Tag: Sindh

Ministry and State Bank pave the way for Sindh Bank

KARACHI
The Ministry of Finance and the State Bank of Pakistan have in principle approved the establishment of Sindh Bank Limited (SBL), Pakistan Today learnt Wednesday.
However, the central bank would issue a formal license to the provincial government only when the latter fulfills the regulatory conditions required for the development of a bank.
The Sindh government, in a meeting of the Revenue Department held at the Sindh Chief Minister House under the chairmanship

Environment Ministry to set up nature clubs in Sindh schools

KARACHI
To create environmental awareness at primary and secondary levels, the Sindh ministry of environment has decided to set up Nature Clubs in schools across the province, Sindh Environment Minister Khalid Omer said while addressing a gathering on the occasion of the tree-plantation campaign organized by the World Wildlife Fund - Pakistan and the Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) under the 'Green Learn-n-Fun Programme' in collaboration with the City District Government Karachi

Sindh govt stops funds for dengue cure

KARACHI
As the number of cases of the deadly mosquito-borne disease Dengue is on the rise, Health Minister Sindh Dr Sagheer Ahmed has warned that the number of cases this year is much higher than the total number registered in last three years, adding that the government needed to take an immediate notice of the situation.
The government, least interested, has stopped the release of the annually allocated Rs 20 million for the treatment and prevention of the disease and has

Flood survivors from Sindh feel neglected in Shahdara

LAHORE: Someone once said that Punjab is mother, and a mother feeds without discrimination. Having similar thought in mind, a group of flood victims made their way to Lahore in search for life.
It is needless to explain what all they lost in flood but it is important to explain what they did not; it was courage. Six families got aboard a flood effectee train and found themselves in Lahore without shelter, without money - but with hope.
The families left their home village

Ruckus in PA as PPP berates PML-N’s attack on Sindh govt

LAHORE: The Punjab Assembly on Wednesday was the scene of a uproar after a Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) legislator made a derogatory comment against the Sindh government, while the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) reciprocated in the same coin.
The tense situation arose when the coalition partners - the PPP and PML-N - charged each other with corruption and some PPP lawmakers staged a token walkout from the House over the presence of Prosecution Secretary Rana Maqbool in the

Sindh government and HESCO finally resolve to resolve disputes

KARACHI: In a bid to settle the long running dispute between the Sindh government and the Hyderabad Electric Supply Corporation (HESCO) over outstanding dues of Rs27 billion; the two entities have composed field committees to properly scrutinize the details of the case.
The field committees, constituted of officials of both the Sindh government and HESCO, would evaluate the electricity bills issued to the sub-department of the provincial government in various districts excluding

Sindh industrial directorate a shadow of itself

KARACHI: The directorate of industries of the Sindh government has almost no discretionary powers to maintain a check upon industrial units and no longer is in a position to facilitate the implementation process of new projects and smooth operations in existing industries.
The directorate, located in the Sindh Secretariat, once a proud bastion of the state prior to 1991, today presents a deserted look with hardly a visitor to boast of, as all its functions have gradually been

Sindh to take up PSDP funds’ blockade in CCI meeting

KARACHI
The Sindh government will take up the matter of financing the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) schemes worth Rs 277 billion in the upcoming meeting of the Council of Common Interest (CCI) so that the vital projects could be completed on time, Pakistan Today learnt on Sunday.
Sources said the Centre had withheld the funding of the PSDP 2010-11 in the province citing financial problems.
The provincial government has time and again approached the Ministry

Winter, weekly holidays cancelled in Sindh institutions

The Sindh government has decided to cancel all winter vacations for schools and colleges while the weekly holiday of Saturday has also been cancelled to compensate for the educational losses incurred due to the recent floods.
Sindh Education Minister Pir Mazharul Haq chaired a meeting at the Sindh Secretariat in which it was decided to postpone the annual examinations of Matriculation and Intermediate by 15 days. The meeting was also attended by the Sindh education secretary,