Minister for Information and Archives Sharjeel Inam Memon has said that the Sindh government was utilising all its resources to develop Tharparkar and to improve economic condition of the area.
He said this while addressing the Sindh Assembly session on Tuesday. “Today you are criticising Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah and his government but would you explain your inefficiency to deliver when the health department was with you from the last 20 year and the chief minister of the province was also from Thar. We would appreciate your constructive criticism but criticism for the sake of criticism would not solve the problems,” he said.
“Pakistan is a developing country wherein annual infant mortality rate stands at 2,00,000 per annum which is alarming. Therefore, the federal and provincial governments, political parties, and NGOs have to play their role to improve the situation,” he said and urged media to highlight facts about Thar instead of playing up with negative news.
Talking about press conference by MQM leaders, Sharjeel Memon said: “People are considering Nagarparkar, Islamakot, Mithi and Chhachhro as only Thar. As a matter of fact, these four towns hardly constitute 10 per cent population of Thar while 90 per cent population lives on sand dunes in the far-flung areas where there are transport tracks,” he said, adding that the PPP during the last six years had provided maximum facilities such as water supply schemes spreading over 45 kilometres, health services in the shape of functionalising dispensaries, rural health centres and installation of RO plants and developed road networks,” he said.
