Tag: Sindh

KARACHI: In light of the recent terrorist attack on the Crime Investigation Department (CID) office, the provincial assembly speaker has called a high-level meeting at the Sindh Assembly Secretariat today to review security arrangements for the assembly premises, Pakistan Today has learnt.
After the devastating bombing of the CID headquarters that left at least 17 people dead, security at all government installations including the assembly premises had been put on high alert.

LARKANA: Eid-ul-Azha was celebrated in all parts of Larkana, Kamber-Shahdadkot, Shikarpur, Jacobabad and Kandhkot-Kashmore districts on Wednesday with traditional religious festivity, enthusiasm and fervour. Eid prayers were offered at Larkana, Warah, Ratodero, Sijawal Junejo, Qubo Saeed Khan, Dokri, Bakrani, Nasirabad, Naudero, Shikarpur, Garhi Yaseen, Ratodero, Kamber, Shahdadkot, Jacobabad, Thull, Kandhkot and Kashmore at more than 660 mosques, imam bargahs, open places, parks,

KARACHI: Forty eight more patients were tested positive for dengue fever in Sindh including 28 in Karachi on Tuesday, increasing the total number to 3,072, of which 2,610 are from Karachi and 462 are from other districts.
The government has yet to start a fumigation campaign in Karachi and other cities and towns of the province. The sale of mosquito repellents and insecticides has also increased following the dengue virus outbreak.

ISLAMABAD: The legislation on imposing the Flood Tax will be presented in the Sindh Assembly for approval in the next few days, Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah said on Sunday.
Giving a presentation on mobilising additional resources for the flood victims of the province at the Pakistan Development Forum (PDF), he said that the intended Flood Tax would be a surcharge and collected in addition to the existing provincial taxes, fees and provincial levies.
Although there was

KARACHI: Pakistan People's Party Sindh has urged the federal government to remove all the obstacles in the way of Sindh receiving international help directly to start rehabilitation and reconstruction programme that the provincial government had prepared.
PPP Sindh General Secretary Taj Haider, in his statement, said the province continued to suffer as the resources needed for draining out the standing water and rehabilitation were not reaching it expeditiously. Looking at the

KARACHI: The Sindh Assembly on Friday unanimously passed a censure resolution against Thursday's attack at the Crime Investigation Department (CID) office in the provincial metropolis.
The censure resolution was jointly tabled by Muttahida Qaumi Movement's deputy parliamentary leader and Sindh Youth Affairs Minister Faisal Sabzwari, Leader of Opposition Jam Madad Ali, National People's Party's Arif Mustafa Jatoi and Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid's (PML-Q) Shehryar Maher.
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KARACHI: A powerful blast at the CID Civil Lines building on Thursday damaged the Sindh Chief Minister's House and other buildings including the city's major hotels situated in the area.
According to the spokesman for the Chief Minister's House, Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah was present at his residence at the time of the blast. "It was a strong blast and it damaged the windowpanes and vases inside the Chief Minister's House," the spokesman said.
"Initially we thought that a

KARACHI: The Sindh government has decided to approach the European Union (EU) to benefit from the Research Fund for Coal and Steel (RFCS) in its quest to develop the Thar and Badin coalfields and overcoming the persistent energy crisis, Pakistan Today has learnt.
It would also seek the latest research data and information on the underground coal gasification technology from the EU that would assist in harnessing the coalfields.
Direct funding from the RFCS is restricted to

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

KARACHI: President Asif Ali Zardari has said the Sindh government should improve by December 31, warning that otherwise the entire setup of the provincial government would be changed.
In a meeting chaired by the president at the Bilawal House, the Sindh government had presented its new plan of action for the reconstruction of the flood-affected areas.
An insider present at the meeting told Pakistan Today that President Zardari expressed displeasure on the dismal performance

KARACHI: The officials of the Sindh Irrigation Department have used the recent flashfloods as an excuse to shamelessly embezzle funds as the country struggles to get back on its feet, a report by Pakistan Today revealed.
Two years ago, the current Singh Irrigation and Power Minister Jam Saifullah Dharejo was replaced by Syed Murad Ali Shah by the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) government because of the charges of corruption against him.
Dharejo used his influence and was

KARACHI: The Sindh Assembly on Tuesday unanimously passed a motion against Transparency International over what they said was an attempt to malign the country by releasing the "purported" ratings of Pakistan on the World Corruption Index.
PPP's Sharjeel Inam Memon moved the motion on an out-of-turn basis that was passed unanimously by the House. MQM's MPA Heer Sohu objected on moving the motion out-of-turn, but Deputy Speaker Shahla Raza rejected her complaint. Earlier SIndh Law

KARACHI: The Sindh government is planning to place a bounty on the heads of criminals involved in the assassinations in Karachi, Home Minister Dr Zulfiqar Mirza told the Sindh Assembly on Monday.
"There is no amnesty for the criminals who surrender," he said during the Question Hour. Mirza said that from May to October 2010, 822 kidnapping had been registered in the province and out of them, 520 had taken place in Karachi.
At least 56 honour killings occurred during the same

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah on Monday denied an opposition member's allegation that Watan cards were not being distributed properly among flood survivors.
Responding to an adjournment motion on Watan cards by the opposition's Arif Mustafa Jatoi Qaim said, "The Sindh government has allocated Rs 20 billion for Watan cards only one-fourth of flood survivors have been able to obtain the cards so far and this process will continue for four more months.
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KARACHI: President Asif Ali Zardari has asked his party ministers in Sindh to start preparing for the local government elections slated to be held within six months, Fauzia Wahab told the media after the president's meeting with the party's provincial ministers at the Bilawal House on Monday.
The president was briefed on the performance and problems of the Sindh government's Home, Finance, Irrigation, Education and Excise departments. Giving the details of the meeting, Wahab said

KARACHI: The Sindh Health Department is using Rs 7.5 million from different heads of the annual budget to buy mega-unit platelet bags for dengue patients that will be handed over to health executive district officers (EDOs) throughout the province, Sindh Health Minister Dr Sagheer Ahmed said on Sunday.
"The health department has so far conducted dengue tests on 3,371 people throughout Sindh, and 1,816 have tested positive for the disease, including 1,704 in Karachi and 112 in

KARACHI: The Hindus throughout Sindh have made all the preparations to celebrate the biggest Hindu festival of Diwali or Deepawali, which would be celebrated on Friday, November, 05.
Diwali, the festival of lights, is celebrated every year between mid-October and mid-November, to remember the return of Hindu god Rama to his kingdom Ayodhya from the forest, after 14 years of exile. It also celebrates Rama's success in a war against the 'devil' king of Lanka, Raavan. Hindus, Sikhs