Unknown armed men shot dead two policemen on Sunday after which three week toll of murdered cops has climbed to 10.
Police said that unidentified miscreants sprayed bullets at policemen deployed for security of mosque Noor-ul-Eeman located in Nazimabad No 3 area of Karachi.
As a result of firing, two cops identified as Ghafoor and Farooq died on the spot. The assailants fled the scene after committing the crime. The bodies were shifted to AbbasiShaheedHospital for medico-legal formalities. It should be mentioned that 10 cops have been shot dead in the metropolis during the last three weeks.
Man shot dead in Nazimabad
A man was killed in a violence incident in the city on Sunday.
The man, Rehan, 50, son of Ateeq, was gunned down by unknown armed men near Chhota Maidan in Nazimabad within the limits of Paposh police Station.
The body was shifted to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital (ASH) for medico-legal formalities. The motive behind killing could not be ascertained yet.
Joint action plan launched for peace in city
A group of young delegates launched a joint action plan drawn on the agenda of ‘exploring peace and reconciliation alternatives: towards a Karachi for all’ at the Karachi Press Club on Sunday.
The joint action plan originated from a conference similarly titled held in Karachi last month. The conference brought together civil society activists, youth, students’ organisations, policy makers, state officials, parliamentarians, political parties, experts and academics to discuss, debate, identify issues and come up with potential strategies to address violence and extremism in the city of Karachi.
The conference and the joint action plan was organised by the Pakistan Institute of Labour Education and Research (PILER). It was held under the ‘I am Karachi’ campaign by the Karachi youth initiative. The action plan was prepared on the basis of recommendations presented at the conference as well as a Group Work exercise. Over 400 delegates attended the conference and 200 youth members participated in the Group Work. These recommendations will be shared with the stakeholders who have a role in the city’s development, administration, politics, law and order and the economic sector. PILER has constituted a group of youth to pursue these recommendations through engagements with the stakeholders.
Speaking to the press, the members of the youth committee responsible for pursing these deliberations with stakeholders said that Karachi’s multi-layered problems range from violence and extremism, political conflict, weak law and order structure, an unresponsive civic infrastructure, inequality, an acute development divide, a non-consultative development approach, and lack of safety and mobility for commuters.
The youth delegates said they were determined to play their role in making their home city liveable where inclusiveness, equality and social and political justice form the basis of citizenship. They said the conference brought experts from various backgrounds together and the insights shared by them helped clarify the multiple challenges of the city. The experts who participated in the conference included senior economist Dr Kaiser Bengali, renowned town planner Arif Hasan, academicians Dr Tariq Banuri, Dr Jaffar Ahmed, Prof Fateh Mohammad Burfat, Zahid Shahab, and Nida Kirmani, PILER’s Executive Director, Karamat Ali; development expert Farhan Anwer, ex-senator Javed Jabbar, DIG South Khalique Sheikh, CPLC Chief Ahmed Chinoy, MNA Shahida Rehmani, writer and journalist Ghazi Salahuddin, fiction writer and academician Asif Farrukhi, T2F Director Sabeen Mahmud, writers and editors Ayub Sheikh and Aijaz Mangi, and media reporter Rabia Ali.
CM says 2,000 schools in Sind still lying closed!
Lays foundation stone of SMBB CadetCollege
KHAIRPUR
INP
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has said that the PPP government has taken necessary measures for the improvement of education sector. The objective is to ensure provision of standard education to the people of the province.
He said this while performing stone-lying ceremony of ShaheedMohtermaBenazirBhuttoCadetCollege at village Bago Khan Metlo, few kilometres from here.
The chief minister said the cadet college was being constructed at a cost of Rs 593 million. “This cadet college is a gift for the people of Khairpur and adjoining areas by PPP chief Asif Ali Zardari. This institution being established after the name of Shaheed Mohterma Benazir Bhutto would be a seat of learning. It would inculcate farsightedness, discipline and ensure bright future of the students,” he said, added, “It is something to be proud of that our 11 students of Cadet College Petaro clinched first positions among the students of all the cadet colleges in the country.”
The chief minister said: “The PPP government has established 11 new universities in the province because we believe education is the only tool to steer the nation out of darkness, illiteracy and ignorance,” he said.
He said the PPP government not only increased the education budget but raised the salaries of the teachers and gave them special pay scales. “When the PPP came into power over, 7,000 schools were lying closed. We appointed teachers on merit reopened 5,000 schools, however, the other 2,000 schools could not be made functional,” he said, added.
Talking about recruitment of teachers, the chief minister said upholding merit in the recruitment of teachers was made through a reputed and independent institution. Those who qualified tests were given appointment orders. “Just after their recruitment, the teachers were given special trainings and we would be giving them more training to enhance their teaching skills,” he announced.
The chief minister said Col (r) Tanveer Hyder had been appointed as project director of the cadet college project. “He would be principal of the college and under his leadership army officers would be appointed in its teaching faculty.”
The Project Director, Col (r) Tanveer Hyder, giving briefing on the project said it would be completed in 18 months at a cost of Rs 593 million. “The project would usher in new trends of education and discipline in the area,” he vowed.
Earlier, Qaim Ali Shah inaugurated the road from Luqman intersection to Rohri Canal Road which has been repaired and upgraded at a cost of Rs650 million.
The chief minister also laid foundation stone of an overhead bridge to be constructed at a cost of Rs 884 million at Hussain Shah bypass roundabout on the National Highway. The length of the bridge is 3.9 kilometres and it would complete in 18 month.