KARACHI: The judicial commission, which was constituted to inquire into the government’s failure to provide safe drinking water and sanitation facilities to the people of Sindh, on Monday asked the Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) to submit its report by Jan 23.

The judicial commission, headed by Justice Mohammad Iqbal Kalhoro of the Sindh High Court, was informed by Dr Ghulam Murtaza, a senior research officer, appointed as amicus curiae, that water samples were collected from five different cities, including Karachi, Sukkur, Badin, Tando Mohammad Khan and Hyderabad.

However, he said, samples from other districts would be collected by Jan 11. The commission also appointed Suleman Chandio, former special secretary local government department, as amicus curiae to assist it in its inquiry into water woes and poor sanitary conditions.

The Sindh chief secretary, Cantonment Board Clifton’s chief executive officer, Pakistan Railways divisional engineer, Karachi Water and Sewerage Board, the managing directors of SITE and WASA, and others filed their statements.

Published in Dawn January 10th, 2017