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KARACHI - An investigation into the illegal transfer of a grade-7 employee to the Education Department and his promotion to grade-16 could not be initiated as the defendant has gone missing, sources have informed Pakistan Today.
Complying with the Sindh High Court's orders, the Sindh Services General Administration and Coordination Department (SGA&CD) had directed the Sindh education and literacy secretary to probe into the matter of Syed Hasnain Abbas, who was transferred to the

LAHORE - The National Highways and Motorway Police (NHMP) has earned international fame as a transparent, corruption-free, service-oriented and people-friendly department, which has also significantly reduced the ratio of accidents and crimes on all national highways and motorways, NHMP Inspector General (IG) Dr Wasim Kausar said on Sunday.
He was talking to journalists at the inauguration ceremony of a swimming pool and computer lab at the NHMP Training Institute, Sheikhupura.

KARACHI - Sindh Information and Archives Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon asked the secretary of his department on Saturday to empower the functioning of the media cell and float a summary to hire contractual staff for the chief minister's approval.
He was presiding over an introductory meeting with the senior officers of the Information Department. He also stressed the need for reactivating the print media monitoring system and ensure timely action on news items pertaining to

KARACHI - A career counselling project worth Rs 15 million for youths is being initiated, said Sindh Youths Affairs Minister Faisal Ali Subzwari on Tuesday. He was presiding over a meeting held in his office.
The minister said that the Department of Youth Affairs is initiating a career counselling programme for youngsters at a cost of Rs 15 million. He said that this will help guide the youths to adopt a career that is in accordance with their aptitude and abilities. Sindh Youth

KARACHI - The Provincial Anti-Corruption Court on Thursday granted acquittal plea moved by lecturer Abdul Sattar Soomro charged with fake appointments in the Sindh Education Department.
The special court's Judge Rashida Asad passed the judgment after hearing arguments from both sides and examining the evidences and records produced by the prosecution.
Advocate Wazir Khoso appeared before the court on behalf of accused Abdul Sattar Soomro, a lecturer of Sindhi at Larkana's

KARACHI - Following the directives of the Sindh Education Department, Education deputy district officer (DDO) has ordered reducing the educational budget and submitting a report on monthly basis. The heads of schools and colleges have been directed to submit monthly expenditure report by the fifth day of every month, verified by the Sindh accountant general (AG).
The City District Government Karachi (CDGK) has asked the local government's education department to reduce monthly

LAHORE - The Political Science Department lifted the prestigious general trophy at the closing ceremony of the 111th Annual Sports of the Government College University Lahore on Sunday. GCU Biotechnology Department stood first among girls.
Punjab Minister and Old Ravian Main Mujtaba Shujaur Rehman was the chief guest at the ceremony marked by colorful and vibrant Gymkhana events. Girls competed in Chatti Race and History Department student Sadaf Aslam won the event. The tug of

KARACHI - As many as 155 lower-grade employees of the Sindh Education and Literacy Department, who were appointed by former Chief Minister Arbab Ghulam Rahim and sacked by the Qaim Ali Shah-led government, were reinstated on Friday by the Sindh High Court (SHC). In its verdict, an SHC division bench comprising Justice Shahid Anwar Bajwa and Justice Tufail H. Ibrahim declared the Sindh Education and Literacy Department's orders to terminate these employees as illegal, and ordered the

LAHORE - Punjab College of Commerce and Punjab University Teaching Department have qualified for the final of the Inter-Collegiate Hockey Championship. PU Teaching Department beat Islamia College Kasur four goals to one. Hassan Butt, Mohammad Iqbal, Hamza Shaukat and Mohammad Sajid scored for the Teaching Department, while the lone goal from the losing side came from Azhar Iqbal.
Punjab College of Commerce beat Hailey College for Banking and Finance by five goals. Ghulam

LAHOREb - The Agriculture Department Punjab has established facilitation centres for the farmer in the Potohar region as the wheat crop is reported to be attacked by pests' infestation (rust/aphid) because of the prolonged wet spell and cloudy weather. According to a spokesman of the department, regular monitoring by Extension and Pest Warning staff is under way to avoid any eventuality.
The condition of Wheat crop, cultivated on an area of 16.5 million acres, is satisfactory as

KARACHI - The Sindh Home Department has received a list of areas prone to extortion and street crime, with town police officers submitting reports of cases registered in over 100 police stations of the city. A Home Department statement on Tuesday claimed that in light of these lists and recommendations, an action plan is now being chalked out. The Home Department has decided to deploy uniformed and plain-clothed policemen in the affected areas to investigate the cases, with Advisor on

KARACHI - Sindh Home Minister Dr Zulfiqar Ali Mirza has approved a proposal for the constitution of an oversight committee to operate the department's complaint centre on a public-private partnership basis. According to a Home Department statement issued on Sunday, the minister said that the proposal would be submitted to the Sindh chief minister for formal approval. The proposal was shaped by the Consultant on Home Affairs, Sharfuddin Memon for making the complaint centre more

LAHORE - The Punjab Finance Department has abolished eight posts of the clean drinking water project "in haste" without fulfilling the basic requirement of issuing a one-month prior notification, Pakistan Today has learnt.
The clean drinking water project is a federal government-funded project, which was handed over to the Local Government and Community Development Department of the Punjab government, but was stopped owing to downsizing drive of the government. But the funds

Lahore - The Punjab Health Department and UNICEF signed a two-year work plan 2011-12 worth $17.72 million on Saturday. The work plan is based on the agreement between the federal government and UNICEF while its main focus is to address the key issues related to timely achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) particularly those related to child and maternal health and nutrition.
Punjab Health Secretary Fawad Hassan Fawad said that the main objectives of the work plan

KARACHI - Following the directives of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, the officials of City District Government Karachi (CDGK) Anti-Encroachment Department on Friday razed two more illegal structures built on the city's parks. An anti-encroachment team, headed by District Officer Abdul Malik and Mansoor Ahmed Khan, demolished a football club office in Nishtar Park and a building in union council No 11 of Jamshed Town.
Though some sportsmen resisted the football club office's

KARACHI - Contractual workers of the Education Department returned to Karachi on Friday to protest the delay in turning their services permanent, but the police brutally crushed any attempts to demonstrate outside the Chief Minister's House - tear-gassing hundreds of lower-grade in protests that continued throughout the day.
On Friday morning, the Sindh Assembly had in fact unanimously passed a resolution to urge the Sindh chief minister to utilise his powers to regularise the

LAHORE - Accountability should be ensured to eradicate corruption in the police department so that speedy justice could be provided to the public and the force's image improved, Punjab Police Inspector General Javed Iqbal said on Sunday during a briefing by Multan Regional Police Officer Mubarak Ali Athar.
The IGP stressed upon the need for revolutionary measures for a change in "thana culture". There is a dire need of establishing friendly terms between police and the public,