Five siblings death: Call up notice in SA seeks ban pesticides' open sale.

KARACHI -- Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Sindh's Parliamentary Leader in Sindh Assembly Haleem Adil Shaikh presented a call-up notice in the Sindh Assembly against open sale of pesticides, Ammonium Phosphate, in Sindh province. Addressing the Sindh Assembly session, Shaikh said that the recent death of five children and their aunt in Karachi had occurred due to gas produced by Ammonium Phosphate and such proofs had emerged as the experts of University of Karachi and Sindh Medical Lab had provided reports about it.

He said: 'The open sale of Ammonium Phosphate's tablets and pesticide spray is being continued at medical and general stores despite having ban on it worldwide.' Shaikh said: 'Ammonium Phosphate is used in pesticides to preserve agriculture products and kill insects in the world with strict precautionary measures, but it is used in our country's houses, hotels, and guest houses without any precautionary...