KARACHI: Sindh Minister for Minorities Affairs, Social Welfare, and Prisons Hari Ram Kishori Lal on Tuesday observed that there is no practice of monitoring NGOs working across Sindh which was a serious issue that needed immediate action.
He stated this during a departmental briefing regarding social welfare department, said a statement. The Minister directed to prepare a Databank of all NGOs in detail in order to ensure their regular monitoring and through `Data Bank’ the categorization of NGOs should be done.
He said that Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for registration of NGOs should also be streamlined and reviewed so that only clean /genuine organization could qualify for registration with social welfare department.
The Minster further directed to issue an advertisement in leading newspapers for all NGOs to fulfill the precondition including annual audit report, work progress giving them 30 days to comply, in case of
failure, their registration should be canceled.
He remarked that maintaining good governance was the top priority of Sindh government and asked Secretary Social Welfare to ensure the punctuality at all offices and centers across the province and added that requisite facilities be provided at all Rehabilitation Center for Physically and Multiple handicapped children.
He said that people of Sindh have reposed their confidence in PPP consecutively for the third term and added that it is our priority to serve the masses and bring improvement in the service delivery.
On the occasion, Secretary Social Welfare Taha Farooqui presented a  detailed briefing on the working, responsibilities, and development schemes, future plans, and issues of the department.