DADU: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that it has rained unusually heavily in some parts of the province but stagnant rainwater has been pumped out overnight across the province.

Murtaza Wahab is making concerted efforts to drain out rainwater from the metropolis but media is only focused on flooded roads and streets in Karachi, although it should also show government’s measures for drainage, he said.

Shah told media persons at his native village, Wahur, in Sehwan taluka on Eid day that the Sindh government had made complete arrangements to cope with post-rain situation in Karachi and other parts of the province.

He said that a provincial minister had been made in-charge in each district across the province to oversee arrangements for coping with rain. The deaths of miners in Thatta during heavy rain were unfortunate and the government was investigating the tragic incident, he said.

About by-election in Punjab, Shah said that political atmosphere had become hot in the province and allegations were being hurled at each other. PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry had himself admitted that they did something wrong, hence something should be done about it, he said.

He said that the country needed to be rebuilt. Former prime minister Imran Khan and his party, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf had no future. What had the former prime minister done for the country, he asked.

He said that Imran Khan came to power after making tall claims but he did nothing for the country. “We are aware of inflation and know people are burdened by it,” he said.

Published in Dawn, July 13th, 2022