Explosives, Tech Education bills sail through PA
The Sindh Assembly during its session on Monday, chaired by Speaker Syed Owais Qadir Shah, approved two bills - the Sindh Explosive Bill 2024 and the Sindh Technical Education Bill. Before the approval, Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs, Zia-ul-Hassan Lanjar presented the reports of the standing committees on the bills.
A bill related to Aga Khan properties was also introduced. The aim of which is to change the law related to the properties of the Aga Khan. Later, the Sindh Assembly session was adjourned until 2pm on Tuesday.
The session was followed by the question hour on the Women Development Department. Provincial Minister Shaheena Sher Ali answered various written and supplementary questions of the members related to her department, while several attention notices of public importance were also presented.
In response to a question from MQM member, Bilqis Mukhtar, provincial minister Shahina Sher Ali said that a total 2,380 complaints were received in the year 2022-23 and all the complaints including honour killing, domestic violence and others were resolved.
In response to a question from MQM member, Muhammad Shariq, Shahina Sher Ali said that after filing a complaint, women come to shelter home where they can learn skills.
The provincial minister said that after looking at the mental health of the women coming to shelter home, it is decided to teach them a skill. Beauty parlour, sewing, and other courses are conducted at the shelter home. Women, who already possess these skills, they teach other women, and they are paid salaries.
Shahina Sher Ali mentioned that shelter home are established in Karachi, Sukkur, Nawabshah, Larkana and Hyderabad.
Shahina further mentioned that drug addict women are sent to rehabilitation centres where lady doctors are available round-the-clock.
Provincial minister for local government, Saeed Ghani informed the house that the government pays K-Electric dues regularly and none of the LG institutions or buildings are defaulters. However, despite timely payments, K-Electric carries out load shedding.
The chief minister has a clear stance that K-Electric should ensure uninterrupted supply of electricity to the institutions or people who pay their bills in full and on time.
In response to a call attention notice from MQM member Jamal Ahmed, Saeed Ghani said that the water supply from Hub will increase by the end of this year, while steps are being taken to improve the water supply from the University Reservoir in the next 2 to 3 weeks.
In response to another call attention notice from Sunni Ittehad Council MPA Sajjad Soomro, Saeed Ghani said that the entire sewage system in Lyari runs from the pumping station and the load shedding period here is getting longer from 12 to 16 hours.
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