CM wants media to highlight achievements of Sindh govt

Published February 25, 2015
Chief Minister Sindh, Qaim Ali Shah addressing to 
journalists during his visit to Karachi press club on Tuesday, February 24, 2015.— PPI
Chief Minister Sindh, Qaim Ali Shah addressing to journalists during his visit to Karachi press club on Tuesday, February 24, 2015.— PPI

KARACHI: Asking the media to highlight achievements of his government, Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah has said despite progress made by the province in every field over the past seven years of PPP rule, their opponents are not ready to acknowledge this.

Addressing a gathering of journalists during a visit to the Karachi Press Club (KPC) on Tuesday, he said the PPP government had rendered valuable services to people and Sindh had moved forward in economic and financial terms.

The government had established nine universities, including one in Lyari, and was running 52,000 schools, he added.

He said children in Tharparkar were not dying only of hunger as reported by the media but mostly because of complications at the time of birth.

The chief minister said more medical facilities had been provided in the hospitals of Mirpurkhas, Mithi, Umarkot and Tharparkar where 2,000 patients were treated on daily basis.

He said the government had installed biggest reverse osmosis plant of Asia in Mithi and expressed the hope that Thar would not face drought in future.

He recalled the exemplary role played by the KPC for the promotion of democracy and freedom of press and presented a cheque for Rs 10 million to office-bearers of the club.

Published in Dawn, February 25th, 2015

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