President Zardari directs to allot apartments to Abbas Town victims

President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari instructed the Chief Minister Sindh Qaim Ali Shah to take immediate steps to rehabilitate the victims of Abbas Town blasts and provide them with apartments.
Asif Zardari held a meeting with the Chief Minister, provincial ministers, and the chief secretary of Sindh at the Chief Minister House in Karachi on Friday and asked them to start relief efforts right away.
Regarding the allotment of apartments, the Sindh government was instructed that the relatives of the deceased should be preferred over other affectees.
Twin blasts shook Shia-dominated Abbas Town, Karachi, on March 3, which left at least 57 dead and over 140 injured. More than 200 residential apartments and shops were badly damaged in the deadliest blast. On Thursday, 7th March, The leading Shiite Organization Majlis-e-Wehdat Muslimeen Secretary General Maulana Raja Nasir Abbas has demanded the government to immediately starts the rehabilitation work within 48 hours.