KARACHI: NGOs assured of govt help

Published August 19, 2002

KARACHI, Aug 18: Chief Secretary Sindh K B Rind has assured all active non-governmental organizations (NGOs) of government help.

He was talking to a delegation of the Coordination Council for Sindh consisting of NGOs from all over the province, at its office on Saturday.

Mr Rind said that the services of active social welfare organizations were commendable and they should get all possible help from government departments in their projects. He said those organizations were playing an effective role for the betterment of the society. However, he observed that some NGOs only existed on paper.

He assured the delegation that he would issue instructions to all provincial secretaries and DCOs to extend full support in their capacity to active NGOs.

The chief secretary has also assured government employees that an effective legal line of action regarding residential, transport and employment quota to government employees would be formulated.

He was speaking at the first session of Jashan-i-Lateef organized by the Sindh Employees (non-gazetted) Welfare Association (SENWA), here on Saturday evening.

He said he would take every possible step to solve the problems facing government employees. Rind also promised to solve the problems of the secretariat mosque on a priority basis.

The chief secretary said it was the duty of the government to provide maximum facilities to its employees, but government employees should also perform their duties with honesty and sincerity.

President SENWA Lala Ashraf Memon also spoke on the occasion.—APP

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