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KARACHI - Sindh Katchi Abadis and Spatial Development Minister Engineer Muhammad Rafique assured the protesting lower staff employees of the Education Department on Saturday that their issue would be resolved on priority basis. The minister told the employees, who were protesting outside the press club, he said that they would be regularised after the Sindh Assembly reviews the legal aspects for this purpose.

LAHORE - Joining enemies of the Valentines Day, the Punjab Excise and Taxation Department on Monday rolled over its sleeves to check all Valentine parties, musical shows, dance functions and other entertainment events, which were being held without obtaining the valid No Objection Certificate (NOC) from the department.
The Pearl Continental Hotel, Royal Palm Golf and Country Club and the Park Plaza received NOCs to avoid any unpleasant situation during the Valentines Day. But

KARACHI - The Sindh Prisons Department completed a total of 39 development schemes with a cost of $79.81 million in the period between 2008 and 2011, whereas additional space for 950 prisoners was also created, Pakistan Today has learnt.
According to official documents, a total of 12 schemes with a cost of $15.78 million of the Prisons Department are in progress, whereas five schemes with a cost of $23.69 million have been approved and two others are in approval process with the

KARACHI - Members of the All-Pakistan National Lady Health Worker (LHW) Employees Association, which is part of the women's wing of the Pakistan Paramedical Staff Association, protested on Saturday outside the Karachi Press Club against delays in the issuance of salaries and petrol allowance.
The association's provincial president, Khairunnisa Ehsan, demanded that the workers' salaries be released immediately. "If the government has money to cover non-essential expenses, why does

KARACHI - The Sindh government has established a new cell to take over the responsibilities of the public-private partnership unit being run by the Finance Department after failing to ensure that development schemes are properly implemented
The main objective of establishing the new cell is to achieve the goals, which the government had set, sources told Pakistan Today.
A few months ago, Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah had directed the additional chief secretary

KARACHI - Sindh Board of Revenue's Land Utilisation department has provided 1,000 acres around the Keenjhar Lake in Thatta to the Sindh Tourism Department to promote tourism in the area.
Sindh Chief Minister's Adviser on Tourism Imtiaz Ahmed Shaikh disclosed this during a meeting of the Gorakh Hill Development Authority (GHDA). The meeting was also attended by Sindh Tourism Secretary Shahid Gulzar and GHDA Director General Abdul Qadir Mangi among other officers.
Shaikh said

KARACHI: Following a protest campaign by the heritage enthusiasts, the Sindh government has taken notice of the illegal construction at the centuries-old historical mosque built in the times of Arab warrior Mohammad Bin Qasim in Aror Sharif near Rohri in Sukkur district.
Sindh Culture Minister Sassui Palijo announced that she would visit the site on Tuesday and personally observe the construction work with her department officials.
Palijo had ordered to stop the construction

OKARA: Anti-corruption Deputy Director Khalid Mehmood and Circle Officer Mian Muhammad Anwar, while talking to correspondents on International Anti-Corruption day, said that they were struggling hard to eliminate corrupt employees from the department.
Millions of corrupted amount has also been recovered from the corrupt employees, whereas, cases have also been registered against dozens of such employees, they said. Khalid said the majority of the complaints were from the Police

LAHORE: The Punjab Olympic Association is finding it increasingly difficult to lift the level of sports in the province given the insufficient finances, improper infrastructure and above all the unsupportive behaviour of the Punjab Sports department.
Talking to this scribe, Secretary POA Idris Haider Khawaja said that without the support of the government and the sports department, sports cannot flourish in the province. His association and all other sports bodies are in a fix

KARACHI: On the directive of President Asif Ali Zardari, a new provincial department for rehabilitation of flood victims has been established with Muzaffar Shujra as its first minister while it has also been decided to post Syed Asad Ali Shah as the Sindh Bank president.
President Zardari during his meeting with the Sindh government high-ups has issued directives that for a speedy rehabilitation of flood victims in the province, a separate department would be established. And

LAHORE: Dr Abdul Ghaffar, Punjab University (PU) Geography Department chairman and PU Academic Staff Association (PUASA) vice president, has demanded the varsity administration to take action against certain elements after receiving life threats from some PU employees, Pakistan Today has learnt.
Some PU faculty members, including PUASA members, had given life threats to Ghaffar, as they wanted some favours and concessions from the geography department chairman. Certain people

KARACHI:
All shrines sealed after the 'twin' suicide attacks at the city's patron saint Hazrat Abdullah Shah Ghazi (RA)'s shrine were reopened after Sindh Home Department gave the green light.
"There are mosques in vicinity of most shrines. Those who want to offer prayers there were facing difficulties and that is why we have ordered to open them (shrines)," Sindh Auqaf Chief Administrator Manzoor Kanasro told Pakistan Today.
Earlier on Thursday, the provincial Home