KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has announced compensation for the victims of the blast detonated at the shrine of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar.
The chief minister said that there was no price of life but keeping in view the hardships and problems for the families of the victims of the blast some financial assistance is being extended to them.
He said that Rs1.5 million compensation would be given to the family of a killed, Rs1 million compensation for a seriously injured person who has lost his/her limb(s) in the blast and Rs500,000 for seriously injured and Rs100,000 for minor injured.
Syed Murad Ali shah said that under the policy compensation is only given to the local residents of the province but “this time the compensation would paid to everyone even if he or she is resident of any other province,” he said.
Talking about the verification of the killed, critically injured and minor injured, the chief minister said that the Commissioner Hyderabad would verify the claims and recommend the amount of the compensation. “We have already established a detailed record through hospitals, therefore there would be no problem in firming up the recommendations,” he said.
He also announced that the PPP government would bear the expenditures of the injured persons apart from giving them compensation.
Sindh Chief minister Syed Murad Ali Shah also ordered removal of SSP Sehwan Tariq Vilaya and posted Tanveer Udho in his place. The administrative action has also been taken in the light of blast at the shrine of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar.—INP
