PPP’s Shabir Bijarani declared unopposed winner of Provincial Assembly seat PS-6 on June 29, 2018KASHMORE: The Pakistan People’s Party’s Mir Shabir Ali Bijarani won provincial assembly seat PS-6 (Kandhkot) unopposed. Earlier this week, Bijarani expressed grave concerns over PPP’s ticket distribution and decided to contest election as independent candidate,but PPP leadership convinced the disgruntled leader and he contested election on PPP ticket. The Returning Officer (RO) rejected the nomination […]
PTI stages protest against corruption in Jacobabad on June 29, 2018JACOBABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Raaz Khan Pathan on Thursday led a massive rally of women against political rivals for committing corruption and plunging the city of Jacobabad into even deeper devastation. The former Senate chairman Muhammad Mian Soomro’s sister namely Maliha Soomro was also present in the rally which remarked a significant turnout […]
PTI women hold anti-corruption rally in Jacobabad on June 28, 2018JACOBABAD: A large number of women affiliated with the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) took out a mammoth rally against corruption here today. The participants of the rally started walking from District Council Road while after strolling various routes of the city they culminated at Deputy Commissioner Chowk. The rally was led by Maliha Soomro, the sister […]
Sukkur Election Tribunal disqualifies PPP’s candidate for NA-198 on June 28, 2018SHIKARPUR: The Sukkur Election Tribunal on Wednesday cleared Ameer Ali Jatoi, an independent candidate, to contest election for NA-198 constituency of Shikarpur-Khanpur and disqualified Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP) candidate Mir Abid Ali Bhayo for having two Computerized National Identity Cards (CNICs) and possessing two votes at his native village Jagan. Meanwhile, Bhayo has announced to […]
HelpAge CEO urges govt to assist senior citizens on June 27, 2018SHIKARPUR: London based NGO HelpAge International (HAI) CEO Justin Derbyshire visited the Older People Associations (OPAs) formed by HelpAge International with collaboration of Sindh Rural Support organization (SRSO) in Jacobabad and Shikarpur districts. The foreign delegation, also consisting HAI Asia Pacific Regional colleagues, Regional Director Eduardo Klien and Head of Programs based in Thailand, Bert […]
Nomination papers of PPP’s Abid Ali Bhayo rejected over dual CNICs on June 27, 2018SHIKARPUR: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) candidate Mir Abid Ali Bhayo was disqualified from contesting elections by an appellate tribunal in Sukkur on Wednesday for allegedly having two different CNICs. An appellant tribunal in Sukkur announced verdict in favour of Ameer Ali Jatoi, an independent candidate for NA-198 Shikarpur-Khanpur, who had alleged the PPP candidate of having […]
QAT holds condolence reference to honour Rasool Bakhsh Palijo on June 25, 2018SHIKARPUR: Quami Awami Tehreek (QAT) on Sunday held a condolence reference at Shikarpur Press Club, to pay rich tribute to a renowned scholar, lawyer, writer and the founder of Awami Tahreek, Rasool Bakhsh Palijo, who died recently at the age of 88 after a protracted illness. A number of speakers including Zafar Ghaloo, Zafar Channa, […]
Condolence reference held in memory of Rasool Bakhsh Palijo on June 24, 2018SHIKARPUR: A condolence reference held on June 24 by Quami Awami Tehreek Shikarpur chapter at Shikarpur Press Club to pay tribute to slain Rasool Bakhsh Palijo, founder and chairman of Awami Tehreek, Sindhiani Tehreek and prominent lawyer and writer, who died after a protracted illness at a hospital in Karachi. Speakers including Zafar Ghaloo, Zafar Channa, Dr. […]
One dead, four injured in armed clash between two groups on June 24, 2018SHIKARPUR: A youth was shot dead on Saturday while four villagers sustained critical injuries during an armed clash between two clans of Machi and Wadhayo at Hasi-G-Wand Village, situated near Jagan town in Shikarpur district of Sindh province. According to police sources, a brawl erupted between two groups of Machi and Wadhayo tribesmen over a […]
One dead, four injured over dispute in Shikarpur on June 23, 2018SHIKARPUR: A 25-year-old was shot dead while four others were wounded during a clash between two clans, Machi and Wadhyo, in Shikarpur on Saturday. According to police, a brawl erupted between two groups of Machi and Wadhyo tribesmen over release of water, which was halted, into agricultural lands. A villager, identified as 25-year-old Javeed Ahmed, […]