Family of jobless man who committed suicide gets home in Karachi

KARACHI: Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI) Central Vice President Haleem Adil Sheikh here Sunday visited Ibrahim Haideri locality of the megacity and handed over a house and household items to the children of a man Mir Hassan, who had committed suicide due to poverty.

Talking to media, Haleem Adil said on the instructions of Prime Minister Imran Khan, Sindh governor Imran Ismail had announced to give a house to the children of the deceased.

He said Prime Minister was very sad about the suicide of this poor person. He said the house worth Rs1.3mn is purchased personally and not a single rupee of any government fund is used for this purpose. He said the documents of the house have been handed over to the children of Mir Hassan.

He said Kifalat Program has already been launched which is aimed at the welfare of poor people. He said the program of five million houses is also for poor people.

 He said these houses would be given to the people on easy installments of Rs5000 to Rs10000. He said Pakistan is now progressing in the right direction.

Haleem Adil said, “No one could bring back deceased Mir Hassan, but at least his family is now taken care of, adding that said we want to end poverty from Pakistan and make this country a welfare state”.

He said the Indian government of Modi has become a terrorist and is busy in the genocide of the Muslims. He said the international community should raise voice against violation of human rights in India.

He said minority communities are fully safe and secure in Pakistan. He said the federal government is working with the Sindh government in this regard.

Citing the IGP transfer he said, “We want a non-political police force, which works as per law and given citizens protection of life and property”. He said the Sindh government should allow the IGP and other officers to work as per law.

On this occasion,  the mother of deceased Mir Hassan said she is thankful to Prime Minister Imran Khan. She said her son was disturbed due to abject poverty and he committed suicide.