A Pakistan Army doctor tends to residents of Tharparkar who were affected by the drought and famine. PHOTO: PPI
Drought in Tharparkar has claimed at least 122 children in the last three months.
Theres a great shortage of doctors;requested the Pakistan Medical Association to help out. have assuer of their full support. 1/2 #thar
— BilawalBhuttoZardari (@BBhuttoZardari) March 8, 2014
On March 7, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had taken serious notice of the appalling number of child deaths.
Separately, Chief Justice of Pakistan Tassaduq Hussain Jillani had taken suo motu notice over the death of children due to acute malnutrition.
Observing that this is a serious violation of Article 9 of the constitution, the chief justice had said he may initiate proceedings to ensure the fundamental rights of the population of district Tharparkar under Article 184(3) of the Constitution.
Meanwhile, Sindh High Court Chief Justice Maqbool Baqar had also taken notice and called for comments from the National Disaster Management Authority chief, the provincial chief secretary and secretary food, agriculture and livestock departments.
Army dispatches units, relief goods
Following directives of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan Army on Saturday dispatched troops from the Hyderabad Garrison for the affected areas of Tharparkar.
An ISPR release said that contingents are carrying immediate relief goods and rations.
Staff of medical camp is also going with them to affected areas with lady doctors, paramedical staff and medicines.
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@Sindh Festival: Busy looting Karachi
And yet the two neighbors fight over a piece of land while children in both nations die of hunger. The military in the two countries are sucking the finances dry. Soon there will be nothing to defend except the enormous business interests of the military men.
where is the benazir income support program?? also meant to help victims of natural calamities.
Imagine if half amount of the sindh festival Budget would have been spent for Tharparker !!!!
Pak Army is only there to take care of sufferers , providing Food ,shelter, clothing and providing health care . A great service . Shame for sindh govt . Sindh Ministers ,govt officials are bussy in looting wealth of sindh .Hundreds of thary children loose thair life daily becoz of no food ,no water, no cloth , no shelter, A total negligence of sindh govt , sindh govt converting sindh into Ethiopia . i request all human right organisations to contribute please
Bilawal, Sindh and the Stone Age
While Lahore is being made to look like Paris, the Sindh govt is modeling the province to look like is best city, Moenjodaro...
The Sindh Government has utterly failed in preventing the crisis of deaths of 130 children. If it were a civilized country, the Minister concerned would resigned. But these parasites of PPP always leave no stone unturned in sucking the blood of people. The Federal Government should suspend the Sindh Government and impose Governor Rule in the province at least until this crisis is resolved.
I don't think Sindh Government should draw any political implications of aid offered by Punjab government. Tharkparkars and Sindhis will always vote for PPP no matter what regardless of how much left alone by PPP. Even after the flooding in Sindh where PPP government was merely confined to photo sessions,not a slightest of dent was witnessed in PPP's vote bank. So sindh government should "Keep calm and accept the aid"
@Maria: I am prepared to support more child girls with sound and modern education.
Every earning Pakistani should support one helpless child´s education, and in a few years Pakistan would be a liberated country.
Why everyone was sleeping before, with more than hundreds of news channels we were so blind to forecast the drought in thar before 122 child deaths.
Another irresponsible news from Editor. Editor should verify news before printing in his paper.
@goggi (Lahore): Then start a campaign to ask the British to come back and rule the nation! Maybe you should ask the Greeks to rule us like during the time of Alexander. Maybe we can ask the Uzbeks to come down and rule us in another Mughal Empire? Who knows maybe the Persians can rule Pakistan again like they did in the time of Khorasan Empire. Rather than engage in such rhetoric, wouldn't it make better sense to work for the country? I notice people in Pakistan like to complain but few make an effort to make a difference. So Sind doesn't want Punjab's help- let's connect with people in Sind and urge them to change their mind.
@goggi (Lahore): Forgot what happened to kashmiris when they cheereed for winning pakistani team? The only thing they lacked was independence.
Most of the bureaucracy in sindh is a big joke. Majority of them are political appointees who hire jiyalas . These jiyalas sit in their houses , and are there just to collect paychecks. Now in such a situation , how can one expect relief delivery through such an inept lot?.
