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Aged pensioners continue to suffer at the hands of their banks as their accounts were locked owing to unavailability of biometric verification and submission of Alive Certificates. Every month their pension amount is supposed to be credited into their bank accounts through the concerned district accounts offices as per government rules, but in March State […]

The Higher Education Commission (HEC) on Thursday approved a project for Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Medical University (SMBBMU), Larkana, costing Rs.1,820 Million. In a statement, it was revealed that the project was a brainchild of VC of SMBBMU, Professor Dr. Aneela Atta ur Rahman, and therefore the HEC entrusted the SMBBMU team under her leadership […]

LARKANA: As many as 17 laptops were distributed among the disabled students of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Medical University (SMBBMU) here on Wednesday. The laptops were distributed in a ceremony presided over by the Dean of Community and Public Health Sciences, Prof. Dr. Saeed Ahmed Shaikh, under the scheme of Higher Education Commission (HEC). Prof. […]

Chairperson, Sindh Child Protection Authority (CSPA), MPA Shamim Mumtaz on Monday said that child abuse cases should be disposed-off rapidly or separate desks be established in the courts for speedy trial of these cases. The MPA said that child abuse cases are constantly rising, which is very a worrisome situation and requested the superior courts […]

Larkana continues to top the list of HIV Positive adult cases list, since the district recorded as many as 65 new HIV positive adult cases at the HIV/AIDS Treatment & Care Centre, Larkana, in the past ten months between May 2020 and March 2021. In May alone, Larkana recorded 1,328 cases which now have increased […]

Sindh Government on Saturday announced that the Urs of Hazrat Lal Shahbaz Qalandar will not be commemorated and the shrine will be sealed for ten days for the devotees on the pretext of coronavirus. The announcement by the provincial government has created anger and unrest among the millions of devotees and the residents of Sehwan […]

The offices of the Director School Education, Larkana Region and District Education Officer (Secondary & Higher Secondary), Larkana district, have been running without electricity and water for the last four years. The sorry state of the state affairs at the education department in Larkana can be reflected by the fact that these vital educational administrative […]

Aga Khan Lab has halted free Viral Load Test (VLT) facility for the HIV positive children and adults of Ratodero and adjoining areas since February 2021. It was learnt here through credible sources that all the people arriving for the test are being asked by the Lab authorities to pay or wait till the outstanding […]

Various political parties, district administrations, social welfare, religious, businessmen, students, police and citizens’ organisations staged Pakistan Day rallies separately throughout the district here on Tuesday. The participants held large banners in their hands and chanted Pakistan Zindabad among other slogans. Prof. K. Das, Principal, Chandka Medical College, hoisted the Pakistan flag in the college premises […]

As many as 250 saplings were planted at Garhi Khuda Bux nursery by Larkana’s deputy commissioner Tariq Manzoor on the eve of International Day of Forests, here on Sunday. Divisional Forest Officer Arshad Haider Kamario and Conservator Zulfiqar Ali Memon were also present on the occasion. Talking to the attendees of the event, Zufiqar Ali […]