Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali has directed all the commissioners and deputy commissioners to develop close coordination with SSPs and other law enforcing agencies (LEA) to maintain law order in their respective division and districts. “This is a very difficult war we are faced with. Therefore, we have to be more vigilant and more responsive because we are committed with our nation, particularly with our children to win this war.”
He said this while presiding over a meeting of all the divisional commissioners and deputy commissioners at CM House on Thursday. Those who attended the meeting include Minister for Finance Syed Murad Ali Shah, Chief Secretary Sajjad Saleem Hotiana, Principal Secretary to CM Alamuddin Bullo and Secretary Finance Sohail Rajput and others.
The chief minister said his government had given top priority to law and order. “The Shikarpur bomb blast incident shows that the terrorists have penetrated into our rural areas. They are not only killing our people but also trying to divide us on sectarian lines. It is quite encouraging that this incident has further strengthened unity among people of different sects,” he observed.
The chief minister said he was receiving complaints that oil was being pilfered from the pipelines. These complaints are on the rise from Jamshoro, Dadu, Tando Allahayar and some other districts. “You have to stop it at any cost. It is earning bad name. I would hold a separate meeting with DIGs and SSPs on this issue and the issue of overall law and order,” he said.
Some of the deputy commissioners told the chief minister that the funds of some town committees were higher than the funds of municipal committees. The salary bills were higher than the share of most of the local bodies. On this, the chief minister directed Minister for Finance Syed Murad Ali Shah to take necessary measures to end this disparity. “I would suggest you to constitute a provincial finance commission and give them provisional award till local bodies elections are held,” he said.
Additional Chief Secretary (Development) Waseem Ahmed while giving briefing to the chief minister on federally funded Rs 12,500 million Pak Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Community Development Programme said it was being launched in different sectors such as education, health, drinking water, farm to market roads, streets/pavement/culverts, embankments, sanitation, electrification/solar energy, natural gas.
The schemes would be identified by civil society/local communities. The deputy commissioners would execute the schemes to be launched under this programmes and ACS (Dev) would accord administrative approval. The chief minister directed the deputy commissioners to interact with the civil society and on their recommendations identify the schemes of urgent need and get them approved. “I would not compromise on quality of work,” he said clearly.
The chief minister also directed the deputy commissioners to improve the performance of local bodies. “The gutters are over flowing, small roads have dilapidated. This must be improved,” he directed. On this, the deputy commissioner requested the chief minister to approve release of maintenance & repair (MR) funds for which the chief minister issued necessary directives.
CM ORDERS SUBMISSION OF SHIKARPUR INCIDENT REPORT IN 3 DAYS: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has directed the police authorities to submit enquiry report of Shikarpur terrorist incident within next three days.
The chief minister ordered the police team investigating the Shikarpur incident to take more effective steps for immediate arrest of the accused, said police press release on Thursday.
Sindh Inspector General of Police Ghulam Haider Jamali had constituted an investigative police committee led by Deputy Inspector General of Police, Larkana Sain Rakhio Mirani. Other members are SSP Shikarpur Saqib Ismail Memon, SSP Sukkur Tanvir Tunio, SSP Special Branch Sukkur Sherjeel Kharl.
Meanwhile, law enforcement agencies Thursday nabbed seven suspects of Shikarpur Imambargah attack. According to DIG Larkana, seven of the Shikarpur attack suspects had been arrested while others would also be traced shortly. He said intelligence agencies and police were jointly working to hunt down the perpetrators.