KARACHI:Sindh Minister for Information Syed Nasir Hussain Shah has said that stern action would be taken against anyone found involved in the collapse of a residential building in Golimar.
He said that Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah had also taken immediate notice of the incident and sought a report from the Commissioner Karachi and the concerned officers of the Sindh Building Control Authority. He said he would personally supervise the investigation of the incident.
The info minister said this while visiting the locality of Golimar where the five-storey residential building fell today. The provincial minister said that rescue operations were started immediately after the incident and all the injured had been shifted to the hospitals where they were receiving prompt medical treatment.
He said that the Sindh government was monitoring the treatment of the injured by itself, and it had been ensured that they received best possible medical treatment. Shah during his visit to the spot met with the people and assessed the damages caused by the collapsed of the building.
Talking to the media, the minister promised a thorough probe into what he described as a regrettable incident and said that severe action would be taken against whosoever, be it officials of Sindh Building Control Authority or the builder, was found responsible.
Talking about the rescue operation, Shah said that all the relevant officials of the departments of Sindh Building Control Authority, Karachi Municipal Corporation and Provincial Disaster Management Authority reached the spot immediately and rescued the people. The minister said that the rescue operation would be completed soon.
He vowed that government would try to ensure that all those who were injured in the incident received proper treatment facilities, adding that it would also ensure that in future no such incident takes place anywhere. Shah said that the Sindh government was very serious that no illegal construction could be possible in Karachi. He mentioned that the officers of the Sindh Building Control Authority who had been removed from their service recently also linked to the same approach of the government.
Responding to a question regarding the statement of Opposition Leader in the Sindh Assembly Firdous Shamim Naqvi, Shah said it was a regrettable that the opposition leader was doing politics over an incident in which people had lost their lives and homes. He said that the opposition leaders should not see every incident from the point of view of politics, but rather he should support the government in order to take the plight of the people.