Empty promises were made of providing funds to Sindh but to no avail, he claimed adding that up to one billion rupees have already been spent on the infrastructure of Thar district. Shah expressed these views while talking to the media after attending the two-day Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai National Conference organised at Mohatta Palace in collaboration with Siraj Institute and Endowment Fund Trust. The conference was inaugurated by the CM while the inaugural session was presided over by Dr Fehmida Hussain. Sindh CM Murad wants to transform jails into correctional facilitiesWhile answering a question regarding the Thar project, the CM said that we had to swallow the bitter pill when this project had started because the issue of transmission lines was complicated. He informed that the Centre had imposed a restriction that the electricity generated by the project will go to the national grid.

Source: The Express Tribune April 07, 2019 04:30 UTC