Badin, March 8: Consultative workshop on finalization of district vision Badin was held in Badin. EDOs of various departments and representatives of NGOs, media and private sector attended the workshop. The draft of this vision has been developed after extensive consultative process. In his opening remarks, the DCO Badin Syed Mumtaz Ali Shah thanked IUCN Pakistan for assisting District Government to develop the vision. He said that Badin District has immense potential for development and with proper planning and vision, the problems of district would be addressed. He urged government and non government organizations as well as private sector to pool their resources for the development instead of working in isolation.

Ali Raza Rizvi, Head IUCNP Sindh Programme said that the vision would provide opportunity to work under framework. Tahir Qureshi said that with appropriate management of natural resources poverty could be reduced. Nasir Ali Panhwar of IUCNP said that with practical and feasible recommendations the vision for district would contribute significantly to improve the situation in the district.

Dr. Mirza Arshad Baig spoke on frequent occurrences of natural disasters and vulnerability of Badin. Later the participants reviewed the draft vision and presented their recommendations on various sectors.

Members of IUCNP’s Ecosystem and Livelihood Group including Catherine Mackenzie, Bhim Adhikari, Nadeem Samnakay, Seeme Mallick, Safia Shafiq and Dr. Najam Khurshid also attended the workshop. The proceedings of the workshop were covered by Sindh TV and will be broadcasted soon.