A Sindh High Court (SHC) bench comprising Justice Salahuddin Panhwar and Justice Mohammad Abdur Rahman has directed provincial and local authorities to establish public toilets and carry out maintenance of the existing such facilities at public places and government premises across the province.

If the advice is carried out in letter and spirit it will be a great service to the people of the province and specially the residents of the bustling over-populated city of Karachi. Though it might seem an ordinary and rather common facility it has great significance for the elderly and those that suffer from problems of the prostrate and believe me there is a large number of the population that falls in that category.

The order is different from any other such order in the past that it specifically points out the need for public toilets for females and the differently abled individuals. For Karachi the mayor Karachi will be in charge of implementing this order while in the rest of the province local........

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