PPP's lawmaker, Rana Hamir Singh during his speech on budget 2019-20 said that the children's death in Thar is rising, adding that the lady health workers lack the capacity to handle the issue of the poor nutrition demises in the arid district of the province.
He criticised the PPP for deviating from late Benazir Bhutto's vision, saying that the Sindh government has no feelings for people's problems. However, appreciated the government's move to set up a university in Tharparkar, but said, "It should have been much earlier".
PTI's woman lawmaker, Rabia Azfar said that the government's budgetary announcement of Early Child Education is poorly conceived plan since there is no trained academic staff to cater to the needs of this sector. She said the government has not determined the quality of education to be imparted through this system. She pointed out that there are 16 different schemes of Early Child Education schemes that continue since 2016 without a budget allocation.
PPP's Sarfaraz Hussain Shah appreciated the Sindh government's budget propositions for the next fiscal year, saying that the healthcare system at the province hospitals has improved but there is still a space for further improvement. PPP's legislator, Siraj Qasim Soomro said that situation in Thar is not that deteriorated, though not good enough, adding that the continuing drought is the worst in 150 years.
He said that the government is going to build three new dams in Nangarparkar-Tharparkar district that will help relieve the water problems. GDA's Arif Mustafa Jatoi questioned the Sindh government's investment plans despite its claims of being insolvent from low release of funds from the federal government. He asked where the Sindh's development funds are being invested. He said that the government's food department suffers from Rs 80 billion of debt.
PPP's Heer Ismail Soho criticised the federal government for heavy taxation, saying that taxing will affect the poor in the society badly. PTI's Sanjay Perwani said that hospitals in Sindh are in tatters with no medicines are available for patients, while MQM's Hashim Raza Zaidi called the PPP's 12th provincial budget a 'part' of the past, based on biased and prejudice. PTI's Muhammad Riaz Haider demanded for investigations into over 75 schools built in Thar.
PPP's Dr Abdul Karim Soomro called the provincial budget 'balanced', saying that the federal government has triggered inflation in the country. PPP's lady lawmaker, Perveen Bashir blamed the PTI's federal government for economic deterioration in the country. GDA's Dr Rafiq Banbhan also demanded for inquiry into low enrolment of children in schools, saying that his constituency lacked even an ambulance to transport patients timely to hospitals in case of emergency. The house will now meet on Thursday morning at 11am.