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Swat: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Directorate of Science and Technology (DoST) will hold third science competition “Regional Science Olympiad” in Swat on Sunday.

The open competition for young scientists includes science and technology based innovative ideas, research, models, prototypes and projects among schools, colleges, universities and general public.

Those interested to participate can register themselves on the Directorate’s website ‘www.dost.kp.gov.pk’ by fifteenth of this month.

GARHI KHUDA BUX: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that he was not invited to a recent meeting of Prime Minister held at Governor House.

Talking to media here on Tuesday after offering Fateha at the graves of Bhutto leaders, he said when the prime minister cannot control his ministers how he could reply my questions.

Shah arrived here to review arrangements for the of 40th death anniversary of PPP founder Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.

Shah said schemes of Rs162 billion for Karachi are just tall claims. He said they don’t have any expectations from Imran Niazi.

He said people should not be given commitments which are not meant to be fulfilled. He said such announcements were also made by two former prime ministers, Mian Nawaz Sharif and Shahid Khaqan Abbasi but practically nothing was received. He said over Rs120 billion are to be given to Sindh, and now FBR itself is saying that they will not be able to collect Rs480 billion s due to which Sindh and other provinces will be badly affected. He said he don’t know why elected representatives of other three provinces are silent on this issue.

Shah said that NICVD is a project of Sindh Government but it will be affected due to meager resources besides other reasons, adding however, I am myself monitoring its expenditures.

Advisor Murtaza Wahab, Ramesh Lal and others were also present.

Shah said he is unaware about the arrest of Muzaffar Tappi and he had watched such news.

Mirpurkhas:SSP Mirpurkhas Abid Ali Baloch has suspended SHO Khan police station for delaying body samples of a first year medical girl student Saima who was found dead from Jumrao Canal near Mirpurkhas. The body samples were scheduled to be sent to Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences Jamshoro for laboratory test, but they were delay.

Mystery shrouded medical student Saima’s death near Mirpurkhas after government teams dug her grave, conducted an autopsy and collected samples of her body for laboratory test.

The local administration in presence of a Medical Board made under the supervision of Judicial Magistrate Judicial Magistrate Mirpurkhas Ms Kanwal dug out the grave of an 18-year-old medical student girl, Saima alias Bibi Marri, who was earlier reported to have committed suicide in Jumrao Canal within Khan police station limits near Mirpurkhas on March 8.

The medical board conducted an autopsy and took samples of the girl’s body for medical examination. Saima, daughter of Maula Bux Marri, was the resident of Karachi’s Gadap town. The girl had been laid to rest at Lashkar Shah Graveyard without informing police. The issue got attention of police when news about girl’s burial without Kafan dress appeared on social medial, sources told PPI.

Later, on the directives of top officials, SSP Mirpurkhas Abid Ali Baloch written a letter to a local court for getting permission to dig the girl’s grave and form a medical board for an autopsy.

On the permission of the court, Director General Health formed a medical board headed by Dr Naik Mohammad Bhatti and comprising Police Surgeon Syed Khalid Shah, Dr Tanveer, Dr Abdul Waheed and lady doctor Reehana. Under the supervision of Judicial Magistrate Mirpurkhas Ms Kanwal, the board team assisted by staff dug the grave, conducted an autopsy on the body and took the body samples for laboratory test.

On March 8, Samia visited a relative’s house in Siddique Marri village after which she was returning on a bike with his cousin Mohammad Bux Marri when incident of her drowning in Jumrao canal happed. A case was also already registered against three persons.

Bannu:Two persons died when a speedy tractor-trolley ran over them in Miryan area of Bannu on Monday morning.

According to police, the dead include a mother and her child.

LARKANA:The members of Sindh Abadgar Board (SAB) held a protest demonstration in front of local press club here on Monday against non-establishment of wheat procurement centers in Sindh.

SAB Larkana President Irfan Jatoi, Nazir Memon, Muhammad Siddique, Ali Asghar Brohi and others participated in the demonstration. They complained before media that Sindh government had so far failed to announce any policy about purchasing wheat from the tillers.

They said no wheat procurement centers had yet been established in the entire province due to which traders were busy in looting poor growers and farmers with both hands.

