QUETTA: The Supreme Court will resume today hearing of a suo motu case pertaining to lack of basic amenities such as healthcare, education and potable water in Balochistan province.
Headed by Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar, the three-judge bench of the apex court, which also comprised of Justice Sajjad Ali Shah and Justice Mansoor Ali Shah, will take up the matter at the Quetta registry where two former chief ministers – Dr Abdul Malik Baloch and Nawab Sanaullah Khan Zehri – have been summoned to explain what they did for the welfare of the people during their respective tenures.
A day earlier, Chief Minister Abdul Quddus Bizenjo and Health Minister Abdul Majid Abro appeared before the bench.
Secretary Education Noorul Haq Baloch informed the judges that more than one million children are out of schools in the province, whereas over two million have been enrolled.
The chief justice observed that under Article 25-A of the Constitution, education is the right of every child, and regretted that one million children are out of school in this province alone.
The chief justice asked if the provincial government has devised any policy to ensure provision of education to all children, to which the secretary replied that the government has introduced the Balochistan Education Plan.
Justice Nisar observed that every citizen has a right to education, healthcare and clean drinking water under Article 184 and 199 of the Constitution.
Chief Minister Abdul Quddus Bizenjo painted a gloomy picture of the availability of water in the province, saying the province has been facing a drought-like situation for three years and that the government has devised a policy for construction of more dams in the province to address the water woes.
Bizenjo said he has recently assumed charge as Balochistan’s chief minister and that he is making earnest efforts to improve the situation in the province.
Justice Nisar directed former chief ministers – Abdul Malik Baloch and Sanaullah Zehri – to appear before the apex court on Tuesday (today) to explain what they have done to provide basic necessities to the people.
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