Sindh Environmental Protection Act, 2014 (No. VIII of 2014).

This Act, consisting of 37 sections divided into eleven Parts, provides for the protection, conservation, rehabilitation and improvement of the environment, for the prevention and control of pollution, and promotion of sustainable development. In addition, it establishes composition, duties and responsibilities of the Sindh Environmental Protection Council, entitled to: co-ordinate and supervise the enforcement of all the provisions relating to the environment in the Province; approve comprehensive provincial environmental and sustainable development policies and ensure their implementation within the framework of a conservation strategy and sustainable development plan; approve the Sindh Environmental Quality Standards; provide guidelines for the protection and conservation of species, habitats, and biodiversity and for the conservation of renewable and non-renewable resources; integrate principles and concerns of sustainable development into socio-economic and development policies, plans and programmes at the provincial, district and local levels; deal with inter-provincial and federal-provincial issues; provide guidelines for biosafety and for the use of genetically modified organisms; etc.
In addition, it creates the Sindh Environmental Protection Agency entitled to administer and implement the provisions of this Act and the rules and regulations regarding the environmental issues. The Sindh Sustainable Development Fund shall be managed by a Board known as the Provincial Sustainable Development Fund Board. The Act specifies that no person shall discharge waste, pollutant, emit noise or any other matter that may cause or likely to cause pollution or adverse environmental effects (as defined in section 2) in levels higher than specified in Sindh Environmental Quality Standards. No person shall import hazardous waste into Sindh province or its coastal, internal, territorial or historical waters, except prior approval of the Agency. Part VI deals with Environmental Examinations and Assessments and specifies that all provincial authorities, local councils and local authorities responsible for formulating policies, legislation, plans and programmes to be implemented in Sindh province which may cause any environmental impact in the jurisdiction of the province shall forward to the Sindh Environmental Protection Agency a strategic environment assessment.