Govt Mitigating Negative Impact Of COVID-19: CM Sindh

KARACHI: Syed Murad Ali Shah, the Chief Minister of Sindh, has said that his government is framing an effective policy to mitigate the negative impact of the COVID-19 and ensure opportunities in the post-COVID world.

“Post-COVID international scenario has lowered risk outlook for Pakistan, and CPEC opportunities have made Sindh a better destination promising healthy returns on investment, ease of doing business and high impact sustainable business growth.” He maintains.

On Tuesday, he addressed a 230-member participants of National Defence University (NDU) course on National Security & War Course-2022 led by Major General Rahat Naseem Ahmed Khan.

The participants include Pakistan armed forces, 23 civil servants, and many senior military officers from 15 different countries. CM Murad, on the topic of terrorism, said that the province’s prevailing law and order situation was satisfactory. However, the fast-changing regional security environment required the law enforcement agencies operating in Sindh to be extra vigilant to ensure peace and stability.

He added that a 20 Points National Action Plan (NAP) for countering terrorism and extremism was chalked out in the All Parties Conference in 2014. The CM said that his government was actively implementing NAP points under the Provincial Apex Committee framework.

“The Government of Sindh has conducted 26th meetings of Apex Committee with tangible outcomes such as Karachi Operation taken to a logical end and now, Karachi is by and large a peaceful city,” he said and added Karachi has hosted many international and domestic cricket tournaments including the PSL.

Narcotics & Arms proliferation: The CM said that Karachi was a lucrative place for the illicit drug market, being a megacity and an international conduit. “Narcotics have indirectly been involved in terror financing,” he said and added that better coordination was required among intelligence, military, LEAs and Provincial governments to bring this menace to an end. He said that the proliferation of sophisticated weapons also needed to be monitored. Therefore he has directed all the concerned agencies to continue patrolling at unfrequented routes is a formidable challenge.