CM takes credit for Centre’s decision to hand over hospitals to Sindh
Says his government has made the tertiary care centres the best in the country
Sindh CM Murad Ali Shah. PHOTO: PPP
KARACHI:
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that the federal government's decision to hand over the three tertiary care hospitals - Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC), National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD) and the National Institute of Child Health (NICH) - to the provincial government is a testament of his narrative.
"I have been saying all along that the provincial government is capable of running the three hospitals and today, my contention has proven true," said the CM. "This is because we have invested tremendously in these three hospitals and have made them among the best health facilities in the country," he added.
The chief minister was speaking to the media after offering condolences to the family of senior politician, Haji Shafi Jamote, at Ibrahim Hyderi. He was accompanied by local government minister Saeed Ghani and his information adviser Murtaza Wahab.
Water crisis
In response to a question, CM Shah said that the aim of convening the conference on water woes of Karachi was to seek the support of all stakeholders, but "I was surprised at what some friends told the media about the meeting." He added that the participants of the meeting had agreed in principle that there would be no politics over genuine issues being faced by the city and that they would all work together to resolve them.
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The CM said that major water projects such as the K-IV cannot be completed without the support of the federal government. "We have to get the PC-1 approved from the federal government," said Shah, adding that the Centre would also need to allocate funds and allocate a larger share of water for the city."
To a question about the Orange Line, Shah conceded that it had been delayed but that it was a small project of over five kilometers and would be completed at the same time as the Green Line BRTS. "Both these projects - Green Line and Orange Line - are interlinked," he said.
He said that the federal government was not serious about completing the Green Line project. "They have only allocated around 20 to 25 percent of the total required funds. This shows they do not want to complete it during the current financial year," he observed.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 9th, 2019.
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that the federal government's decision to hand over the three tertiary care hospitals - Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC), National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD) and the National Institute of Child Health (NICH) - to the provincial government is a testament of his narrative.
"I have been saying all along that the provincial government is capable of running the three hospitals and today, my contention has proven true," said the CM. "This is because we have invested tremendously in these three hospitals and have made them among the best health facilities in the country," he added.
The chief minister was speaking to the media after offering condolences to the family of senior politician, Haji Shafi Jamote, at Ibrahim Hyderi. He was accompanied by local government minister Saeed Ghani and his information adviser Murtaza Wahab.
Water crisis
In response to a question, CM Shah said that the aim of convening the conference on water woes of Karachi was to seek the support of all stakeholders, but "I was surprised at what some friends told the media about the meeting." He added that the participants of the meeting had agreed in principle that there would be no politics over genuine issues being faced by the city and that they would all work together to resolve them.
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The CM said that major water projects such as the K-IV cannot be completed without the support of the federal government. "We have to get the PC-1 approved from the federal government," said Shah, adding that the Centre would also need to allocate funds and allocate a larger share of water for the city."
To a question about the Orange Line, Shah conceded that it had been delayed but that it was a small project of over five kilometers and would be completed at the same time as the Green Line BRTS. "Both these projects - Green Line and Orange Line - are interlinked," he said.
He said that the federal government was not serious about completing the Green Line project. "They have only allocated around 20 to 25 percent of the total required funds. This shows they do not want to complete it during the current financial year," he observed.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 9th, 2019.