KARACHI: The media adviser to Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Ismail on Monday submitted an application in District Courts (South) requesting registration of a First Information Report (FIR) against the Sindh government in the wake of deaths from the recent heatwave.

It is pertinent to mention that PTI had earlier submitted an application to Civil Lines Station House Officer (SHO) Waqar Ahmed Tanoli for the registration of an FIR against the Sindh government.

The SHO had told the PTI leader that he would seek guidance from senior officers on the matter.

The application submitted in the court stated that more than 2,000 people died due to the alleged criminal negligence of Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah, Information Minister Sharjeel Memon, Health Minister Jam Mehtab, Karachi Municipal Corporation Administrator Saqib Soomro and Chairman of the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) Salman Shah.

The court issued a notice under Section 22A of Criminal Procedure Code (CPC) to SHO Civil Lines Waqar Ahmed Tanoli directing him to submit his reply on July 2 with regards to the FIR requested by Imran Ismail.

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The PTI leader had earlier said that when people were dying from heatstroke, shortage of water and electricity, the so-called rulers of Sindh were ‘enjoying Iftar parties’ and were ‘clueless’ about the pain and misery of the innocent people and their families.