Summary Due to prolong drought conditions in the region people are facing starvation.
ISLAMABAD (Web Desk) - Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani remarked that Government of Sindh is responsible for children’s death in drought-hit Tharparkar district, Dunya News reported on Monday.
The Chief Justice heard a suo motu notice pertaining to the death of children in Tharparkar district due to acute malnutrition.
During case proceedings, Sindh Advocated General told court that children in Tharparkar died due to cold.
Parents don’t get their children treated until their condition gets critical, he added.
On this, the Chief Justice remarked that Sindh government is responsible for whatever happened in the Tharparkar district.
He further stated that the media highlighted the issue otherwise the matter would have been buried.
Advocated General Fateh Malik argued that situation isn’t that bad as media is highlighting it.
The apex court inquired that how many children died in the region and when did it came to provincial authorities’ knowledge.
The Advocate General told court that 60 children have died during last three months.
RELIEF EFFORTS
Officials said that the death toll was under 50 and that medical teams were dispatched to reinforce health facilities in the affected areas.
At least 200,000 were affected by the drought. There were also reports of cattle dying of starvation.
The medical corps of the Pakistan Army has also set up a field hospital to take care of the sick children and were also providing food to malnourished families.
Officials and activists were at loggerheads with regard to the cause of the widespread deaths in the affected areas. Health-care activists in the area say that all the children who had died had blood deficiencies, a result of malnutrition.
