Poverty Index Report k mutabiq 70% se zyada log ab bhi below the poverty line zindagi guzar rahe hain.

Summary:

Sindh govt ne 20 billion rupees poverty alleviation programs par kharch kiye, magar rural Sindh poverty crisis ab bhi barqarar hai. Malnutrition aur child mortality rates bhi alarming hain. Monitoring ki kami aur govt control ki wajah se NGOs ko involve karne ki zarurat hai.

Poverty Index Report ne uthaya haqeeqat ka parda

Sindh ke rural ilaqon mein poverty ka jo crisis hai, wo social protection programs aur billions ke development funds ke bawajood kam nahi ho raha.

Planning and Development Department ki Multi-Dimensional Poverty Index ke mutabiq, 10 districts mein 70% se zyada log ab bhi below the poverty line reh rahe hain. Kuch districts jaise Thatta, Sajawal, Kashmore, Badin, aur Jacobabad mein yeh ratio 80% se bhi upar hai — even worse than Tharparkar.

Malnutrition aur Child Mortality Rates bhi alarming

Report ne female malnutrition aur child deaths par bhi shocking stats diye.

  • 66% women in Thatta and Jacobabad are malnourished
  • 59% in Kashmore, 56% in Badin, 51% in Sajawal

Children under five ki mortality rate bhi high hai:

  • 15.6% in Thatta
  • 12.2% in Kashmore
  • 11% in Badin
  • 5.2% in Sajawal

Dr Sono Khanghrani: “Service delivery sirf government ke paas hone se maslay hal nahi hotay”

Social Protection Authority ke board member Dr Sono Khanghrani ne kaha:

“Jab tak education, health, water aur employment jese sectors sirf govt ke under rahenge, improvement mushkil hai. NGOs ko involve karna hoga.”

Unho ne law and order ki kharaabi — especially Jacobabad, Kandhkot aur Kashmore — ko bhi failure ka sabab bataya.

Dr Kaiser Bengali: Monitoring system ki kami ne sab efforts zaya kiye

Mashhoor economist Dr Kaiser Bengali ne highlight kiya ke poor monitoring ne even donor-funded projects ko fail kar diya.

“Sajawal mein Rs4 billion ka international donor-backed poverty project launch hua — magar outcome zero,”
unho ne kaha, noting ke yeh minister Ali Hassan Zardari ka halqa hai jo Works and Services ka portfolio rakhtay hain.

World Bank, UN aur CM secretariat ke funds bhi asar nahi dikha paaye

Sindh Finance Department ke data ke mutabiq:

  • Accelerated Action Plan (2012–2017): Rs20 billion
  • Baad mein aur Rs10 billion aur diye gaye

Nutrition budget ko 112% increase karke Rs2.4 billion se Rs5.1 billion tak le jaya gaya (2018–19).

Lekin 2014–15 mein stunted children 48% thay — 2018–19 mein barh kar 50.2% ho gaye.

Nayi authorities, purani problems: Kya kuch badla?

2022 mein Social Protection Authority aur Department of Social Protection banaye gaye.

  • First-year budget: Rs15.43 billion (2022–23)
  • Next year: Rs16.9 billion (2023–24)

Lekin poverty levels aur nutrition mein abhi tak koi major improvement nazar nahi aayi.

Conclusion: Behtari ke liye system ko decentralize karna hoga

Sindh ka rural poverty crisis sirf paisa kharch karke solve nahi ho raha. Effective monitoring, NGO partnership, aur ground-level governance reforms ki sakht zarurat hai. Jab tak yeh steps nahi uthaye jate, Rs billion ke projects bhi sirf paperwork ban kar reh jayenge.