LARKANA:President of Pakistan Peoples Party, Larkana Division and provincial adviser for the jail department Aijaz Jakhrani told a press conference at the Larkana Press Club here on Friday that the environment of Larkana Central Prison was bad for some days as there was a difference between the Central and District Jail.

He said that prisoners were using cell phones due to which crimes were increasing, hence some inmates were shifted to Sukkur Central Jail and crimes were brought under control due to fewer inmates.

He said that the prisoners inside the jail had iron rods and they did not want anybody’s loss hence Rangers were called to carry out a cleanup operation. “Today I visited the Larkana Central Jail where the atmosphere is better now because the prisoners were deteriorating the prison conditions. They kept a lot of material to fight and 400 cell phones and drugs have also been recovered from their possession,” Jakhrani said.

He said that SOPs and other facilities were provided inside the Central Jail adding when normal conditions would be brought back some inmates would be brought back. He said that there is always one bad fish in the pool which makes the entire pond very bad. This is what happened here in Larkana jail, he added. Jakhrani said that there will be action after inquiry against the authorities.

Responding to a question, the provincial adviser said that the situation got worse when the PTI government came into power and the PTI had said that they would not go to the IMF. He questioned why they (PTI) accepted the difficult terms of the IMF when they had no plan. He said Insha Allah we will soon control inflation because we too are burdened and the IMF is our compulsion.

Pakistan’s policy now is similar to the era of Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and quite good, he said and claimed that party tickets for upcoming local bodies polls have been issued to strong candidates of Larkana division and many of them have come out uncontested and PPP will also come out as winner in the entire province.