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Friday, <strong>December</strong> <strong>22</strong>, <strong>2017</strong><br />
Metropolitan<br />
PSP to hold rally in Karachi’s<br />
Liaquatabad on Dec 24: Kamal<br />
KARACHI: Pak<br />
Sarzameen Party Chairman<br />
Mustafa Kamal said on<br />
Thursday that people will<br />
have to come out on streets<br />
for their rights, announcing a<br />
rally in Karachi’s<br />
Liaquatabad.<br />
The PSP Chairman was<br />
addressing a press conference,<br />
where he said that the<br />
party doesn’t accept the result<br />
of the census regarding<br />
Karachi, held earlier this<br />
year.<br />
He said that the metropolis<br />
is going through a myriad<br />
of issues, blaming the provincial<br />
and local government for<br />
lack of appropriate action.<br />
Kamal said that it is the<br />
responsibility of the provincial<br />
government to provide<br />
the people with basic necessities<br />
and protection of their<br />
rights.<br />
“Karachi’s demand of<br />
Mustafa Kamal appears before NAB in land grabbing case<br />
KARACHI: Chief of Pak Sarzameen Party, Mustafa Kamal visiting Liaquatabad locality.<br />
water is 1,240 million gallons,<br />
the figure that the Chief<br />
Minister Sindh told is 600<br />
million gallons less,” said<br />
Kamal.<br />
The Sindh government<br />
needs to correct their statistics,<br />
said the PSP chief.<br />
Kamal said that government<br />
needs to pay heed to the<br />
party’s concerns, adding that<br />
usurping the rights of<br />
KMC Council approves six resolutions<br />
KARACHI: The council of the<br />
Karachi Metropolitan Corporation<br />
during its meeting held on Thursday<br />
unanimously approved six resolutions<br />
whereas two other resolutions<br />
were deleted from the proceedings<br />
and a resolution was sent to the concerned<br />
department for suggestions.<br />
The meeting was presided over by<br />
the Mayor Karachi Waseem Akhtar in<br />
the Council Hall of KMC Building.<br />
The council through a resolution<br />
appealed that people residing in illegal<br />
structures built on encroached<br />
lands may be provided justice as they<br />
bought such properties with their hard<br />
earned money.<br />
Akhtar asked the chairman of<br />
legal affairs committee of the council<br />
to take this matter to the court on<br />
humanitarian basis so that these people<br />
could be provided with some<br />
relief.<br />
In the meeting through two identical<br />
resolutions which were approved<br />
unanimously council members condemned<br />
US President Donald<br />
Trump’s decision of accepting the<br />
Bait-ul-Maqdas as capital of Israel.<br />
The resolution was moved by<br />
Precious lands in major<br />
city park encroached<br />
KARACHI: Workers of KDA and Enforcement Department use heavy machinery to<br />
demolish the encroachments in Korangi.<br />
KARACHI: Land grabbing mafia has<br />
encroached precious land of some major<br />
parks of Karachi including Kidney Hill<br />
Park, Jheel Park, Hill Park and Aziz Bhatti<br />
Park, while illegal allotment orders have<br />
also be issued to some of the encroachers.<br />
Land grabbing and China cutting mafia<br />
has even not spared the major parks of the<br />
city and encroached upon dozens of acres<br />
of the precious land of these parks worth<br />
billions of rupees. The China-cutting hit<br />
parks include Hill Park, Jheel Park,<br />
Kidney Hill Park, Aziz Bhatti Park, City<br />
Park, Ahmed Ali Park and other parks.<br />
However, the sources said that this is just<br />
the tip of iceberg as government lands<br />
worth trillions of rupees are grabbed by<br />
powerful China-cutting mafia in Karachi.<br />
Several dozens of houses, marriage<br />
halls, shops and other illegal structures<br />
have already been erected on the grabbed<br />
land. It is learnt that some influential persons<br />
and politicians are involved in these<br />
scams and removal of these encroachments<br />
would give a tough time to local<br />
administration.<br />
Junaid Mukati who said that Muslim<br />
countries must show their unity. He<br />
suggested introduction of a common<br />
Muslim currency that could be used<br />
like the Euro and Dollar.<br />
Through another unanimously<br />
passed resolution it was approved that<br />
Mayor Karachi would meet with the<br />
KWSB officials and the M.D KWSB<br />
on the issue pertaining to water and<br />
sewerage.<br />
The council through other resolutions<br />
condemned the Quetta Church<br />
attack and observed one minute<br />
silence for the victims.<br />
Digging of ancient<br />
city Banbhore’s<br />
ruins begins<br />
KARACHI: The digging<br />
of ancient city Banbhore’s<br />
ruins has been started by<br />
