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CNG supply stopped in Sindh: 650 stations<br />
closed, 40000 workers made jobless<br />
Our Correspondent<br />
HYDERABAD: CNG<br />
stations in Sindh have<br />
been closed rendering<br />
more than 40,000 workers<br />
jobless. CNG association<br />
comprising 650 CNG<br />
pumps have warned to go<br />
on strike from 16<br />
December . Sindh CNG<br />
Association patron-inchief<br />
Dr Zulfiqar Ahmed<br />
Yousfani appealed to “new<br />
Pakistan prime minister”<br />
to open all closed-CNG<br />
stations and ensure gas<br />
supply to them for the sake<br />
of over directly 40,000<br />
workers who were rendered<br />
unemployed as there<br />
are 650 CNG stations in<br />
Sindh. Moreover, transporters<br />
would block all<br />
highways on Dec 16<br />
against closure of the stations<br />
as their businesses<br />
were being hurt..<br />
OUR STAFF REPORT<br />
BADIN: “U-turns”<br />
Govt has nothing to deliver<br />
the nation despite of<br />
void slogans and series of<br />
the U-turns. The public<br />
was being crushed in the<br />
tempest of the overpriced<br />
of common modalities.<br />
These views were<br />
expressed by senior leader<br />
Pakistan Peoples Party<br />
(PPP), district Badin,<br />
Allah Dino Chandio, Vice<br />
Chairman, District Council<br />
Badin while talking with<br />
this inscribe at his office<br />
on Thursday.<br />
Mr. Chandio added that<br />
there were much assumptions<br />
of price hiking of<br />
common modalities in coming<br />
month January. He<br />
deplored that there was no<br />
experienced and expert<br />
team to PTIs lead Govt<br />
“this is the local, economical<br />
and environmentfriendly<br />
fuel which is now<br />
an industry where over<br />
40,000 workers are working<br />
while several thousands<br />
are indirectly associated<br />
with this industry<br />
including CNG-fitted<br />
Hiace vans, rickshaws, bus<br />
and others,” he said this<br />
while speaking to journalists<br />
during a press conference<br />
held at the local press<br />
club on Wednesday.<br />
he said that it was utter<br />
injustice that the CNG stations<br />
were closed from<br />
Tuesday for indefinite<br />
adding that it has no agenda<br />
of public welfare and development.<br />
He maintained that<br />
PTI lead Govt brought the<br />
nation at the turn where it<br />
has no chance to back<br />
except to leave the Govt.<br />
Mr. Chandio expressed<br />
that it was injustice with<br />
period without any reasonable<br />
reasons. He said that<br />
it was for the first time that<br />
the stations were closed<br />
indefinitely.<br />
He slammed federal<br />
government and said that it<br />
boasted to generate thousands<br />
of jobs but thousands<br />
of workers were<br />
being rendered unemployed<br />
these days because<br />
Sindh Province by Federal<br />
Govt because of acute<br />
shortage of water in across<br />
the province which lead<br />
down the economic condition<br />
of province and special<br />
its coastal districts. He<br />
added that Pakistan<br />
Peoples Party (PPP) is sole<br />
of poor policy of the government.<br />
He said that all<br />
stakeholders would hold a<br />
meeting in Karachi<br />
Chamber of Commerce<br />
and Industry (KCCI) later<br />
today to evolve a strategy<br />
in this respect.<br />
“Sindh produces total<br />
70 percent gas in the country,<br />
consumes 30 percent<br />
and gives another 40per-<br />
U-turns” Govt has nothing to deliver<br />
the nation: Allah Dino Chandio<br />
party which can overwhelm<br />
the prevailing crises<br />
occurred in the country.<br />
He said that people of<br />
Pakistan including Sindh<br />
province were united under<br />
the young leadership of<br />
Chairman, Bilawal Bhutto<br />
Zardari and are enthusiastic<br />
to fulfill the vision of<br />
Shaheed Benazir Bhutto<br />
and Shaheed ZA Bhutto.<br />
Adding he said that the<br />
development of the district<br />
Badin was a deep dream of<br />
PPP and all are taking their<br />
untiring effort towards<br />
adding that journalists are<br />
their reflections of their<br />
activities and they were<br />
playing their role to lead us<br />
towards development of<br />
the province and district as<br />
well. He assured all possible<br />
and positive support to<br />
the journalists of Badin.<br />
Old man dies in<br />
road accident<br />
FAISALABAD: 55<br />
year old man has died and<br />
other has been critically<br />
injured in a road mishap.<br />
According to media<br />
reports, Speedy Truck on<br />
