Day: June 23, 2022

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SHC moved to change NA-245 Karachi by-poll date

KARACHI:Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP) on Thursday filed a petition in Sindh High Court (SHC), seeking to change the date of the Karachi NA-245 by-poll.

The petitioner stated that ECP had announced polling on July 27 which will affect voter turnout due to a working day. He pleaded with the court to direct ECP to conduct polling on NA-245 seat on July 31. The petition was filed by PSP Vice-Chairman Arshad Vohra.

The Sindh government, Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and others have been respondents in the plea. The Election Commission of Pakistan last Friday released schedule for the by-election in Karachi’s NA-245 constituency. According to the schedule, the polling for the vacant seat of the NA-245 constituency of Karachi will be held on July 27.

The candidates can submit their nomination papers from June 22 to 24, the election body said in a statement. The initial candidates’ list will be issued by the ECP on June 25 while the scrutiny of the papers will take place until June 27. The Returning Officers’ decision will be challengable until June 30.

Syed Nadeem Haider has been appointed as the returning officer for the by-election. The national assembly seat was vacated after the sudden death of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) MNA Aamir Liaquat Hussain on last Thursday.

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IGP orders accelerating drug-free Lahore campaign

LAHORE:Punjab IG Rao Sardar Ali Khan Thursday instructed the police to transfer the drug addicts to the rehabilitation centres, in order to make the provincial capital a drug-free city.

An action plan will be formulated in collaboration with the district administration, the department of health, social welfare and other interested agencies. The concrete steps will be taken to relocate and rehabilitate addicted drug addicts found on the city’s streets and sidewalks. An intelligence-based operation will be launched against the drug supply network, who supplies drugs them.

The IG said all departments have to work together to save youth from the scourge of drugs. In other cities, including Lahore, the crackdown on those involved in the buying and selling of modern drugs, ice, shisha and others will also intensify. An awareness campaign will be launched in collaboration with civil society in hostels, educational institutions and other public places.

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ECP to be moved to get Harnai as separate constituency

HARNAI:Committee formed by grand jirga (council) would file a case before the Election Commission of Pakistan to get district Harnai of Balochistan province notified as a separate constituency of Balochistan Provincial Assembly besides holding a press conference at Islamabad Press Club for highlighting the problems being confronted by the residents of district Harnai.

These views were expressed by speakers while addressing a “Grand Jirga” held at Town Committee Hall of district Harnai under the auspices of Harnai Bachao Tehreek (HBT) on Thursday. They said that no stone would be left unturned for highlighting the basic issues of Harnai, one of the backward districts of Balochistan province. Grand Jirga unanimously decided to form a “committee” under the leadership of Syed Yousaf Shah with Malik Akbar Khan Tarin, Fazal Khan Tarin, Kifayatullah Tarin, Hafizullah Tarin and Ramesh Kumar as other members of the committee with the task of filing a case before Election Commission of Pakistan to get district Harnai of Balochistan province notified as a separate constituency of Balochistan Provincial Assembly. It was also decided that the mentioned committee would also hold a press conference at Islamabad Press Club for highlighting the issues of district Harnai.

Grand Jirga was addressed by Syed Noor Muhammad Shah, Chairman, HBT, Malik Akbar Khan Tarin, Vice Chairman, Wali Dad Miani, district President, Awami National Party, Abdul Latif Tarin of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, Fazil Khan Tarin, President, Anjuman-e-Tajiran, Harnai, Kifayatullah Tarin, Malik Syed Nazir Pechi, Malik Inayatullah Tarin, Syed Zakir Shah, Syed Nazeer Shah, Syed Yousaf Shah, Abdul Manan Inqilabi and others.

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Wahab inspects different parts of Karachi after rains

KARACHI:Administrator Karachi, Sindh government’s Spokesman and CM Advisor on Law Barrister Murtaza Barrister Murtaza Wahab, visited different parts of the city after the rains on Wednesday night and inspected the drainage works.

Municipal Commissioner Syed Afzal Zaidi, Managing Director Sindh Solid Waste Management Board Zubair Channa and other officials were also present on the occasion. The administrator Karachi visited the adjoining areas in South District including II Chandragar Road, PIDC, Mai Kolachi Road, Saddar, Shaheen Complex, Teen Talwar Clifton, Burns Road and reviewed the situation after the rains.

He said that there were complaints of accumulation of water in some low lying areas. However, the staff of KMC and DMCs, Karachi Water and Sewerage Board and Sindh Solid Waste Management Board carried out drainage work on the roads expeditiously and the situation remained under control.

After visiting Wazir Mansion Garden, Barrister Murtaza Wahab reached Central District and visited KDA Chowrangi, Nagan Chowrangi, UP Morr and other areas and reviewed the drainage measures. He alao gave necessary instructions to the staff.

He directed to complete the cleaning of Qalandaria Nullah and Shadman Nullah so that the obstruction in drainage could be removed. On the occasion, Deputy Commissioner Central District Taha Saleem while giving details about drainage works to Administrator Karachi said that drainage works in low lying areas are in full swing.

