SHC directs police to initiate crackdown against mafia involved in child beggary
Karachi
January 31, 2021
The Sindh High Court (SHC) has directed police to initiate a crackdown against the mafia involved in beggary of children.
The direction came on a petition seeking the implementation of the Sindh Child Protection Authority law in the province to protect the child rights. Petitioner Natasha Lakhani had submitted that thousands of street children were roaming in the city and several were being used in criminal activities, begging and other anti-social activities.
The high court had on a previous hearing directed a provincial law officer to call a report from the police department that included details of action taken against the mafia involved in the beggary of children as the social welfare department had submitted that various cases had been lodged against such culprits.
PPP s Shamim Mumtaz appointed as chairperson of Sindh Child Protection Authority
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PPP s Shamim Mumtaz appointed as chairperson of Sindh Child Protection Authority
CM Murad Ali Shah approved the appointment
Mumtaz s chairpersonship to be governed under provisions of the Sindh Child Protection Authority Act 2011
PPP s Shamim Mumtaz, who is also a member of the Provincial Assembly, has been appointed as the new chairperson of the Sindh Child Protection Authority, an official notification released by the Sindh government on Monday said.
Per the notification, Shamim Mumtaz s appointment has been approved by the Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah.
The notification added that Miss Shamim Mumtaz s appointment, as the chairperson, will be governed under the provisions of the Sindh Child Protection Authority Act 2011.
The Sindh Assembly on Thursday passed a bill enhancing privileges and allowances of the provincial parliamentary secretaries. APP/File
KARACHI: The Sindh Assembly on Thursday passed a bill enhancing privileges and allowances of the provincial parliamentary secretaries, including ‘special allowance’ of Rs 50,000, use of a car, house rent and sumptuary allowance.
Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Mukesh Kumar Chawla, who presented The Sindh Parliamentary Secretaries (Salaries, Allowances and Privileges) (Amendment) Bill, 2021, said that the privileges and perks of the parliamentary secretaries were increased as their remuneration were nominal as compared to their counterparts of other provinces.
He informed the house that a common lawmaker of Sindh Assembly got a sum of around Rs155,000 monthly but a parliamentary secretary receives an additional ‘nominal’ amount of approximately Rs25,000.
PA passes bill to raise parliamentary secretaries’ salaries and allowances
Karachi
January 8, 2021
The Provincial Assembly of Sindh on Thursday passed a bill to increase the salaries, allowances and other privileges available to the parliamentary secretaries in the House.
Five lawmakers of the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) are working as parliamentary secretaries for the provincial government’s departments of local government, food, law, irrigation and Zakat & Ushr.
After the passage of the Sindh Parliamentary Secretaries (Salaries, Allowances and Privileges) (Amendment) Bill 2021, each of the five lawmakers will receive a special allowance of Rs50,000 and a sumptuary allowance of Rs10,000 every month.
Opposition resolutions, private member bills ignored by treasury benches
Sindh Assembly Session. PHOTO: NNI
Instead of announcing relief to the masses amid rising inflation and a raging pandemic, the provincial assembly passed a bill on Thursday to increase the remuneration of parliamentary secretaries in Sindh.
Pakistan Peoples Party lawmaker Mukesh Kumar Chawla justified the move saying that the raise is in line with the earnings of their counterparts in other provinces.
Parliamentary secretaries, who happen to be members of the provincial assembly as well, establish and maintain a liaison between the members and the minister heading a particular department. In the absence of a minister, the relevant parliamentary secretary acts on their behalf in matters pertaining to resolutions, bills, questions and answers and items on the agenda. There are currently five parliamentary secretaries in Sindh.