In his media briefing in Mithi, Tharparkar, the chief minister said the MQM was their partner in the provincial government since 2008, and Dr Saghir Ahmed was the health minister for most of the time.
“The health department was mainly with the MQM till their resignations were accepted last week," he said.
Qaim said the MQM minister did not come to Tharparkar even once in his tenure, adding that if he was so worried, he could have visited the hospitals and met the doctors in Mithi.
“Why was he not here in last three years,” he asked. “They had own their own government since 2001.”
The chief minister argued that drought in Tharparkar was a regular occurrence for years now, but no minister had come to monitor the situation.
He said the health department had been with the MQM for the last 20 years, and the PPP had its control for the last one month only, as Muttahida lawmakers had joined the opposition now.
Sindh CM arrived in Mithi with a security convoy of 30 police mobiles to address issues in Tharparkar on Wednesday morning.
Earlier on Monday, MQM leader Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui said his party will do its best to help rehabilitate drought victims in Thar.
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Where are the elected representatives of the area? Don't they have any responsibility in this affair, I am not aware whether it was/is PPP or MQM or any other political party that controls the area, but that party must be held accountable. What about the funding? do you have a money trail for the expenses incurred in these hospitals?
shameless act of CM Sindh
Dr Saghir Ahmed, saying that he never visited Thar. ...Why you did not visit being the chief of province....it is well known all powers are in the hand of C.M.even the minister can not transfer a doctor who is holding administrative post..don't play blame game,help the needy...why Sarjeel Memon did not visit Tharparkar...he has bee elected from that area.It is due to media people came to know about the suffering in Thar.
@Javeed: Is he gentleman??????
Shameless CM is still on self denial mode. AZ and BZ should be ashamed of supporting such an incompetent CM.
Thank u IK and Qaderi sahib for AAG in the country of sleepy 200 millions we love u.
So Shah sb you are saying that in the one month PPP had control of the health ministry it lead to a drought!
wow!
gonawazgo #gozardarigobilawal is a zardari
Hahahahaha centre blame PTI for every failure and Sindh govt MQM wah kya bath hai ...... why they got this country...
He is completely incompetent CM of SIND, that is why Zardari selected him. He cannot talk in front of Media, he cannot understand their question, he cannot understand problem and their solution. But still he is CM of sind because of Zardari. Zardari wants a CM who is Master in taking Dictation and he has this quality. He cannot do any thing positively for sind because he has no brain or thinking to solve problem. He can play dirty blame game and that is all. He did not give any power to any MQM Minister except to build their personal overseas bank account.
Blaming the MQM......just make you look all the more guilty.
@Whiskey Khan: do we forget the remote control of ASIF ALI ZARDARI. may be even BILAWAL Can any one tell MQM that scope of ministry is not Karachi city only, or attending / arranging phone meeting from london/arranging dharna on paid basis fir Musharraf
This is the first time ppp/qaim has accepted the deaths in Tharparkar. They were in denial till now and stating that it is media created and not factual. Now the second point if Dr Saghir did not visit mithi after all the crisis over so many years and Qaim Ali Shah was the chief minister all along. I rest my case.
Qaim Ali Shah , You are the chief Minister, ultimately you are responsible for all the deaths under you watch. Such silly Blame Game will not absolve you from the responsibility and inaction. These old guards have become useless and ineffective and are only good for making excuses.
ET this is not an offensive letter just critical one , so don't treat it a one.
Can anyone explain why this gentleman is still Sind CM?
Oh yes, blame this on MQM. MQM was also responsible for titanic disaster.