Concerns expresses over delaying in implementing on senior citizens welfare Act-2014.

SHIKARPUR -- Ms Sabiha Bhutto, Advocacy and Communication Officer, SRSO, expressed her concerns over delaying in implementing on senior citizens welfare act-2014 even though they were 6.8 percent of the total population and this percentage would rise to 15.8 percent by 2050. Speaking in an event follow up workshop for implementation of senior citizen bill convened with the help of Help Age International she acclaimed the efforts of the government for passing the senior citizens welfare bill from Sindh Assembly in 2016 and urged the media and elected representatives to play their pivotal role in its implementation and due to delay of its implementation the older people were facing...