Wahab directed that the presence of staff of relevant agencies should be ensured in the areas where drainage work is being done so that rain water does not accumulate in any part of the city. Later, the Administrator reached Karachi District East and inspected the adjoining areas including Guru Mandir, Mazar-e-Quaid, Tipu Sultan Road, Tariq Road and Gulistan Zafar Nullah.

He also visited Shahra-e-Faisal, Nursery, Karsaz, Sindhi Muslim Society and other adjoining areas and reviewed the drainage situation there. He said that drainage work was carried out in various low lying areas with heavy machinery and local government staff remained busy working on roads and low lying areas till nightfall.

“Every effort was made to ensure that the rains did not cause any inconvenience to the citizens,” he added. The Administrator Karachi also visited drains of west district which included Orangi Town and Qasba Morr.

Special Assistant to Chief Minister Sindh Ali Ahmad Khan, Municipal Commissioner KMC Syed Afzal Zaidi, local leaders of Pakistan Peoples Party West District, Senior Director Municipal Services Mazhar Khan and other officials were also present on the occasion. Wahab inspected the condition of these two drains and gave instructions to the concerned staff regarding their cleaning.

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(Commissioner Malakand Division orders strict action against encroachers)

PESHAWAR:An operation has been launched to curb illegal constructions, encroachments, and accumulation of debris along with the river Swat.

The decision to launch the anti-encroachment operation was taken at a high-level meeting chaired by Commissioner Malakand Division Shaukat Ali Yousafzai at Commissioner’s office Saidu Sharif on Thursday.

The meeting was attended by Regional Police Officer Malakand Division Zeeshan Asghar, Deputy Commissioner Swat Junaid Khan, District Police Officer Swat Zahid Nawaz Marwat, and other officials.

The meeting also approved the formation of a committee to work out a strategy for identifying the encroachments and other illegal activities along with the river Swat.

The Assistant Commissioner Bahrain will chair the Committee and SDO Irrigation and TMO Bahrain will be part of the Committee. SDO Irrigation has been assigned the responsibility of identifying encroachments under the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa River Protection Act amended 2014.

Chairing the meeting, Commissioner Malakand Division expressed outrage over illegal constructions and debris being dumped around the Swat River and said that such behavior toward the natural environment especially with the Swat River is intolerable. He said strict action should be taken against the encroachers.

Shaukat Ali Yousafzai said that a committee is being formed to move forward under a comprehensive plan. On the other hand, the committee has started its work and on the recommendations of the committee, the Swat district administration has sent 21 people to jail under section 3 of the maintenance of public order ordinance.

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(PM directs to prepare practical proposals for development of mining sector)

ISLAMABAD:Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has directed to prepare practical proposals for the development of the mining sector in the country.

He was talking to a delegation of All Pakistan Mines and Minerals Association here in Islamabad on Thursday. The Prime Minister directed to make full use of the coal in Thar and Lakhra as well as the iron ore discovered at Mianwali and Chiniot.

During the meeting, different proposals were discussed for harnessing high quality coal, iron ore and other precious minerals. The Prime Minister directed the relevant authorities to utilize modern technology so that the country’s valuable foreign exchange could be saved by locally producing maximum share of raw materials, which is used in power generation and other industries.

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(President advises students to develop critical and analytical thinking skills)

ISLAMABAD:President Dr Arif Alvi has advised the students to develop critical and analytical thinking skills to overcome biases inherent in human nature for judicious decision-making.

He said the youth needed to be trained to sift through the mass of information and discern misinformation and fake news from accurate information for making intelligent and informed judgments. The President said this while talking to the students of Cadet College, Murree, who called on him, here at Aiwan-e-Sadr, on Thursday.

Talking to the students, the President advised them to keep the doors of knowledge open throughout their lives and learn from past experiences as well as utilize the knowledge and information made readily available to them by Information Technology.

He also urged the students to draw inspiration from the life and conduct of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) as well as learn lessons from the lives of successful persons. This, he said, would enrich them intellectually and socially besides making them a better and more useful person for the benefit of society and the country.

The President said Quaid-e-Azam used to hold students in great esteem and encouraged them to actively participate in Pakistan’s Freedom Movement to carve a separate homeland for the Muslims of India. While replying to a question, the President said that as the President of Pakistan he had been working for safeguarding women’s property rights, the welfare and education of differently-abled persons, and promoting the use of Information Technology in all sectors of national importance.

He said Pakistan needed to increase the number of skilled IT human resources to fill the ever-widening gap between demand and supply of IT professionals in the country and around the world. Replying to another question, the President said that human resources in addition to natural resources were the essential ingredients for nations to make sustained and fast-track development.

He said in the absence of skilled Human Resources, the natural resources remained untapped and unexploited, thus, hampering a country’s progress. He emphasized that our educational institutions should be fully geared to multiply their capacity to produce highly skilled human resources by adopting online and hybrid methods of imparting knowledge and skills to their students. This, he added, would ensure a steady supply of skilled professionals capable of effectively utilizing our unexploited natural resources.