Gujjar Nullah case: CM Sindh appears before SC

By Muhammad JuniadPublished On 02 Jan 2023

KARACHI: Chief Minister of Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah appeared before Supreme Court on Monday in a case regarding rehabilitation of affectees of Gujjar Nullah.

During the hearing of the case, Chief Justice of Pakistan Gulzar Ahmed said that residents of Karachi have no access to clean drinking water and no roads have been constructed since the independence of Pakistan.

On this CM Sindh thanked the court for summoning him and said that as per directions of the apex court, the government gave 31 billion rupees to NDMA for cleaning of nullahs.

Responding to a remark by the court, the chief minister said that the province is facing a shortage of human resources and Sindh has to talk to the Centre for filling vacant seats.

Earlier while hearing the case, the apex court asked the concerned officials of what steps have been taken by the government for the rehabilitation of the affectees.

On this Advocate General Sindh informed the court that CM has submitted a report as the government is facing some financial constraints.