Tag: Sindh

KARACHI - In order to restrict the entry of Punjab's wheat into Sindh and ensure the sale of its available wheat stocks, the provincial government has imposed Section 144 on the borders, it has been learnt.
Well-placed sources told Pakistan Today that on Friday, the Sindh Food Department forwarded a letter to the Home Department, asking the latter to impose restriction at the provincial borders and instruct the local police to check the movement of wheat particularly from the

KARACHI - Media personnel boycotted the Sindh Assembly (SA) session on Friday, refusing to report on the happenings inside the house, in protest against the murder of Wali Khan Babar.
Babar, a reporter associated with the Geo News, was gunned down in Liaquatabad on Thursday evening, in what is believed to be a targeted killing incident.
The journalists gathered at the staircase near the assembly's main entrance and staged a protest sit-in. They chanted slogans demanding the

KARACHI - Declaring the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) supply route from Karachi to Kabul for the allied forces in Afghanistan unsafe, the federal government has asked the home departments of Sindh and Balochistan to adopt a foolproof security plan for the itinerary, sources in the Sindh Home Department told Pakistan Today.
They said that the NATO supply route is under attack by unidentified suspects, whereas goods transporters are being uncooperative with the

KARACHI - Sindh Food Minister Nadir Magsi has urged the Federal government to either discontinue the supply of wheat flour (Atta) from Punjab to Sindh, province or allow the Sindh government to export its wheat abroad. The Sindh government has around 900,000 metric tones wheat in its warehouses, Magsi said at the Sindh Assembly (SA) session on Thursday, arguing that this needed to be sold at the earliest for fear of the food supplies frittering away "Sindh is unable to sell its wheat

KARACHI - The Sindh Assembly (SA) showered its blessings on fisherfolk and lawyers, with two bills being passed into law on Thursday that offer greater livelihood opportunities for both.
The first Bill, Sindh Fisheries (Amendment) Bill-2011 cancels all leases granted for the fishing trade. In their place, the government will issue licenses for fishing to the fisherfolk community. For the first time, the government also sought to define a "fisherman," with the logic aimed at

KARACHI - The Sindh Assembly on Wednesday passed the Sindh Regulation and Control of Disposable Syringes Bill- 2010, declaring the reuse and sale of disposable syringes in the province a non-bailable offence and punishing offenders with two-year imprisonment.
Sindh Law Minister Ayaz Soomro moved the bill, and Health Minister Dr Saghir Ahmed briefed the members about its salient features. Speaker Nisar Ahmed Khuhro put the bill before the house for voting, and it was passed

KARACHI - President Asif Ali Zardari is loved by all. Such is the affection that Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah and Home Minister Zulfiqar Mirza graced the Assembly session on Wednesday with their presence, Muttahida Qaumi Movement's (MQM) Sardar Ahmed nodded vociferously when the chief minister waxed lyrical about his party's chief, National People's Party's (NPP) Arif Mustafa Jatoi had no objections, and Law Minister Ayaz Soomro presented his best toady self. We all love Asif

KARACHI - A privilege motion submitted by Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid's (PML-Q) Shaharyar Mahar -bedded in a controversy over land utilised by the Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Sukkur - triggered a fracas at the Sindh Assembly session on Tuesday.
Acting Speaker Shehla Raza rejected the privilege motion despite acquiescing to allow a discussion on the matter to go ahead while she deliberated with the Assembly secretary whether the motion was permissible in the fist

KARACHI - A meeting of the National Educational Conference Sindh chapter was held on Monday at the Sindh Madressatul Islam (SMI) College under the chairmanship of its principal Dr Muhammad Ali Sheikh.
The meeting reviewed the preparatory arrangements for the conference.Addressing the meeting, Sheikh said the conference, scheduled to be held from January 21 to 28 in Islamabad, is being organised after many years. The SMI College also announced that its 12-member delegation would

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 - There has been no let-up in gender-based violence in Sindh, reveals a six-month report compiled by the Aurat Foundation (AF) in collaboration with Irish NGO Trocaire.
PML-F MPA Marvi Rashdi, AF Karachi Resident Director Mahnaz Rahman, AF representatives Shireen Aijaz and Fareeda Tahir, and others formally launched the report titled 'Policy and Data Monitor on Violence against Women' based on the period between July and December 2010, at the Karachi Press Club on

KARACHI - A meeting of the National Educational Conference Sindh chapter was held on Monday at the Sindh Madressatul Islam (SMI) College under the chairmanship of its principal Dr Muhammad Ali Sheikh.
The meeting reviewed the preparatory arrangements for the province's eight participating federal educational institutions and took important decisions in this respect.

KARACHI - Over 2,000 security personnel deployed with VVIPs of Sindh have been sent back to their head offices, while the personal details of more than 1,000 personnel of law enforcement agencies will be sent to intelligence agencies for vetting, Pakistan Today has learnt.
According to the data of the Home Department, important personalities of Sindh enjoy the security of more than 8,000 police personnel and 4,000 personnel of other intelligence agencies. The assassination of

KARACHI - Fifty branches of Sindh Bank would be opened in the province with one branch in each of the 23 districts and two branches would be established in every divisional headquarters, the CEO of the bank, Muhammad Bilal Shaikh said on Monday.
The remaining branches would be established at various business centres in Sindh and other provinces, he added. Shaikh was speaking at the Sindh Bank Board of Directors meeting at the Chief Minister's House. The meeting was presided over

KARACHI - The expected changes in the Sindh Cabinet have been postponed, Pakistan Today learnt on Monday. The anticipated changes in the Home, Local Government and Education ministries were put on hold after the PPP's announcement that it would not present the bill for restoring the commissionerate system in Sindh.
Three suggestions are currently being deliberated, sources told Pakistan Today. The first was to replace Provincial Home Minister Dr Zulfiqar Mirza by Nisar Khuhro and

KARACHI - Glowing tributes will be paid to Zulfikar Ali Bhutto on his birth anniversary on January 5, Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah said on Sunday.
He said that the PPP workers will pledge to follow the philosophy and ideology of ZA Bhutto and Benazir Bhutto and to remain united and organised under the leadership of President Asif Ali Zardari.
He also directed all the district wings of the party to organise programmes in their respective areas and encouraged PPP

KARACHI - The MQM on Sunday said all issues of contention with the government pertained to the federal level, therefore the party would not be leaving the Sindh government.
Addressing a press briefing outside the party headquarters, MQM spokesman Faisal Sabzwari said, "The Rabita Committee did not discuss tabling a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani. We will not leave the coalition partnership in Sindh, because all issues we have relate to the federal