that a centre of National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD) and an engineering university will soon be established in Mirpurkhas.

She was speaking at an open katchehry at Mirpurkhas commissioner’s complex on Saturday. The purpose behind holding open katchehries was to gain first-hand knowledge of masses’ problems and take action for their prompt solution.

People bombarded the minister with complaints some of which were; lack of health facilities in Mirpurkhas Civil Hospital, denial of free of cost medicines and ambulance service to the poor patients.

Mir Munawwar complained that education works department had completely ignored his area as it had not worked on any new school scheme nor renovated the old school building there.

She directed the education works department officer to give priority to elected members and provide development schemes to their areas.

UMERKOT: Syed Aijaz Ali Shah Sheerazi, adviser to chief minister, held an open katchehry at municipal committee office here on Saturday.

He assured people that he would inform the CM about the complaints he had received about misuse of funds, drug peddling, poor state of affairs in health and education, broken roads, shortage of water, losses to growers caused by locusts’ attack, embezzlement in funds for solar lights’ installation and corruption in revenue department.

People complained that the district had lagged behind in education, ghost teachers, poor competence in students, copy culture etc. Forty-two UCs were funded Rs500,000 a month but there was no development, sewerage system of entire district was in worst condition, they said.

MITHI: Adviser to chief minister Aijaz Khan Jakhrani along with a number of local lawmakers held an open katchehry in Circuit House to hear issues of Tharis.

MNA Dr Mahesh Kumar Malani, MPAs Qasim Siraj Soomro and Arbab Lutfullah, Senator Krishna Kumari, Senator Gianchand and other PPP leaders and officials of various departments attended the katchehry.

People from various areas of the district came to raise complaints before high-ups. The adviser said that he would submit a detailed report to the chief minister for the solution of their problems.

SUKKUR: Sindh Minister for Energy Imtiaz Shaikh held an open katchehry at Circuit House and Sindh Minister for Information & Labour Saeed Ghani in Khairpur, Minister for Transport Syed Awais Qadir Shah in Shikarpur, Sindh Minister for Local Bodies Syed Nasir Hussain Shah in Nawabshah and Minister Sohail Anwar Siyal held an open katchehry in Jacobabad.

They heard peoples’ complaints about non-provision of potable water, corruption in Jacobabad Institute of Medical Sciences Hospital, loadshedding of gas and electricity, slow pace of construction works on schools, roads, drains etc by contractors.

They also demanded establishment of medical and engineering colleges in Jacobabad district.

Published in Dawn, December 22nd, 2019