The Pakistan Institute of Labour Education and Research (PILER) has inaugurated its quarterly Urdu magazine ‘Jaeza’ for keeping an eye on burning issues related to the working class of the country.
In its current edition, many researchers have touched upon eye-opening issues.
According to the first issue of Jaeza, the Agency for Technical Development Cooperation has emphasised on donor agencies that there is a dire need of more financial help for the rain- and flood-affected people in Sindh.
They said that 3 million people are in need of immediate support and 0.8 million are still homeless.
The UNO had appealed to the world to provide financial help of more than $350 million dollars, but only a third of that amount could be gathered.
As per the magazine, Sindh has been ignored by the federal government in connection with providing the first and second instalments of the Watan card.
The magazine also disclosed that the Sindh Irrigation and Drainage Authority had said in its review report that there is a dire need of an alternate drainage system to LBOD, which is not sufficient to drain the floodwater.
Jaeza also included a report of the International Federation of Red Cross, which says that compared to other parts of Pakistan, the problem of nutrition deficiency is at its worst in Sindh.
“The ratio of nutrition deficiency in upper Sindh is 9.22 percent and 2.21 percent in lower Sindh. Newborns are the most affected by nutrition deficiency,” the report added, declaring flood and rain as the major causes.
In a research article about natural disasters and priorities set by the government, it was mentioned that during the past 60 years, Pakistan has faced a deficit of $30 million, and because of these disasters, 0.11 million villages were affected.
PILER’s magazine has covered important issues relating to the ignored and suppressed class of the country, and it was the need of hour to launch such a magazine, which could raise the voice of the labour/working class.