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CS told to explain delay in issuing Azadi Cards to elderly Karachi April 23, 2021 The Sindh High Court (SHC) has taken exception to the delay in making arrangements to issue Azadi Cards to the elderly in the province, and directed the chief secretary to appear in person to explain the delay. 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 said that despite clear directions to the social welfare department, no steps have been taken to issue the health cards. ....
SHC summons Sindh chief secretary Expresses annoyance over delays in issuance of Azadi Cards PHOTO: FILE KARACHI: The Sindh High Court has summoned the Sindh chief secretary in his personal capacity in a plea pertaining to elderly persons not being given 25 per cent concession on medical services, as stated under the Senior Citizens Welfare Act, 2014. A two-member bench, comprising Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar and Justice Amjad Ali Sahito, heard the plea on Wednesday, with Justice Mazhar observing that while Many laws have been formulated, not a single one has been implemented. It has been seven years since the Senior Citizens Welfare Act was passed, he added. ....
When law fails, listening helps A group of elderly women turn to each other as they await benefits promised by senior citizens law Elderly women from Younisabad meet every two months since 2019 to discuss implementation of the Sindh Senior Citizens Welfare Act, 2014 that still remains pending. PHOTO: Sameer Mandhro KARACHI: It had been around two months when the women, at least 16 in number, had last met. From a distance, it was difficult to distinguish one from the other - their postures had slight bents, their skin full of wrinkles, and their voices shook with emotion if not frailness. Yet, all of them had the same story to tell - but with slight variations - of another struggle, another misery, another affliction and another misfortune, all of them now spiraling in the face of a raging pandemic. ....