Karachi—Sindh Assembly member Thursday decided
not to discuss Charged Expenditure for which an
hour was fixed by Speaker Nisar Ahmed Khuhro as
provided under the law. None of the member,
either from the opposition or from treasury
benches, gave his name to discuss the charged
expenditure.
Karachi—Provincial Transport Minister, Akhtar
Hussain Jadoon has asked the City Government to
fulfil its assigned duties instead of
interfering in the Transport department affairs.
He said that on the directive of PPP
Chairperson, some 70,000 2-stroke rickshaws
would be converted into 4-stroke while diesel
buses would be provided CNG kits.
Karachi—Sindh
Information Technology Department has proposed
the opening of 300 more training centres for
promotion of Information Technology in the
Province. This information was given by Sindh
Minister for IT, Raza Haroon, while replying a
supplementary question in relation to the
question of opposition’s Arif Mustafa Jatoi,
during question hour in Sindh Assembly on
Thursday. He said the department has planned to
introduce syllabus for the proposed 300 centres.
Karachi—Lack of coordination between local
governments and the EPI authorities is
registered to have affected the polio
eradication campaign, in specific context of
Sindh, said Dr. Rashid Jooma, Director-General,
Health - Pakistan. Talking to journalist during
a meeting to review Polio Control and
Eradication Strategy of the country, he said to
have approached National Reconstruction Bureau (NRB)
to address the issue.
Karachi—Hundreds of
youth belonging to Lyari participated in a walk
held Thursday morning, to commemorate World No
Narcotics Day. The walk jointly organized by
Lyari Friends Organization and Sahar Foundation,
started from Baghdadi Lane and concluded at Lea
Market Chowk. Participants raising slogan
against perpetrators of the crime, drug peddlars
and those running drug dens in Lyari, demanded
stringent action against all those responsible
for the menace.
