HYDERABAD
\nSindh Senior Minister for Information, Transport, Sharjeel Inam Memon has said that the Pakistan People\u2019s Party has always considered public service as an obligation rather than a favour.
\nHe expressed these views while addressing a ceremony held at Rawal House, Rahooki in Tando Jam under the Sindh Peoples Housing Scheme, where ownership rights of newly constructed homes were distributed among flood-affected families.
\nSindh Senior Minister for Information, Transport and Mass Transit, Sharjeel Inam Memon, attended as chief guest and addressed the event, terming it not a routine gathering but a \u201chistoric message being sent to the world that the Peoples Party is a symbol of public service.
\nMemon asserted that the Sindh Peoples Housing Scheme is not just the largest in Pakistan but the largest such project in the world, aiming to provide free homes to 2.1 million families.
\nHe said the initiative stems from PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari\u2019s vision, formed after visiting flood-hit areas in the aftermath of the devastating 2022 rains.
\nActing on Bilawal\u2019s direction, the Sindh government made immediate arrangements to provide permanent housing for those affected.
\nThe minister acknowledged the initial skepticism about the feasibility of building so many homes, but noted that Bilawal Bhutto made it clear that \u201cthis is not a political statement but a commitment to public service\u2014these homes must be built.\u201d Following extensive planning and engagement with the World Bank and international agencies, the massive housing programme began.
\nA distinctive feature of the scheme, Memon said, is that ownership rights are being granted in the names of women, to empower them and ensure stability within families.
\nThose awarded today, he said, had lost everything and endured harsh conditions in temporary camps, but now\u2014thanks to the Peoples Party government\u2019s efforts\u2014they have secure homes and financial support channelled through bank accounts.
\nHe added that the Sindh scheme is unprecedented in scale, noting that while 800,000 homes were rebuilt after the Nepal earthquake, Sindh\u2019s programme delivers 2.1 million. \u201cIt deserves recognition in the Guinness Book of World Records,\u201d he said.
\nMemon also highlighted other PPP government initiatives, such as the only CyberKnife-equipped hospital providing free cancer treatment, and efforts to install solar panels in flood victims\u2019 homes to address electricity shortages. He announced a new programme \u201cMaash\u201d for employment and economic empowerment will be launched soon.
\nPaying tribute to former President Asif Ali Zardari on his 70th birthday, Memon cited landmark achievements, including the 18th Amendment, NFC Award, Aghaz-e-Huqooq-e-Balochistan, and Benazir Income Support Programme, and the country\u2019s turnaround from wheat importer to exporter.
\nHe maintained that the Peoples Party considers public service a duty rather than a favour, and challenged rival parties to point to any single comparable completed project.
\nSindh Assembly member Imdad Pitafi and Commissioner Hyderabad Fayaz Abbasi also addressed the ceremony, affirming that 99% of the 45,000 homes targeted for Hyderabad division have been completed. The ceremony concluded with the distribution of property documents to deserving women.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
HYDERABAD Sindh Senior Minister for Information, Transport, Sharjeel Inam Memon has said that the Pakistan People\u2019s Party has always considered public service as an obligation rather than a favour. He expressed these views while addressing a ceremony held at Rawal House, Rahooki in Tando Jam under the Sindh Peoples Housing Scheme, where ownership rights of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":490063,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-492852","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national"},"yoast_head":"\n