KARACHI, April 11: The Sindh government is working on a law against graffiti to restore and maintain beauty of buildings, roads, bridges, flyovers and other public places across the province.

The law will prohibit wall-chalking, pasting the posters and hanging of banners by all political, social and other organizations, as well as quacks, manufacturers of fake medicines, etc.

“The law will prescribe punishment to its violators, including the printing press involved,” Senior Minister of Sindh for Health Syed Sardar Ahmed told PPI.

The minister has written to the provincial law department and city government a couple of weeks back for drafting such a law.

He said that he had taken the initiative after observing that graffiti had destroyed beauty in most cities and towns. “The graffiti emerges on walls as soon as a new road, bridge or flyover is built,” he deplored.

The provincial minister and secretary of law have held out the assurance that the draft law in this respect would be finalized soon, according to Mr Ahmed, who said: “After vetting of the draft law, it would be presented to the provincial cabinet for approval before being tabled in the Sindh Assembly.”

“The printing press would specially be covered under the proposed law as the name of printing press is never mentioned in handbills, posters, etc. Under the proposed law, it would be mandatory for everybody to mention name of printing press where a particular thing is published so that action could be taken against breakers of the law,” he said.

In reply to a question, Sardar Ahmed said no law against graffiti existed at present and such laws under the Municipal Act of 1933 stood repealed after introduction of the devolution system.—PPI