Census 2017: Sindh police fed charity food despite Rs100mn funding
March 31, 2017
KARACHI: The second phase of housing and population census is all set to start from tomorrow (March 31), however, before its start an appalling state of affairs has come to the forefront – exhibiting ignominious administrative planning of the Sindh government.
According to reports, the police officers who are called from ruler Sindh to provide security for the census are being fed from food provided by different charity organizations of the metropolis – raising questions over the transparency of huge funds released for the housing, food and transport services of the census staffers.
This question was raised in the show, Aaj Shahzeb Khanzada Kay Saath on Geo News on Thursday.
The official data indicates that as many as 8,046 police officers from inner Sindh have come to the port city for the security of the populating and housing census, pointed out by the host, Shahzeb Khanzada.
For their housing and food arrangements, a request for RsRs450 million was made from the government. Of the amount, government released about Rs100 million. The money was given to three DIGs in the port city and, SSPs of Sukkur and Ghotki. According to the rules of procedure SHOs are directly responsible for providing necessities to the police officers from the rural Sindh.
However, this amount never reached the SHOs, said Khanzada.
The police officers from the rural Sindh were fed food from Saylani Welfare, Abdullah Shah Ghazi mausoleum and Alam Shah Bukhari mausoleum.
Briefing more on the issues, Geo correspondent Talha Hashmi said that this situation was observed in at least four police stations across the city. In two stations, food from Saylani Welfare was served, while another one served food from Abdullah Shah Ghazi mausoleum.
“Another station on MA Jinnah Road served food from Alam Shah Bukhari mausoleum,” he revealed.
Hashmi further informed that still there is also no system placed by the government for the transportation of the police officers. Currently, they are commuting in official vehicles of their respective police stations, he added.