People of Tharparkar have been living in these conditions for decades. No government whether PPP or Military has ever came to help them nor anyone will care about them now. Courts and Political parties are making noise to divert attention from their problems.
Where is super Sain and siblings? I feel very sad at Sind government playing politics at lives of poor and suffering Chief Minister and concerned Ministers should resign (and so also the concerned government functionaries)
If the media report is correct in regard to 122 children dying through neglect by authorities, it is almost beyond comprehension. It is almost as bad as going back to the days of the British Raj.
Marsooo marsoo saqafat naa marsooo bhalay thar kay log marsoo
If water is not available for drinking, then these people shud drink RED BULL; Bilawal bhutto
This is shocking in the 21st century.I cant wait to hear an explanation from Bilwalal Zardari. Perhaps there is no money to be made from this drought.
Till today I have not found one valid reason, why millions of humans had to die for such a multifold sick Pakistan! S H A M E
Sindh culture has probably nothing to do with saving human life. Otherwise Mr. Bilawal Bhutto would have certainly mentioned it and celebrated it. May be it is part of his next year's speech. Poor people need not complain and wait for great leader for one more year
Where are the CHAMPIONS of Sindh. ???
Zardari Junior celebrating culture of sindh over the bodies of children of sindh
i bet Sindh Govt is waiting for Bilalwal to arrive, and photo sessions while delivering flour bags to victims. He has been blessed with an other photo-shoot opportunity. Don't know why didn't heavens fall, when these thugs spent Rs 5 Billion on "Bilawal Projection Project" (Sindh Festival) just a couple of weeks ago, children in Thar were dying. DEMOCRACY IS BEST REVENGE
Yes, Bilawal - why not have another superman festival to the mock the impoverished and dying children of Sindh? So sad the Oxford educated is full ignorant and evil.
it shows how we as a nation are.. punjabis asst to sindhis is not acceptable... y??? then we talk about national cohesion and unity...
The Govt. of Sindh, which has miserably failed in its own province, has no moral right to turn down the relief offered by the Govt. of Punjab. By this act, the Sindh Govt. wants to prove that it has capacity and resources that it can cope with this pathetic situation, which is nothing less than deceiving itself and the people of Sindh. As suggested by one of commentator above, the Govt. of Punjab should work the Federal Govt. and channel its support for the famine affected people of Sindh. These generous and humanitarian relief acts should be beyond the political considerations, and only aim at elevating the pangs and operations of famine affected people of Sindh.
All this was happenning while the Sindh Government was busy in Sindh Festival. No difference between those who kill with terror or those who do it with sheer corruption and indifference to masses.
Sindh govt has more important work to do, such as useless Sindh Festival where billions were spent
These politicians have left people to die with their hunger and poverty. Nothing else
they are too busy celeberating the sindh festival.
We are always ready to help our poor Sindhi Brothers whose rights have been dumped by the Powerful and rich Landlords and Wadairas...
Sindh Govt can spend Billions of Rupees of Tax Payers money on useless festivals like Sindh Festival but is unable to solve its citizen problems...
Urban areas have to face extortion and target killings whereas rural areas are states within states...Allah save our Poor Province...:(
Can the Punjab government work through the federation to help the victims?
HOW CAN WE HELP??? Also responsible for this frightful situation is our 'deconstructed constitution.' The past five years have seen the country suffered privations through the PPP government and Sindh is still suffering. The PPP government is just there for receiving largesse and fame without DESERVING. The fact that these people return to power time and again shows a serious flaw in the Constitution and election rules. They should be made to rule in those areas where they win from. Who will accept responsibility for this SHAMEFUL and MONOLITHIC loss of human lives? NO ONE. After all it's Democracy, so the murderers will get away 'SCOT FREE.' Salams
people are dying and sindh govt is busy playing their ethnic card for increasing their vote bank, Pathetic!
Sindh govt is such a loser. It shows there is no Pakistan but small bunches of some useless ethnic people who wants to sabotage the situation and use it for next elections. Pathetic