BADIN: Residents of Badin are facing a shortage of drinking water as the Goni Wah canal along with other rivers in the district continue to dry up. With the water crisis reaching an all-time low, locals have taken to digging up for water, in various parts of the districts. However, this doesn’t do much for […]
PTI to forge unity against feudalism and social inequality
JACOBABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Raaz Khan Pathan invited the people of Jacobabad to participate in a public gathering to be held on April 29 at Minar-e-Pakistan in Lahore. He said that Imran Khan initiated a movement to replace the corrupt system in Pakistan with ‘true’ democratic principles. He stressed the need to forge unity […]
Traffic accident leaves one dead, two wounded
SHIKARPUR: A women died while her husband and relative sustained severe injuries on Friday as a truck rammed into a donkey cart while they were travelling to the town of Madeji. According to police, 40-year-old Naseeban, together with her husband Muhammad Khan and her relative named Shahzadi, were hit by a fast-moving truck. Meanwhile, the […]
ASTWS announces to protest if demands not met
SHIKARPUR: All Sindh Treasury Welfare Society (ASTWS) on Friday held an emergency meeting at the district accounts office of Shikarpur. The ASTWS chairman Jameel Ahmed, the vice-chairman Noor Nawaz, Zulfiqar Baloch, Vice-president Hamid Ali, general secretary Gul Munir Mirani and others participated in the meeting. The meeting achieved consensus for marching to Karachi Press Club […]
PMLN workers join PTI
JACOBABAD: A number of party workers of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN) on Thursday joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in Jacobabad. PTI district information secretary Raaz Khan Pathan said that PMLN and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) dissatisfied the people of Pakistan. He claimed that both parties could not resolve the core issues of people including load shedding. […]
Minor girl raped by ‘relatives’
SHIKARPUR: An eight-year-old girl was allegedly raped on Thursday by her two relatives at the Shaman Panhwar village. The police station house officer (SHO) Farman Ali Bhutto confirmed the incident and said that she went to her relative’s home while the suspects caught her. Consequently, the girl was rushed to Khanpur Hospital for medical treatment. […]
Nine-year-old girl’s body found
LARKANA: The tortured body of nine-year-old Saima Jarwar was found on Wednesday from a sewer situated at Dodai Road. She, a resident of Ayub Colony, mysteriously disappeared on Tuesday night. While talking to media, Nasim Jarwar said that his daughter went to a nearby shop but didn’t return. Consequently, he informed Hyderi police station to […]
DSJ inspects Bahawalpur Central Jail
BAHAWALPUR: The District and Sessions Judge (DSJ) Ch Tariq Javid on Wednesday visited Bahawalpur Central Jail and inspected women barracks, jail hospital, kitchen and literacy centre. Senior civil judge Intikhab Alam, civil judge Nadia Masood, central jail superintendent Shahram Tauqeer Khan also visited the jail. The judges issued directives to the jail administration to resolve […]
RTA removes CNG cylinders from vehicles, imposes fine
SHIKARPUR: The Regional Transport Authority (RTA) secretary Wasim Ahmed Memon on Wednesday ordered to remove CNG cylinders from all public vehicles and imposed fine of Rs 18,000 on the owners to keep ‘illegal’ cylinders. According to reports, the secretary intercepted many public transport vehicles including coaches, buses, coasters and wagons and removed CNG cylinders that […]
SAC denounces reward money on lost child
NAUNDERO: The Shaheri Action Committee (SAC) leaders rejected the announcement of Rs500,000 as a reward money for a person who would inform whereabouts of Sahil Korejo, a child who mysteriously disappeared on Nov 5, 2015 from Shahnawaz Colony in Naundero. Since then, the Larkana police have failed to recover him. Larkana senior superintendent of police […]