Pensara road hit Motorbike<br />
and as a result the rider<br />
Zahir khan died on the spot<br />
and Irfan Illahi was critically<br />
injured.<br />
1122 team reached<br />
scene and shifted critically<br />
injured man to Bahwana<br />
hospital.<br />
cent to other provinces,<br />
while there must be no gas<br />
loadshedding in that<br />
province which produces<br />
the maximum gas or other<br />
natural resources<br />
TRANSPORTERS TO<br />
BLOCK ALL HIGH-<br />
WAYS ON DEC 16:<br />
Sindh Hiace Van<br />
Association president<br />
Manzoor Ali Brohi threatened<br />
that transporters<br />
would block all highways<br />
on Dec 16 from Sukkur<br />
and they would not call<br />
them off , until the stations<br />
were opened.<br />
He said that there were<br />
5,000-6,000 CNG-fitted<br />
Hiace vans in Sindh and<br />
over 35,000 workers were<br />
directly associated with<br />
this business, while over<br />
400,000 passengers travelled<br />
daily in the province<br />
by using these services.<br />
He said that there were<br />
over 70,000 rickshaws and<br />
over 2,500 pick-up vehicles<br />
on CNG.<br />
Later on, they held a<br />
protest demonstration outside<br />
the local press club.<br />
AIOU develops<br />
research-based<br />
botanical garden<br />
ISLAMABAD: A<br />
botanical garden has been<br />
formally set up in Allama<br />
Iqbal Open University<br />
(AIOU) that is to work as<br />
research-lab for the students<br />
of horticulture sector.<br />
“We are planning to<br />
plant soon around 100<br />
medicinal saplings in the<br />
garden that will meet wideranging<br />
needs of academic<br />
research, said the Head of<br />
the University’s<br />
Horticulture section Fozia<br />
Anjum.<br />
The botanical garden is<br />
a part of Green House that<br />
is maintained by the<br />
University’s gardeners on<br />
regular basis. We are making<br />
it an exemplary one in<br />
line with concept of Green<br />
Pakistan, she added.<br />
The botanical garden<br />
will have documented collections<br />
of living plants for<br />
the purposes of scientific<br />
research, conservation,<br />
display and education.<br />
STAFF REPORT<br />
BADIN: Deputy<br />
Commissioner Badin,<br />
Dr. Hafeez Ahmed<br />
Siyal held a meeting in<br />
Darbar hall Badin on<br />
the eve of International<br />
corruption day and<br />
NGOs working in the<br />
district.<br />
While addressing DC<br />
Badin said corruption<br />
FAISALABAD: Brother<br />
has allegedly shot dead his<br />
sister in Shor khot, Chak no<br />
491. According to media<br />
Friday, December <strong>14</strong>, <strong>2018</strong><br />
National<br />
reports, Muhammad Usman<br />
opened fire on her sister<br />
Iqra Bibi-23 over a domestic<br />
dispute who died on the<br />
3<br />
Brother guns down his sister<br />
STAFF REPORT<br />
BADIN: Sindh Abadgar<br />
association to hold protest<br />
demonstration and sit-in in<br />
front of Sindh assembly<br />
Karachi on 17th of<br />
December, <strong>2018</strong>.<br />
These views were<br />
expressed by Advocate Ali<br />
Palh, president, Sindh agriculture<br />
research council,<br />
Advocate Muhammad<br />
Thebo, Advocate<br />
Muhammad Saleem<br />
Khizri, Fida Hussain<br />
Chohan, Zaheer Ahmed<br />
Thebo, Pir Fayaz Shah<br />
Rashdi,president, Sindh<br />
Abadgar association,<br />
Tarique Mehmood Arain,<br />
Lutuf Ali Malkani and others<br />
during a press conference<br />
held in Badin press<br />
club on Thursday.<br />
Advocate Ali Palh said<br />
they would hold protest<br />
demonstration against<br />
acute water shortage, sugar<br />
mills owners and anti<br />
growers policies. Growers<br />
said government was not<br />
taking action against those<br />
involved in water theft but<br />
FIRs were registered<br />
against growers of tail<br />
ends.<br />
While<br />
president,Sindh Abadgar<br />
association, Pir Fayaz<br />
Shah Rashdi and general<br />
secretary, Tarique<br />
Mehmood Arain alleged<br />
that government was not<br />
implementing honourable<br />
Supreme Court's verdict<br />
spot. The killer escaped<br />
from the Scene. Waryam<br />
police have started further<br />
investigation.<br />
Sindh Abadgar association to hold protest demo<br />
and sit-in against anti agriculture policies<br />
and delibrately neglecting<br />
to held influencial growers<br />
involved in water theft and<br />
growers of tail ends were<br />
suffered of FIRs.<br />
Representitives of<br />
growers said to make<br />
protest demonstration successful,<br />
they were visiting<br />
to meet elected representitives,<br />
