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Chitrali girls studying in Peshawar seek accommodation
From Saif
ur Rehman Aziz
CHITRAL: The Chitrali girls
studying in Peshawar-university are said to be in deplorable
condition who have been left to languish in a single room of a
university hostel.
Talking to local journalists,
the parents of a number of affected students said that as many
as 24 girls have been constrained to live in the common room of
Benazir Hostel.
They said that previously they
were lodged in the hostel of
Forest college but later shifted
to the present hostel without any reason.
They said that there are only
two months left in the commencement of their final examination
and they needed a peaceful atmosphere for their studies and
preparation of examination.
They parents said that just for
a period of two months, the students are forced to pay as high
as 12000 rupees which is another injustice with them.
They have demanded of Governor
NWFP Owais Ghani and vice chancellor of Peshawar
University to look into the matter, and resolve the accommodation problem of their
children.
‘No final decision about early market closure’
Karachi: Pakistan People’s Party
(PPP) Karachi General Secretary Taj Haider has said no
announcement was made on government level to close markets in
Karachi at 8:00p.m., and a decision in this regard would be taken after taking traders in
confidence.
Presiding over a meeting with
Karachi traders in the office of Alliance of Market Associations
Karachi here Sunday he said in the meeting last week in the
Chief Minister House no ‘final’ decision was taken regarding
early closure of markets from March 15. He said all news
published in this regard were baseless.
He clarified that the government
had held meeting with traders to discuss the issue of closing
markets and bazaars at 8:00 p.m to save 400 megawatts electricity and end load shedding in residential
areas of Karachi during
evening hours.
He said before implementing this
plan, the KESC would be made bound to ensure no load shedding in
Karachi markets from 8:00am to 8:00pm and after one week this
issue would be again taken up with traders and their assistance
sought to close markets at 8:00p.m.
He said the government is trying
to compensate the affected traders of Bolton Market and M A
Jinnah Road arson as soon as possible.
He said the government is also
trying to pay wages of the employees of affected shops.
Alliance of Market Associations
Karachi President Attiq Mir, chairman of Old City Traders
Alliance Jameel Ahmed Piracha and representatives of all major
market associations of Karachi were present.
Transporters oppose move:
Karachi public transporters have opposed the government decision
to close markets in Karachi at 8:00pm from March 15, saying would seriously affect their business and
earnings.
Karachi Transport Action
Committee and Anjuman-e-Ettehad Bus Malikan Karachi leaders
Muhamad Ashraf Banglori, Chaudhry Mazhar Hussain, Lala Sultan,
Tanzeem Khan and others said it was another anti-people decision
of the government to order closure of shops and markets at 8:00
p.m. - PPI
Woman dies after giving birth in rickshaw
SIALKOT: A woman died due to
non-availability of proper medication after giving birth to a
child in a rickshaw at a closed railway crossing gate in Sialkot
city’s congested New Mianapura locality here.
Reportedly, Fazeelat Bibi (33)
and a relative woman were going to a local hospital for delivery
case in a rickshaw when the rickshaw remained struck in traffic
due to prolonged closure of railway crossing gate at New
Mianapura near Roras Road Sialkot. Due to the prolonged delay in
re-opening of the closed railway crossing gate, Fazeelat Bibi
gave a birth to a son and died there in the rickshaw instantly
due to non-availability of any medication.
Later, the newly born baby was
admitted at Govt. Allama Iqbal Memorial DHQ Civil Hospital
Sialkot, where his condition was also stated to be critical.
When contacted, the Sialkot based concerned officials of
Pakistan Railways said that the said railway crossing gate was
closed for ensuring safe passage of a local train. However, they
ordered a strict departmental probe against the concerned
railway gate keeper for opening the gate with inordinate delay.
- PPI
Tons of fish die in River Chenab
SIALKOT: Hundreds tons fishes
have died due to the closure of water by India towards River
Chenab, as these fish farms have also dried up like the bed of
the Chenab and water sacristy was also badly affecting the
seasonal crops in the fields along the banks of river across
Punjab.
Almost 400 out of total 450 fish
farms have already been closed by the farmers due to water
shortage. Out of these fish farmers have been bulldozed and
converted into the fields by their owners along the banks of
River Chenab near Head Marala, Bajwat, Sialkot and other areas
of the region due to shortage ofwater.
President Fish Farmers
Association Punjab Rana Ejaz disclosed this while talking to the
newsmen here Sunday expressed grave concern over this nasty
situation and said that the flow water in River Chenab remained
from 40,000 to 35000 cusecs usually in the past years during the
November but this year, now there was flow of water in River
Chenab was 5000 cusecs, which was also receding day by day.
