Tag: Sindh

KARACHI - The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Tuesday directed the provincial government to dismiss Kambar Shahdadkot District Coordination Officer (DCO) Ghulam Qadir along with all the DCOs in the province without the required qualification.
District Management Group Officer Gul Hassan Channa had filed a constitutional petition under Article No 199 of the Constitution through his counsel, Advocate Abrar Hassan, challenging the direction of the Sindh government on the appointment of

KARACHI - Despite running a mass drive against polio across Sindh since 1995, the Sindh government has yet to eradicate polio from the province. However, Sindh Chief Minister's Adviser on Information Sharmila Farooqui justified the failure on Tuesday.
Talking to a delegation of doctors and field workers at her office, Farooqui said that the provincial government had failed due to deteriorating environmental conditions, improper sewerage system and malnutrition - factors that play

KARACHI: The Sindh government has allocated lands in different divisions of provincial headquarters, including Karachi, for allotment of plots to the families of army officers and government servants who died in the war against terror.
Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah has recently approved a summary for earmarking 300 acres of land in Karachi and 100 acres in each divisional headquarter for the families of martyrs.
In pursuance of the decision, the provincial government

MIRPURKHAS - Upon visiting graveyards in several districts of Sindh during Ashura, relatives discovered that land-mafia had grabbed the land that was once a resting place for the deceased.
Pakistan Today found out in a survey that more then 200 grave yards in Mirpurkhas, Umerkot, Sanghar, Tnado Allahyar, Jam Shoro, Hyderabad, Nawabshah and other districts of Sindh were occupied by land-grabbers and markets, mosques and Imam Barghas had been constructed on them.
In

KARACHI: PPP Sindh Media Cell In-charge Sharjeel Inam Memon's prompt move to back Sindh Home Minister Dr Zulfiqar Mirza following the MQM's 10-day notice to the PPP over the home minister's tirade against the party clearly suggests a shift in the PPP's political strategy in the province.
People closely watching the PPP's politics are of the view that due to the changing political situation in the country, the PPP would quickly distance itself from the MQM in the coming days in an

KARACHI: The Ministry of Water and Power has instructed the Sindh government to obtain clearance from the Indus River Commission to draw some 100 cusecs of water from the Makhi-Farash Link Canal (Chotiari Reserve Phase-II) for Thar coalfields, Pakistan Today has learnt.
Sources said that the Sindh government's Coal and Energy Development Department had approached the MoWP for permission to ensure availability of water at coalfields from Makhi-Farash Link Canal - a project that is

KARACHI: The Sindh government has acquired 20,000 acres of land in Thatta and Badin to set up crab and shrimp farms - a plan aimed at consolidating the dwindling fishing industry, which is suffering due to a ban on fish imports from Pakistan, and helping fishermen capitalise on market opportunities in Karachi.
This was disclosed by the provincial Fisheries Director General Ghulam Mohammad Mahar while addressing a seminar organised by the Indus for All Programme, WWF-Pakistan.

KARACHI: Following the devolution of Federal Zakat and Ushr Ministry under the 18th Constitutional Amendment, plans are underway to establish the Sindh Zakat Administration, Pakistan Today has learnt.
Sindh's Zakat & Ushr Department has a forwarded a summary to the Law Department for vetting of the proposed legislation required for setting up the authority, as well as the approval of chief minister, sources told Pakistan Today.
Prior to the devolution of the Zakat ministry

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister's Adviser on Information Sharmila Farooqui on Wednesday reiterated that the government is commitment towards safeguarding the rights of the children and stressed the need for public-private partnership ventures to achieve this task.
"The civil society, NGOs, volunteers, philanthropists, international development partners, media, corporate sector and particularly the children themselves should come forward and play their role to bring an end to

MIRPURKHAS: Panic and fear have spread in parts of lower Sindh, following the rise in under-ground water level due to recent devastating floods. The residents of these areas fear it could threaten the foundations of their buildings as the water starts oozing out at two feet of digging, while in some areas water just seeps out of the ground.
Owners of various big buildings and houses in Mirpurkhas, Umerkot, Sanghar and Tharparkar districts told Pakistan Today on Tuesday that their

MIRPURKHAS: Sindh police have failed to find its constable, who went missing six years ago. The constable, Abrar Ahmad, 29, was performing his duty in Umerkot district, when he was first reported missing in 2004. The miserable mother of the missing Abrar told Pakistan Today that he had gone to his work at Shadi Palli police station on Oct 4, 2004 but never returned.
Munni Begum, 70, with tears in her eyes said that when after ten days of wait, he did not return, her other son

KARACHI: The Sindh government on Monday appointed Naheed Durrani, the daughter of Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah, as secretary Education Department while Ahmed Bux Narejo was appointed the new secretary to Sindh chief minister.
Narejo was waiting for posting while Durrani was serving as the Planning and Development Department secretary.
In another possible reshuffle, the provincial government has directed Mohammad Younus Dhaga, serving as the Sindh Investment Board Managing

KARACHI: Fissures have emerged among members of the Sindh Bar Council (SBC), with Sindhi-speaking lawyers forming a panel of their own ahead of the Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) polls on December 22 in an attempt to combat "discrimination on ethnic basis," Pakistan Today has learnt.
Two panels had traditionally existed in the SBC; one led by Rasheed A Rizvi and the other by Yasin Azad. A third panel has now emerged, and is being led by SBC Vice-Chairman Ali Muhammad Dahiry

KARACHI: A case was registered against Chief Minister's Adviser Jehangir Dilawar Khanji at the Darakhshan police station on Friday for harassing and torturing a custom officer. According to the police, Customs Assistant Collector Mrs Shah Bano lodged a report against Khanji under articles 452, 506, 337, 34 and 252 of the Pakistan Penal Code.
"The allegations against me are baseless and I am not aware of any report lodged against me," Khanji told Pakistan Today. Sources said that

KARACHI: The Sindh government is likely to a form a joint venture with a Chinese firm, Asia Pacific for setting up combined effluent treatment plants (CETPs) in Karachi's industrial areas with an equity ratio of 20:80 between the two partners, sources told Pakistan Today.
The Chinese firm along with its joint venture partners recently expressed interest to invest in establishing CETPs in Karachi's industrial areas to abate environment pollution and promote cost-effective

KARACHI: The Sindh government has asked the Interior Ministry to ensure that the Pakistan Army stays prepared during Muharram 8, 9 and 10 in case it has to be called out to maintain law and order during these sensitive days. The Home Department has made this request in a letter recently dispatched to the Interior Ministry.
"Even though there is no need to deploy troops in the province, they will only remain alert to help the law enforcing agencies in case any major incident takes

KARACHI: The Sindh government has decided that a letter with serious reservations would be sent to the federal government about the delay in the transfer of assets and funds of the five departments transferred to the provinces by the centre.
The decision was made in a meeting at the Chief Minister's House headed by Qaim Ali Shah. The meeting reviewed various matters related to the transfer of the five departments from the federal government in accordance with the 18th