Stage set for NA-221 by-polls on February 21, 2021The by-polls on NA 221 Tharparkar are being held today. According to the officials, there are 12 candidates in the race to win the by-elections but the real contest is expected between Pir Ameer Ali Shah Jilani of PPP and Nizamuddin Rahimoon of PTI. According to the political pundits eying on the electoral process in […]
Poet Murtaza Shah is no more on February 17, 2021Acclaimed poet Ghulam Murtaza Shah passed away after a protracted illness in a hospital in Hyderabad late Monday. He was 81. Mr Shah authored a number of the poems and six books comprising poems were published during his lifetime. He won a number of awards for his excellent poetry on various topics and was also […]
Villagers to resist eviction by mining firms on February 17, 2021The residents of village Warwai have announced stiff resistance against any move by officials of the mining firms to forcibly evict them from their village. Ahmed Amin Lanjo, Haji Sanaullah Rahimoon, and another villager along with the chairman of Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum Syed Mohammad Ali addressed the press conference in their village on Tuesday and […]
Protest against doctors’ alleged negligence on February 16, 2021A large number of the relatives of one Sunil Kumar Meghwar 17, as well as the activists of various parties and organizations taking his body staged the sit-in and demonstration at Kashmir Chowk in Mihi town on Monday to register their protest against the alleged negligence of the doctors in Mithi Civil Hospital. The leaders […]
Sindh interested in constructing more resorts at Thar on February 13, 2021Sindh Minister for Culture, Tourism and Archives, Syed Sardar Ali Shah on Friday visited the historical and archaeological sites in the Parkar region of Tharparkar district to inspect the ongoing construction and rehabilitation work along with the archaeologists, experts and lawmakers from the region. Mr Shah told media persons they were all set to build […]
Thar forum demands enforcement of promises on February 10, 2021The leaders of Thar Technical Forum, a body comprising geologists, environmentalists, engineers and the experts of various fields, have asked the mining firms engaged in the coal mining in two different blocks at Thar Coalfields Fields near Islamkot town to fulfil their commitments made with the people of Tharparkar before undertaking extraction and other other […]
Protest against doctors’ negligence on February 10, 2021A large number of the leaders, workers, members of civil society and journalists gathered at the gate of the hospital and staged the demonstration to register their protest against the doctors of Mithi Civil Hospital for mistreating the patient and mishandling and hurling threats at his relatives. They sought action against Dr Vistro and other […]
Workshop sharpens investigators’ skills on February 8, 2021A capacity building workshop on strengthening the police investigation and stakeholders’ coordination mechanism was held in Mithi by the Tharparkar police in collaboration with the Civil Society Support Program, a non-government organization. Speaking to the participants, advocate Kashif Bajeer, the manager of CSSP and the member of Human Rights Vigilance Committee, lauded the efforts of […]
Newborn baby, born outside hospital, dies on February 7, 2021A newborn baby died after his mother was forced to deliver outside in a basic health center in Chelhar town. Khushhall Bheel, the husband of the woman, talking to the journalist’s alleged his wife Teeja Bhel, who was not admitted to the government-run health facility had to deliver her baby boy outside the hospitals under […]
Woman committs suicide in Thar on January 31, 2021Another Thari woman ended her lifeline by jumping into a deep well. Mourti Meghwar, 20, committed suicide in the Sodra locality of Chhachhro town on Saturday.The area people retrieved the body from well and brought it to the taluka hospital for the medical examination. Kastoro Meghwar, the husband of Mourti, said that his wife committed […]