SHIKARPUR: Many political parties, social activists and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) on Tuesday carried out rallies, to express solidarity with labourers on the eve of International Labour Day, which culminated at Lakhi Dar clock tower in the city of Shikarpur. The speakers said that May 1 reminds us of a remarkable and unforgettable struggle and sacrifices […]
Five more children die of measles
KHAIRPUR: At least five children died on Tuesday due to an outbreak of highly contagious measles across the region of Khairpur. According to a report, the virus has spread across the province and claimed the lives of dozens of children due to lack of health facilities. Three children of a labourer, Moro Mengwar, died at […]
Primary school awaits repairing since 54 years
KHAIRPUR: The government primary school in the village of Wahid Bux Narejo in Sobho Dero, a town in the Khairpur District of Sindh province, was established in the year 1964. Since then, the building has not been repaired by the governments or local administrations. Despite the fact that Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) declared ‘education emergency’ […]
Civil judges to supervise gunny bags’ distribution
KHAIRPUR: The civil judge-cum-judicial magistrate Fahim Rajper on Monday raided food centres in Pir Jo Goth and Piryaloi while food inspectors Syed Aslam Shah and Hafeezullah Solangi managed to flee before his arrival. The growers had lodged complaint to the magistrate that gunny bags were not being provided to them. Meanwhile, the district and sessions […]
‘Exploding’ fire cracker engulfs 15 houses
NAUNDERO: A fire engulfed 15 houses on Monday as a fire cracker hit a makeshift house in Rahooja village. All valuables of the affected villagers were burnt to ashes, leaving them under open sky. Meanwhile, no government or district administration official tried to deliver support to them. Reportedly, the villagers tried to extinguish the fire […]
Health secretary inspects CMC hospital, orders improvements
LARKANA: The Sindh Health Secretary Dr Fazalullah Pechuho on Sunday visited Chandka Medical College Hospital (CMC) and held a meeting with doctors to discuss issues of the largest teaching hospital of upper Sindh. He was accompanied by Commissioner Muhammad Abbas Baloch, Medical superintendent Dr Ali Gohar Dahri, District Health Officer Dr Abdul Rahman Baloch and […]
Larkana cries ‘justice for Saima’
LARKANA: Civil society, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), poets, researchers, nationalists and clerics on Sunday held a protest and demanded justice for Saima Jarwar over her rape and murder. A nine-year-old Saima was abducted, killed and dumped in a sewage pond after allegedly being raped in Ayub Colony in Larkana district. Despite a high-level investigation team was […]
SBT condemns power outages by SEPCO
SHIKARPUR: Shikarpur Bachayo Tehreek (SBT) on Sunday decided to make a desperate plea to chief officer of Sukkur Electric Power Company (SEPCO) against Sepco officers over crippled power outages. The meeting denounced the atrocities of Sepco over the people of Shikarpur. SBT president Mian Zafar Alvi expressed grave concerns over prolonged load shedding and deduction […]
Thousands rally in Mingora to slam ‘anti-Pakistan elements’
MINGORA: Thousands of people from across the tribal belt on Saturday joined a rally taken out by the Pakistan Zindabad Movement (PZM) to pay tributes to the armed forces of Pakistan and the tribal people over the sacrifices rendered by them for the restoration of peace in the tribal areas. Carrying Pakistani flags, banners and […]
NAVTTC to train 100,000 youths for pursuing careers
SHIKARPUR: Sukkur IBA University Registrar addressed the participants of certificate distribution ceremony of the Prime Minister Youth Skills Development Program, which was held in the auditorium of the university on Friday. “Our curriculum has outdated and needs to be updated accordingly with the requirements of the modern age. Around 135 million youth population is 63% […]