Sirajul Haq asks the rulers of Sindh to provide relief to the homeless instead of making aerial views of flood-hit areas

SANGHAR, Sep 07 (SABAH): Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan Emir Sirajul Haq has asked the rulers of Sindh to provide relief to the homeless instead of making aerial views of the flood-hit areas.

The Sindh government, Sirajul Haq said while talking to journalists during visit to Sanghar and Tando Jan Muhammad on Wednesday, had so far miserably failed to enhance activities in major parts of the province.

During the visit, he said, he had seen devastation and people sitting without food and shelter. The government machinery, he said, were seen hardly on ground as only volunteers of humanitarian organizations were engaged in major relief work. He expressed concern over the reports of making breaches to the dykes to release water pressure toward populated areas to save the lands of waderas, calling for independent probe into the complaints. He also called for fair distribution of the government aid among the victims of floods, warning the rulers to avoid repeating the episodes of 2010 floods. Maga corruption scandals were also reported in distributions of aid during earthquake of 2005 but the responsible were not held accountable, he added.

Sirajul Haq said the JI would not allow irregularities and corruption this time in distribution of government aid and if such things happened the rulers would find no escape. He demanded the government provide relief to the masses in electricity bills and bring down the prices of basic food items. He said instead of providing relief, the government increased the prices of electricity, gas and fuel on the direction of the IMF. The rulers, he added, handed over the country to the global lender, enslaving the masses.

The JI chief visited the Alkhidmat relief camps in the areas and appreciated the services of the volunteers. He said thousands of JI and Alkhidmat workers were engaged in relief work and they would continue their activities till the completion of rehabilitation process.