KARACHI: PTI Member of Sindh Assembly Arsalan Taj has submitted a private bill notice “Sindh Emergency Rescue Service Bill 2020” to the office of secretary, provincial assembly.
In a statement, Arsalan Taj said that the submission of notice for the private bill was in accordance with the sub-rule (1) of Rule 94 of the rules of procedure of the provincial assembly.
Attached to the private bill notice were also said to be the duly signed statement of objects and reasons for the cited piece of envisaged law.
Emphasizing that the province was in dire need of a comprehensive rescue service system, he lamented that tragedies of varied categories and intensities are frequently registered in the province and its capital Karachi.
“Lack of timely and appropriate interventions has exposed all the more the vulnerability of masses,” said Arsalan Taj. The PTI leader further said that the provision for rescue emergency service ought to be a government responsibility.
Reiterating that Sindh too needs Rescue Service 112 (as in Punjab and KPK), the PTI leader said that PPP despite being in power in for the past 12 years has failed to institutionalize a rescue service that is but a critically important civic facility.