They said wheat was being purchased by the grain merchants at Rs 1050 per 40 kg which was very much below the required rate as the costs of seed, pesticides, POL and fertilizers had gone very high. They alleged that Sindh government and food and agriculture departments were still in deep sleep due to which economic murder of the growers was continuing since previous year.

They said: “If government did not take any foolproof measures quickly this year then it is feared that growers will suffer huge losses during the current year as well. They urged PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari to take notice of the issue and save poverty-stricken farmers or else, they warned, they will file a constitutional petition in the Sindh High Court on Wednesday.

Hyderabad:The Matriculation examinations of all boards began across Sindh on Monday amid cheating at various centers, particularly in interior Sindh. Cheating was reported in Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur, Larkana, Mirpurkhas, Nawabshah, Khairpur and other districts of the province, where students used mobile phones and other means to cheat the examination.

In Karachi, two external students were held for giving examinations in place of their associates. In Tharushah, police arrested 11 people for helping students in cheating during the examination. Students used WhatsApp group for cheating in Tando Jam. In Sanghar, examination started late due to delay in arrival of question paper.

In Thatta, students faced trouble due to mismanagement at examination centers caused by external people.

In Naundero, hundreds of girl students of Government Girls Higher Secondary School, Naundero, appeared in annual examination without electricity. School Principal Nausheen Khokhar told newsmen that Pole Mounted Transformer had been closed eight days ago by Sepco authorities without prior notice despite payment. She said two years back former education secretary Abdul Aziz Uqaili had also promised to provide solar system to this major school within two months but his commitments also proved false and no solar system had so far been installed despite passage of two long years and new education secretary forgot all promises made by his predecessor, she added.

Students said that they remained busy in using answer copies as hand fans because of hot weather and demanded of PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and provincial education minister Syed Sardar Shah to provide solar system to the girls school of Bhutto leader’s hometown.

In Larkana, Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE), Larkana, has claimed that they carried out 135 copy cases on first day of annual SSC examinations 2019 and 93 cases of impersonation were also caught by their teams out of which 19 were in Larkana, 62 in Kambar-Shahdadkot, 5 in Shikarpur, 7 in Dadu and ironically they could not capture any case in Jacobabad and Kashmore districts.

As many as 93405 students are appearing in SSC annual examinations out of which 46722 students are appearing in SSC Part-I and 46685 in Part-II for which 140 examination centers have been established and 24 vigilance teams have been constituted out of which 16 belong to BISE Larkana and only eight to education and Literacy Department of Government of Sindh. The invigilators have also been appointed on influence basis ignoring seniors and experienced teachers

In Sukkur district, massive cheating was reported as students used mobile phones and other means. There were reports of mismanagement as external people entered at many centers.

In Karachi alone, 367,606 students of Science and General Group took part in the examinations held at 365 centers. In order to ensure security and stop entry of external people, the local authorities in coordination with boards and schools imposed Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC).

The station house officers (SHOs) of the relevant police station were empowered to register complaints of unfair means and take action over violation of section 144 around the examination centers.

The photocopy shops around the examination centers were already banned from operation during the examination time.

The ninth class paper of English was leaked before the staring of examination in Sukkur and Mirpurkhas. The Physics paper of Tenth Class was also leaked through WhatsApp group half an hour before the examination.

It may be noted that the examinations were twice postponed across Sindh. It was first delayed due to Holi festival of Hindus on March 20 and rescheduled from March 23. They were postponed once again due to a protest by teachers in Karachi. Later, government accepted their demands and teachers agreed to conduct the examinations.

Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah has called the chairperson and commissioners of the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) of Sukkur and Mirpur Khas after English paper was leaked in Sukkur and Mirpurkhas. The chief minister has sought a report and ordered thorough investigation.

MIRPUR BATHORO:A youth was tortured to death near Mirpur Bathoro Monday.

Unidentified men attacked youth Sarang with sharp edge weapons in village Haji Siddique Parhiyar near Mirpur Bathoro. As a result, he suffered severe injuries and died on the spot.

The body was shifted to Taluka Hospital Mirpur Bathoro for medico-legal formalities and later handed over to the heirs. The police have arrested three accused and started further investigation into the murder.