Sindh government’s archeology<br />
experts with the help<br />
of taly’s experts. The digging<br />
is being conducted<br />
under the leadership of<br />
archeology experts Simen<br />
and Alexer. It will continue<br />
for a month and more<br />
experts from foreign countries<br />
will provide guidance<br />
in this regard.<br />
Banbhore is situated on<br />
the northern bank of Gharo<br />
creek, about 65 kilometres<br />
east of Karachi in the Thatta<br />
district of Sindh, Pakistan.<br />
The city ruins are located on<br />
the N-5 National Highway<br />
between Dhabeji and Gharo.<br />
Banbhore is situated on<br />
the northern bank of Gharo<br />
creek, about 65 kilometres<br />
east of Karachi in the Thatta<br />
district of Sindh, Pakistan.<br />
The city ruins are located on<br />
the N-5 National Highway<br />
between Dhabeji and Gharo.<br />
Banbhore is an ancient<br />
city dating to the 1st century<br />
BC located in Sindh,<br />
Pakistan. The city ruins lie<br />
on the N-5 National<br />
Highway, east of Karachi.<br />
Karachi residents will not be<br />
allowed.<br />
Earlier, Mustafa Kamal<br />
appeared before the National<br />
Accountability Bureau<br />
(NAB)’s Karachi chapter in a<br />
case of illegal sale of plots<br />
during his tenure as the<br />
mayor.<br />
The top anti-corruption<br />
watchdog had summoned<br />
Kamal to record his statement<br />
before its investigators<br />
in a petition filed against<br />
Kamal.<br />
The case pertains to the<br />
illegal sale of around 5,000<br />
square-yard plots allocated<br />
for seashell craft sellers near<br />
Abdullah Shah Ghazi shrine.<br />
Kamal appeared for a session<br />
with NAB investigators<br />
for the second time on<br />
Thursday along with his<br />
party leaders, including<br />
Waseem Aftab and Dr<br />
Sagheer Ahmed.<br />
15 among four<br />
kidnappers<br />
apprehended<br />
KARACHI: During a<br />
crackdown on criminals in<br />
different parts of the metropolis,<br />
Karachi police on<br />
Thursday claimed to have<br />
apprehended 15 criminals,<br />
including four short-term<br />
kidnapers.<br />
A joint team of Anti-<br />
Violent Crime Cell (AVCC)<br />
and Citizens-Police Liaison<br />
Committee (CPLC) carried<br />
out a raid in Lyari's Kalri area<br />
and apprehended four shortterms<br />
kidnappers, Fareed,<br />
Shahab, Muhammad Imran<br />
and Muhammad Iqbal.<br />
City SSP Adeel Chandio<br />
and AVCC SSP Abdullah<br />
Ahmed said that the held suspects<br />
confessed to their<br />
involvement in several shortterm<br />
kidnapping cases and<br />
told investigators that they<br />
got the ransom amount<br />
through mobile banking<br />
services.<br />
Separately, in search<br />
operations in Sharifabad,<br />
Ittehad town, Liaquatabad,<br />
Landhi, and Tamuria areas,<br />
police detained nine criminals,<br />
Asfandyar, Shehroz.<br />
KARACHI: Six people<br />
were killed and three others<br />
injured in different incidents<br />
in Karachi on<br />
Thursday.<br />
According to rescue<br />
sources, a speeding vehicle<br />
hit a 24-year-old man,<br />
Sadiq Rehman, son of<br />
Toseef Rehman near Water<br />
Pump Chowrangi. As a<br />
result, he suffered serious<br />
injuries and died on the<br />
spot. The body was shifted<br />
to Abbasi Shaheed<br />
Hospitalfor medico-legal<br />
formalities.<br />
A speeding vehicle hit a<br />
24-year-old man, Sadiq<br />
Rehman, son of Toseef<br />
Rehman near Water Pump<br />
KARACHI: Smoke rising from erupted fire at a pipe manufacturing<br />
factory located in SITE area.<br />
Six killed, three injured<br />
in Karachi incidents<br />
Karachi: The Institute of<br />
Chartered Accountants of<br />
Pakistan (ICAP) in collaboration<br />
with Unilever<br />
Pakistan organized<br />
National Finance<br />
Olympiad <strong>2017</strong>, the Grand<br />
Finale of which was held at<br />
a local hotel in Karachi.<br />
The event, organized by<br />
the ICAP’s Professional<br />
Accountants In Business<br />
(PAIB) Committee, was<br />
attended by the top management<br />
of renowned<br />
national and multinational<br />
organizations. The top six<br />
qualifying teams who competed<br />
against each other<br />
included Engro Fertilizers<br />
Limited, EY Ford Rhodes,<br />
Grant Thornton Anjum<br />
Rahman, Haleeb Foods<br />
Chowrangi. As a result, he<br />
suffered serious injuries<br />
and died on the spot. The<br />
body was shifted to Abbasi<br />
Shaheed Hospitalfor<br />
medico-legal formalities.<br />
A man, Mushtaq, 52,<br />
son of Muhammad Yosuf,<br />
fell down from the terrace<br />
of K-Electrics office building<br />
in Metroville area. As a<br />
result, he suffered severe<br />
injuries and died on the<br />
spot. The body was shifted<br />