He said that this little water
was flowing in Chenab near Head Marala-Sialkotin a shape of a
seasonal naullah, due to which the thousands of tons of the fish
in the River Chenab has become inculcated in the sands of this
river. - PPI
JI demands free, fair local bodies’ polls
Karachi:
Fearing that a Karachi-based coalition partner of present
government would hijack the coming local bodies’ polls in
Karachi at gunpoint, Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Karachi Sunday
demanded free and fair polls without use of force and coercion.
Ex-City Nazim Karachi
Niamatullah Khan Advocate, addressing a 'Local Bodies
Convention' at Idara Noor-e-Haq here said enemies of Pakistan
were bent on destroying the economic lifeline of country,
Karachi, through fanning ethnic violence.
He feared that ethnic elements
would try to stage a bloodbath in Karachi during the coming LG
elections to intimidate voters, adding the ruling PPP would also
be compelled to give them free hand due to its political and
power game compulsions. - PPI
Parliamentary group of PPP meets in Gilgit
GILGIT: Pakistan People's Party
held its first parliamentary group meeting here in Gilgit with
leader of the house, Chief Minister Gilgit-Baltistan, Syed Mehdi
Shah in the chair.
Ali Madad Sher, member of
legislative assembly told journalists that a number of important
issues came under discussion at the meeting and party matters
were reviewed.
He said the party discipline and
other matters were also discussed and decisions were taken
accordingly.
He said the meeting reviewed its
strategy regarding first elections of the upper house of the
region, Gilgit-Baltistan Council, to be chaired by Prime
Minister of Pakistan, where six members would be representing
Gilgit-Baltistan (GB).
Ali Madad Sher said that every
member present in the meeting spoke and expressed views. - APP
Co-curricular activities stressed
From Akbar
Saeed Khan
TIMERGARA: Sports and other
co-curricular activities play a vital role in keeping students
and youth away of bad society and drug abuse.
Teachers and parents should
fully concentrate on building character of children to help
decrease crime ratio in society.
This was stated by former
district nazim Dir Lower and prominent parliamentarian Ahmad
Hassan Khan while addressing a prize distribution function as a
chief guest held at government high school Dherai Talash on
Sunday.
The function organised by the
school’s administration was attended by students, teachers,
parents, educationists and elders of the area.
The school’s basketball team got
first position in provincial games competition this year which
were held at Abbotabad last month.
Hassan said he wanted to become
a teacher as they occupy the most dignified and respectable
position in every society.
“Fortune made me a pleader and
then politician rather a teacher but teachers’ guidance and love
was still providing light in my way,” he said and stressed on
the teachers to recognise their role and responsibilities as the
nation needed it.
Ahmad Hassan Khan, who is also
the provincial general secretary of the PPP on the occasion
pointed out that modern scientific technology and its misuse was
demoralising young generation at it was the duties of teachers,
social activists and parents to mould youth concentration
towards positive activities.
He announced attractive prizes
for students belonging to Talash and other areas of Dir Lower
getting top positions in board’s examination and said he would
hand over the prizes to them at their homes.
He also announced to give prizes
to those teams who were getting top positions in provincial
games competitions.
On the occasion he handed over
Rs30,000 to the school administration for getting first position
in basketball throughout the province, Rs2,000 for the best
player of the tournament Muhammad Hussain and Rs5,000 for
‘bazm-i-adab’ society of the school.
8th consecutive day of milk boycott drive in Quetta
QUETTA: On the appeal of
Balochistan Restaurant Association, owners of all restaurants in
the metropolis have been continuing milk boycott campaign on 8th
consecutive day on Sunday to protest against enhancement in milk
price by Rs08 per liter by the Dairy Farmers Association.
Earlier, Raheem Agha, president
Balochistan Restaurant Association had announced that restaurant
owners would not accept Dairy Farmers Associations wrong
decision to increase milk price from Rs42 per liter to Rs50 per
liter. After a meeting, Balochistan Restaurant Association
decided to go on milk boycott drive until the Dairy Farmers
Association withdraws its decision.
Asif Ali, the owner of Quetta
Restaurant off Jinnah Road told APP that a cup of tea is
available at Rs15 at all restaurants in the provincial capital
and its price would jump to Rs20 per cup if they agree to
purchase milk from dairy farmers at Rs50 per liter. He regretted
that rising price hike has created a lot of problems for common
people and Dairy Farmers Association put petrol on fire by
increasing milk price by Rs08 per liter.
Citizens have appealed to the
provincial and city governments to intervene into the matter and
make the Dairy Farmers Association bound to withdraw its
decision which has added to their woes. – APP |