Sindh Cabinet Imposes Ban On Child Beggary, Directs To Pick Children From Signals For Rehabilitation

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Sindh Cabinet imposes ban on child beggary, directs to pick children  from signals for rehabilitation

The Sindh Cabinet in order to get rid of a social evil has imposed ban on child beggary and directed social welfare department to pick the children beggars from the signals and streets and rehabilitate them at welfare centers.

KARACHI, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 13th Nov, 2018 ) :The Sindh Cabinet in order to get rid of a social evil has imposed ban on child beggary and directed social welfare department to pick the children beggars from the signals and streets and rehabilitate them at welfare centers.

Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah presided over the Cabinet meeting here at New Sindh Secretariat on Tuesday, said a statement.

The meeting was attended by all the provincial ministers, the advisors to the chief minister and the special assistants which was conducted by Chief Secretary Sindh Mumtaz Shah.

The items on the agenda of the meeting included progress report on fixation of issue price of wheat crop 2018, discussion of report on existing legal provision on beggary, tariff differential subsidy to new Captive Power Plants, constitution of Governing body of Sehwan development authority.

Amendment in Sindh Zakat & Ushr Act, power of the provincial cabinet meeting in financial matters and presentation on the water position was given to the cabinet as an additional item.

The chief minister and the members of the cabinet members expressed profound grief on the death of two innocent children reportedly due to consumption of poisonous food.

He directed the chief secretary to strengthen the food authority and start inspection of all the food outlets. "I know our food authority is nascent but with special focus we can make it an effective organization", he said.

CM Advisor on Law and Information Murtaza Wahab presented findings of his committee the cabinet had constituted on the issue of beggary on September 3, 2018.

The other members of the committee were Minister Health Dr Azra Fazal Pechuho and Minister for Social Welfare Hari Ram.

Syed Murad Ali Shah in consultation with the Cabinet decided to ban beggary all over Sindh and in the first phase the children being used as beggars had been banned completely, besides directing the Social Welfare department to launch a special drive child beggary.

He directed the district administration and the police to help social welfare department in the drive to be launched against child beggary and round up the child beggars and send them to Sweet Home and Street Children Center Korangi where they would be rehabilitated.

He also directed Social Welfare Department to make Child Protection Authority as an effective organization.

"Helpline 1121 must be projected in the media so that common man could complain wherever the rights of a child are seen to be compromised", he said. In the next phase another effective drive would be launched against beggary, he added.

The Sindh Cabinet has decided to dispose of its wheat stocks of 1,745,815 tones at a release price of Rs 3315 per 100 kg jute bag and Rs 3,250 PP bag and it would exert a Rs 6.7 billion financial burden of subsidy on the provincial exchequer.

The chief minister had constituted a committee under Chief Secretary Mumtaz Shah and secretary finance and secretary food as its members to recommend issue price.

Special Assistant to the Chief Minister on water Ashfaq Memon told the cabinet that 38 per cent shortage of irrigation water for current Rabi had been declared by IRSA and there were apprehensions of increase in the shortage.

The cabinet decided that comparatively higher supplies for sowing of what crop during months of November and December 2018.

The supplies to be kept at minimum during last ten days of December to the end of January taking advantage of closures so as to have water saved for watering of crops February onwards.

The supply of water in the canals, branches, distributaries and minors would be made as per rotation plans prepared by the concerned regions while provision of water for drinking purpose to be ensured regularly.

The cabinet also approved amendment in the Zakat & Ushr Law under which Karachi has been declared as city of six districts so that distribution could be made accordingly.