to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital<br />
for medico-legal formalities.<br />
The body of a four-yearold<br />
girl, seemed to be a<br />
day-old, was found from a<br />
drain near Malir River in<br />
Limited, Linde Pakistan<br />
and Midas Safety Pakistan.<br />
In his opening remarks,<br />
Khalilullah Sheikh, FCA,<br />
Chairman PAIB<br />
Committee and Council<br />
Member ICAP welcomed<br />
the participants and<br />
revealed the concept and<br />
objectives for the<br />
Pakistan’s first ever<br />
Finance competition. He<br />
said that the main purpose<br />
of the event was to engage<br />
finance professionals in<br />
their professional development<br />
in a unique way,<br />
place them against each<br />
other in a healthy competition<br />
and encourage them to<br />
discover their potential,<br />
exhibit their talent and celebrate<br />
their competence in<br />
Noor Muhammad Goth.<br />
The identity of the<br />
deceased could not be<br />
ascertained yet. The body<br />
was moved to a morgue<br />
after completion of<br />
medico-legal formalities.<br />
A 25-year-old woman,<br />
Musarat, received serious<br />
electric shocks in Bhains<br />
Colony. As a result, she<br />
died on the spot.<br />
The body of a 25-yearold<br />
man, Muhammad<br />
Anwer, son of Muhammad<br />
Ibrahim, bearing torture<br />
marks, was found near Hub<br />
Chowki in Gadani. The<br />
body was moved to a<br />
morgue after completion of<br />
medico-legal formalities.<br />
ICAP holds Grand Finale of<br />
National Finance Olympiad <strong>2017</strong><br />
EY Ford Rhodes team wins NFO <strong>2017</strong> champions trophy<br />
a befitting manner.<br />
Shakaib Arif, FCA,<br />
Member PAIB Committee<br />
briefed the audience about<br />
the newly introduced<br />
Simulation Round in the<br />
NFO <strong>2017</strong>.<br />
The competition kicked<br />
off with a quick introduction<br />
of the teams followed<br />
by the Debate Round<br />
which was judged by a<br />
panel of three distinguished<br />
judges; Yacoob<br />
Suttar, Deputy Managing<br />
Director, Pakistan State<br />
Oil; Zafar Iqbal Sobani,<br />
Board Member,<br />
Privatization Commission<br />
and Maria Paola, Co-<br />
Founder, Family<br />
Educational Service<br />
Foundation (FESF).<br />
KARACHI: Chairman DCM Malir, Jan Muhammad Baloch<br />
alogn with Vice Chairman, Abdul Khaliq Marwat and others<br />
cutting Christmas cake in a ceremony organized at UC<br />
Bhitaiabad.<br />
5000 teachers will soon be appointed in Sindh: Jam Mehtab<br />
KARACHI: Provincial<br />
Minister for Education<br />
and Literacy Jam Mehtab<br />
Hussain Dahar has said<br />
that Sindh Education<br />
Department would soon<br />
recruit more than 5000<br />
teachers of science,<br />
maths, computer science<br />
and English subjects in<br />
order to meet the shortage<br />
of the teachers in these<br />
subjects and it will also<br />
enhance quality education<br />
in the province.<br />
This he said while presiding<br />
over a meeting<br />
here in his office on<br />
Thursday. Secretary<br />
Education Colleges<br />
Pervaiz Ahmed Sehar, Dr.<br />
Fouzia Khan, Chief<br />
Engineer Fareed Ahmed<br />
Siddiqui, Chairman Sindh<br />
Text Book Board Agha<br />
Sohail and other officials<br />
also attended the meeting.<br />
KARACHI: Chief Secretary Sindh Rizwan Memon presiding a meeting with the World<br />
Bank delegates.<br />
He asked the Secretary<br />
Education Colleges to<br />
discourage ex-Pakistan<br />
leave and especially all of<br />
those who were habitual<br />
of availing leave again<br />
and again. Dahar directed<br />
the Chief Engineer<br />
Education Works to focus<br />
on development work and<br />
install solar system in<br />
schools on priority basis.<br />
While talking to a delegation<br />
of UNICEF here<br />
in his office, he said that<br />
an awareness and mobilization<br />
regarding education<br />
was going on in<br />
remote areas of Sindh and<br />
under Sindh Education<br />
Foundation more than<br />
2000 schools were working<br />
and over half a million<br />
students were getting<br />
education in these<br />
schools.<br />
KARACHI: Man carrying empty canes on wheel barrow passing<br />
through path in search of drinking water, in Sultanabad.<br />
KARACHI: Pakistani flags are being hoisting on poles in connection<br />
of Pak Sarzameen Party’s political gathering which is<br />
coming ahead on <strong>December</strong> 24, at Liaquatabad flyover.<br />
KARACHI: Chairman DMC Central, Rehan Hashmi meeting<br />
with the delegation of Karachi Union of Journalist (KUJ).<br />
KARACHI: Chairman DMC West, Malik Muhammad Fayaz<br />
presiding a meeting.<br />
KARACHI: Chairman DMC East, Moid Anwar visiting<br />
Naryal Park at Gulshan-e-Iqbal.