KARACHI: Opposition leader in the Sindh Assembly and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) leader Haleem Adil Sheikh has said that the Sindh government failed to start an immediate and effective campaign for the culling of stray dogs in the province despite the number of rabies cases rises and deaths highlighted in the media.
Addressing media at the Sindh Assembly today, flanked by PTI parliamentary party leader Bilawal Ghaffar, MPA Dua Bhutto and other leaders, Haleem Adil said “There are 2.5 million stray dogs in Sindh.”
He informed that this year more than 5,000 cases of dog bite have already been reported including 1,641 in Indus Hospital, 2,195 in JPMC, and about 2,000 in Civil Hospital, adding that last year 205,319 dog bite cases and 16 rabies deaths were reported. He said in the year 2019, 235,000 dog bite cases and 25 rabies deaths were reported.
Haleem said that they were making a Cell for all those issues. He said they would go to the court in whole Sindh whenever such cases were reported. The PTI leader said he was not afraid of jails and would continue to raise his voice for the poor people. He said his party, media and Pakistanis supported him.
Regarding opposition, he said that the power-greedy Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) had already been rejected by the masses. Leaders of ‘Papa Daddy Maulana Bachao Movement’ were now fighting one another, he added.
Haleem further said Dr. Adnan had already returned back who disgraced his profession by claiming low platelets count of Nawaz Sharif. However, Nawaz Sharif became healthy after going abroad.
