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The Sindh cabinet condemned on Tuesday a letter by the National Accountability Bureau seeking domicile-wise details of its BPS-1 to BPS-22 employees. The cabinet termed the letter ....
‘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. ....
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