TharTragedy

The rules say that the speaker has the right to call the session within 14 days on the requisition of opposition.

Minister directed the officials to speed up the development work and provide all the basic facilities to the masses.

Rehabilitation department secretary Roshan Shaikh says this is a preventive measure taken by the government.

NDMA is acting as the focal institute for all relief efforts.

Ration will be delivered to homes in each village, will provide up to 15 days of food supplies for each family: ISPR

Bilawal also criticises the decision by Council of Islamic Ideology, allowing men to have more than one marriage.

Joint opposition parties have also decided to request the speaker to summon the assembly session on drought-hit Thar.

The situation worsened during drought but area has always been food insecure.

Speakers at the forum blame the government and want ration provision to victims.

People in Thar have died of bad governance as much as drought and this is a matter of national shame.

The aid will be provided to families as part of the organisation’s charter for social responsibility.

What is really needed is sincerity and commitment to the cause of Tharparkar.

Do the members of the Sindh cabinet have any conscience?

Sindh chief minister decides to replace provincial relief minister Makhdoom Jameeluz Zaman.

The funds constituted the Sindh Zakat and Ushr Department’s yearly grant for Mithi hospital.

Premier refuses to attend Sindh govt luncheon.

Resign, Qaim Ali Shah. You’re the number one elected officeholder, and you’ve disgraced the office you hold.

Prime minister visits the area to meet the affected people and oversee relief work.

Report says most deaths were due to pneumonia, sepsis, birth asphyxia and very few from malnutrition.

Most Sindh parties attended meeting, PPP was missing.

The CM and his team reportedly enjoyed a dinner of fried fish, tikkas, biryani, malai boti, koftas and roti.

CM hinted at the removal of Sindh food Minister Jam Mehtab Dahar and rehabilitation minister Makhdoom Jameeluz Zaman.

Chief Minister informs media that an agreement with a non-government organisation to do relief work is underway.

Sindh government did not take pre-emptive measures to eradicate poverty or food insecurity: Child Rights Movement.

Sindh government also dispatches 10 trucks to distribute wheat to the various villages of the affected district.

The relief team has ambulances, a mobile hospital, a water tank and trucks loaded with food with them.

Malnutrition is common in Thar with many children displaying classic signs of undernourishment.

Two more children die; Sindh minister announces inquiry committee.

Speakers identify factors, such as cultural taboos, lack of awareness behind the dismal picture.

Hardy people of Sindh deserve better than to see their kids die of malnutrition because their rulers just do not care.

A severe shortage of food is the main cause of malnutrition and various other life-threatening diseases.

The entire population of the area has become dangerously underweight.

Yesterday, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and CJP Tassaduq Hussain Jillani took notice of the situation in Tharparkar.

PM, CJ Jillani take notice; ISPR leaves for affected areas with relief goods.

CM says action will be taken against those officials who did not perform their duties.

PM has also taken notice of the situation in Thar.

Tharparkar district is most deprived area of Pakistan, while the World Food Programme declared it most food insecure.

NDMA Chairman says "no confirmation of severe famine", with a January report citing only a "mild drought".

Says director health as well as director and deputy director livestock have been suspended.

Relief efforts stymied as wheat transporters not paid.