Sindh govt to allot land to SIUT for expansion

Syed Nasir Hussain Shah assures Dr Adeeb Rizvi all issues faced by the SIUT would be addressed on a priority basis

KARACHI: The Sindh government will allot land to the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT) for its expansion and smooth functioning, announced Sindh Information, Local Government, Housing, Town Planning, Religious Affairs, Forest and Wildlife Minister Syed Nasir Hussain Shah.

"The Sindh government has been providing all kinds of support and assistance to the SIUT in the past and that support will continue in the future," declared Shah during his visit to SIUT on Monday, where he was welcomed by institute director Dr Adib Rizvi.

The provincial minister said that he was visiting the health facility on the directives of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairperson Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, adding that he had asked the Sindh government to facilitate the SIUT management with whatever they required.

"Health and education have always been the priorities of the PPP government," he claimed, adding that land would soon be provided to SIUT so that it could continue functioning smoothly.

Shah also assured Rizvi that all issues faced by the SIUT would be addressed on a priority basis.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 11^th, 2020.