SUKKUR: The Sindh High Court (SHC) Sukkur Bench suspended the membership of two MPAs in Sindh Assembly, Faryal Talpur and Malik Asad Sikandar, over rising dog bite incidents in their respective constituencies.
In the written judgment, the SHC said that the membership of the MPAs in Sindh Assembly belonging to the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) was suspended it received no replies on dog bite cases in their constituencies.
The court has directed the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to release the suspension notification of Faryal Talpur and Malik Asad Sikandar. Malik Asad Sikandar is an MPA from PS-82 Jamshoro-III, while Faryal Talpur, the sister of former president Asif Ali Zardari, was elected from PS-10 Larkana-I.
Earlier the Sindh High Court’s Sukkur Bench had expressed grave concern over the rising number of dog bite case and ruled that if any person is bitten by a stray dog, the membership of the respective MPA from that area would be suspended.
The court’s remarks came during the hearing of a case related to stray dogs biting people in the province. The public prosecutor had said that MPAs have nothing to do with the incidents of dog bites. The judge had said they knew to whom the respective officers paid commissions and that the MPA must ensure people’s safety.
