Given the lack of checks and balances, scores of NGOS have opened up in the province during the past few years
SUKKUR: A recent report published in The Express Tribune made some shocking revelations about 4,500 NGOs existing in Sindh on paper only. Social welfare is primarily the domain of private welfare organisations or international NGOs working in the country through outsourced projects and funding received, internationally.
Given the lack of checks and balances, scores of NGOS have opened up in the province during the past few years. NGOs receive millions as donations from local and international donors through charity drives, yet in many cases the funds are pocketed by the management itself; furthermore, many operate without registering with the authorities or acquiring the licence required for a charity organisation. The government must tighten the noose around these NGOs through thorough scrutiny of not just the welfare work these NGO claim to deliver but also the sources from which funds are received to ensure that the NGOs do not engage in any anti-state activities.
Also, the NGOs must be restricted to serve in only one or maximum two domains of social work and as many have branched out from political parties, the government must draft legislation to separate social service being used for political motives, while not entirely leaving social service sector for private organisations.
Jahanzaib Rajput
Published in The Express Tribune, October 17th, 2017.
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