Sindh govt busy in singing, dancing while children starve to death: Imran Khan
Imran Khan demanded of Sindh government to provide immediate medicine and food items to affectees.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan termed Sindh government responsible for Tharparkar’s drought tragedy on Saturday, Dunya News reported.
Government is busy in cultural festivals while thousands of citizens suffer from shortage of food, he said.
PTI Chief expressed concerns over conditions of drought-stricken citizens of Tharparkar. He said that Sindh government, despite having all resources, handed over the Tharparkar citizens to drought and famine adding that it is highly regrettable.
Imran Khan demanded of Sindh government to provide immediate medicine and food items to the affectees. People are targeted by terrorism in Karachi while poor are killed by food shortage and poverty in rural areas of Sindh, he said.
It merits mentioning here that Tharparkar drought has worsened to a dangerous level, raising the death toll of starving children to 33, Dunya News reported on Thursday.
Reportedly, shortage of food and drought has left people of Tharparkar fighting for their lives.
The famine is ongoing for the past 3 years in Chachru Tharparkar; and according to Mathi hospital sources, the death toll of starving children has reached to 32 only in the past one month.
According to Dr Abdul Jalil Bargari, starvation has caused death of 121 children thus far.
Confirming the number of deaths, the health department has expressed concerns.
At least 6 districts of Tharparkar desert is hit by the famine and drought causing the situation to turn extreme.
Meanwhile, no notice by the Sindh government has been taken thus far despite dozens of deaths.
It is pertinent to mention here that Sindh government has dozens of employees dedicated to a number of projects related to food security and crises management with studies sponsored by Asian Development Bank and United Nations.
According to Sindh government’s finance department’s Public Private Partnership (PPP) Unit website, the government lacks wheat storage capacity by 40-50% which causes ‘intense’ wastage of food.
