Khawaja Zaheer Ahmed - PDMA

personal properties were exposed to water havoc but Ali-Wahn
Bund was not breached at the behest of two Federal Ministers/
MNAs Syed Khurshid Ahmed Shah and Mr. Aijaz Jakhrani. She
flagged the TV clip in which Sindh Irrigation Minister, Mr. Saifullah
Dharejo, in presence of acting Chief Secretary Sindh, informed the
Press about his department’s pre-planned breaches in the old
Ghauspur Loop Bund, a claim that was later further confirmed
publically by other Parliamentarians too. In the rehabilitation phase
also, many irregularities/malpractices were alleged in issuance of
Watan Cards due to political considerations; that seeds and
fertilizers had not been equitably distributed among the deserving
farmers, well in time; and that these were due to lack of effective
supervision and poor control compounded by alleged corruption,
observed even in rescue, relief and rehabilitation phases. She also
alleged that despite a year long forewarning by the World Bank, our
Governments did not initiate appropriate timely actions to prepare
people for the disaster. It was stated that no visible maintenance
work had been carried out on the protective bunds for years. The
Petitioner also stated that she had reasons to disassociate from the
proceedings of the Sindh Judicial Commission, as also summarized
in her power-point summary placed on record.
b. Mr. Jan Muhammad Jamali, Deputy Chairman Senate of Pakistan,
who had filed a petition for Suo Moto action through Mr. Fakhruddin
G. Ibrahim SASC, also deposed on the above lines to state that the
Irrigation authorities neglected the maintenance of barrages in
general, and Sukkur in particular where many gates were/are still
not functional. As direct consequence thereof, its discharge
capacity had been considerably reduced; flood waters were
diverted to expose Balochistan to unprecedented losses and
damages and pushed tens of thousands of IDP’s to Balochistan;
that Balochistan was never prepared for the floods and diversion of
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