Case Details

Citation(s)
2017 SLG 62 2017 SLD 62 2017 SCMR 732
Supreme Court of Pakistan
Constitution Petition No. 38 of 2016, decision & hearingDate : 16-03-2017 (To provide clean drinking water and safeenvironment to the people of Sindh)
AMIR HANI MUSLIM, JUSTICE, QAZI FAEZ ISA, JUSTICE, FAISAL ARAB, JUSTICE
Zamir Hussain Ghumro, A.G, Sindh, Rizwan Memon, Chief Secretary Sindh, Ms. Sheeren Mustafa, Secretary Planning and Development, Abdul Rahim Somro, Secretary Industries GoS, Sohail Qureshi, Addl. Secretary Service Deptt., Mehmood Shah, Managing Director, N

SHAHAB USTOVSGOVERNMENT OF SINDH THROUGH CHIEF SECRETARY AND OTHERS

Law: Constitution of Pakistan, 1973

Section: 9,184(3)

Law: Karachi Water and Sewerage Board Act, 1996

Section: Preamble,3(vii)(b),5(2)

Law: Sindh Environmental Protection Act, (VIII of 2014)

Section: 5(2)

(a) Constitution of Pakistan--- ----Arts. 9 184(3)---Sindh Environmental Protection Act (VIII of 2014), S. 5(2)---Sindh Hospital Waste Management Rules, 2014, R. 9(1) Sched. I---Constitutional petition before the Supreme Court to ensure provision of clean drinking water and safe environment for the people of Province of Sindh---Right of people to have access to clean drinking water, sanitation and a safe and hygienic environment---Scope---Commission was formed on the directions of the Supreme Court to record findings in regard to providing/supply of clean water to the residents of the Province besides the deteriorating conditions of sanitation---Visuals and footage recorded by the Commission in different cities of the Province graphically showed the actual state of waste and polluted water flowing into canals, channels and the main river, and the resulting environmental hazards and human sufferings---Provincial Government had failed to supply drinkable water , and untreated municipal and industrial sewerage was poisoning water bodies---Dangerous hospital waste was being disposed of without proper management---Supreme Court directed that visuals and footage recorded by the Commission should be sent to the Speaker of the Provincial Assembly who may arrange its viewing in the Provincial Assembly to enable the peoples' representatives/legislators to have a clear view of the prevailing situation in the Province; that the Provincial Government shall appoint a cadre officer as Director General, Sindh Environmental Protection Agency; that a Task Force formed to comply with the recommendations of the Commission shall immediately start its work under the supervision of the Provincial Chief Secretary and shall report to the Commission; that the Commission shall have further powers to ensure compliance of the recommendations made in its report and shall continue taking all steps to achieve the objective for which the Commission was formed; that the Commission shall be at liberty to pass orders as High Court Judge whenever it was necessary in the public interest for achieving the object for which it has been constituted; that all Provincial and Federal Government…
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