Minister seeks report on alleged suicides of women in Thar

KARACHI: Sindh Government has sought report about alleged suicide incidents of women being reported in drought-stricken district of Thar from the concerned authorities on Monday.

Sindh’s Minister for Women Development, Shehla Raza taking notice of the news related to women committing suicides in Thar, ordered SSP Tharparkar to submit detailed report into the incidents, being reported from the area.

The minister has decided to visit Tharparkar by herself to see the on-ground situation and the root cause behind alleged incidents of suicides .

On October 26, Co-Chairman Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Asif Ali Zardari directed the elected representatives of Tharparkar to submit a report on the current situation in Thar.

The former president met the Sindh Chief Minister’s Special Assistant on Human Rights Dr Khatu Mal and got briefing on the situation in Thar.

“Government will resolve the Thar crisis on priority basis”, said  Mr Zardari adding that he will soon visit the drought-hit areas.

The former President, whose party is in power in Sindh province,  said the people of Thar will not be left alone and directed the provincial government to make all humanly possible efforts to provide them relief.

On the same very day, Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar heard a case related to the drought situation in Tharparkar at the Supreme Court’s Karachi registry.

He issued directives for the authorities concerned to take substantial steps to improve miserable situation in Thar, so that people can take a sigh of relief.

CJP Nisar was informed that distribution of wheat is ongoing in the region and special nutrition package is also being provided to the people to address the issue of malnutrition.

Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) during the hearing said he will visit Thar himself to inspect the situation in the area, where chronic malnutrition continuing to add to the misery of the people living in drought-hit area.