KARACHI: A meeting of the Sindh cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah, on Tuesday approved the Senior Citizens Welfare Rules 2021. The Sindh government will issue ‘Senior Citizen Azadi Card’ to the province’s elderly citizens, the provincial cabinet session was briefed. In a briefing, the cabinet meeting was informed that the welfare cards will be issued to the senior citizens for three years’ period. Under the rules, ‘senior citizens welfare committees’ will be constituted on district level,” the cabinet was informed. The Sindh chief secretary, during a hearing in the Sindh High Court, had said that the draft rules prepared pursuant to Section 19 of the Senior Citizens Welfare Act will be placed before the next cabinet meeting for approval and thereafter the rules will also be notified for the information of the general public.

Source: Pakistan Today May 11, 2021 18:00 UTC