Daily Times
June 28, 2021
My ‘age’ was a ‘burden’ and I lived in silence,” wailed a 78-year-old’s journal, stricken by chronic loneliness. His words perfectly encapsulate his pain, but many others spend their days wallowing in seclusion. Regretfully, this vantage of the ivory tower is a best-case scenario. May it be the clutches of emotional, psychological or physical trauma, the trauma of those shackled down by the grip of age remains a silent menace. Remember the heart-wrenching video of a man and his wife mercilessly thrashing his elderly mother? Countless others languish in the same agony and desperation. When their own flesh and blood turns a blind eye to their troubles, thankfully, they have the state to mind the store. In a first, a man was recently sentenced to one month for torturing and forcefully evicting parents from the house. The wronged elderly have the Parental Protection Ordinance 2021 to be grateful for. Thank heaven for the changing tides! Now, the ka
Education dept submits rules before cabinet
Cabinet slams NAB letter seeking domicile details of govt employees
KARACHI:
Draft rules for the Sindh Corporal Punishment Act 2016 were presented during the provincial cabinet meeting on Tuesday, while National Accountability Bureau s (NAB) letter seeking domicile-wise details of all government employees drew the ire of ministers.
In an eventful meeting, the Sindh Senior Citizens Welfare Rules 2021 were approved, as were amendments to the Forest Act to punish encroachers. In addition, draft bye-laws were presented on the population control and mass vaccination of stray dogs, while Rs500 million were approved to clean 41 storm drains ahead of the monsoon season.
‘MoU on Azadi Cards for elderly to be signed within a month’
Karachi
May 6, 2021
The Social Welfare Department will execute a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the registration and processing of the Azadi Cards with the National Database & Registration Authority (Nadra) after the approval of the Senior Citizens Council within a month, the chief secretary assured the Sindh High Court (SHC) on Wednesday.
Hearing a petition seeking the enforcement of a law under which the elderly will get a 25 per cent concession in medical treatment at private hospitals, an SHC division bench headed by Justice Mohammad Ali Mazhar asked the CS about compliance with the court’s directives with regard to the issuance of the health cards.
Expedite implementation of senior citizens law, Sindh told
SHC gives govt a month to issue Azadi Cards, orders establishment of old age homes
PHOTO: FILE
KARACHI:
The provincial government earned the court s ire on Wednesday over its failure to implement the Sindh Senior Citizens Welfare Act 2014, which was enacted into law in 2016.
A two-member bench, comprising Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar and Justice Amjad Ali Sahito, directed the Pakistan Peoples Party-led Sindh government to establish old age homes in every district of Karachi, ensure the provision of Azadi Cards to senior citizens - so they may avail the benefits and privileges as provided under the law - within a month. Justice Mazhar observed that laws are made but there is no implementation.
A two-judge bench headed by Justice Mohammad Ali Mazhar observed that under the law, it was the responsibility of the government to establish and maintain such residential facilities at accessible places. Wikimedia Commons/File
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Wednesday directed the chief secretary to place some proposals before the provincial cabinet in its next meeting for setting up old-age homes at the district level to accommodate indigent senior citizens.
A two-judge bench headed by Justice Mohammad Ali Mazhar observed that under the law, it was the responsibility of the government to establish and maintain such residential facilities at accessible places.