growers associations<br />
and civil society and they<br />
would be invited to participate<br />
the protest. They said<br />
due to irrelevant policies<br />
agriculture of Sindh<br />
province was destroyed<br />
and devastated. They said<br />
sugar mills owners should<br />
be directed to purchase<br />
sugarcane at the rate of<br />
Rs:182 per 40kgs.<br />
RAWALPINDI: Workers of Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA) are busy in planting<br />
of sampling on green built.<br />
Survey of illegal plazas in<br />
Rawalpindi region kicks off<br />
RAWALPINDI: Just<br />
after the operation<br />
against encroachments<br />
and land mafia , now<br />
provincial government<br />
has decided to launch a<br />
drive against the illegal<br />
plazas.<br />
According to media<br />
reports, decision has been<br />
taken to launch an operation<br />
against the illegal<br />
plazas in the Rawalpindi<br />
region.<br />
was cancer for the society<br />
and affecting development<br />
and progress.<br />
He said all departments<br />
were working properly<br />
if any citizen has complaint<br />
against any civil<br />
servant or department it<br />
could be complaint to<br />
DC office Badin and<br />
anti corruption department<br />
and those to be<br />
Orders have also been<br />
issued to Anti-corruption<br />
department to prepare a<br />
report after conducting<br />
survey .<br />
On the other hand,<br />
teams of technical department<br />
have started conducting<br />
survey.<br />
A n t i - c o r r u p t i o n<br />
department has been<br />
directed to identify such<br />
plazas which have constructed<br />
shops in the<br />
resolved.<br />
Dr. Hafeez said<br />
NGOs should serve<br />
people and collaborate<br />
district management.<br />
He said NGOs should<br />
utilize funds efficiently<br />
for the welfare and<br />
progress of people.<br />
On the other hand, a<br />
delegation of Badin<br />
press club led by<br />
basement instead of<br />
parking without approval<br />
of maps and they have<br />
either sold out these<br />
shops or given them on<br />
rent.<br />
Progress report will be<br />
presented to provincial<br />
government after completion<br />
of survey.<br />
Director Anti-corruption<br />
region has said that<br />
further action will be<br />
taken after the survey.<br />
DC Badin holds meeting of NGOs<br />
Tanveer Ahmed Arain,<br />
president, Badin press<br />
club also met with DC<br />
Badin in connection of<br />
payment of advertisement<br />
of <strong>14</strong>th Agust,<br />
<strong>2018</strong>.<br />
DC Badin assured<br />
the delegation that the<br />
matter of payment of<br />
advertisement to be<br />
resolved within week.<br />
HYDERABAD: Photos of art gallery organized by HR activist Dr. Ashothama on health<br />
and education.<br />
PTA hosts 19th meeting of South<br />
Asian Telecom Regulators’ Council<br />
ISLAMABAD: The<br />
three-day 19th Meeting of<br />
the South Asian Telecom<br />
Regulators Council<br />
(SATRC-19) commenced<br />
here on Thursday.<br />
The high level meeting digitization<br />
from 13-15 December <strong>2018</strong><br />
is being hosted by the<br />
P a k i s t a n<br />
Te l e c o m m u n i c a t i o n<br />
Authority (PTA) in collaboration<br />
with Asia-Pacific<br />
Telecommunity (APT).<br />
In his inaugural address,<br />
Dr.<br />
Khalid<br />
MaqboolSiddiqui, Federal<br />
Minister for Information<br />
Technology<br />
&<br />
Te l e c o m m u n i c a t i o n s<br />
(MoIT) said that, MoIT is<br />
continuously working on<br />
new projects for maximum<br />
economic impact through<br />
collaboration, digitization,<br />
research and innovation in<br />
new emerging technologies<br />
within the ICT and other<br />
socioeconomic sectors.<br />
The Telecom Policy and<br />
recently announced Digital<br />
Pakistan Policy envisions<br />
us to become a strategic<br />
enabler for an accelerated<br />
ecosystem<br />
which propagates the<br />
knowledge based economy<br />
and spurs socioeconomic<br />
growth.<br />
The Minister said that,<br />
the Government is also<br />
planning for development<br />
of IT zones, software technology<br />
parks at major<br />
cities, and to finance<br />
research & development<br />
activities, entrepreneurship<br />
and innovation.<br />
He appreciated the<br />
efforts of PTA and APT to<br />
promote regional harmony<br />
and knowledge exchange<br />
through the platform of<br />
SATRC and vowed to provide<br />
continuous patronage<br />
from the Government for<br />
such efforts.<br />
On this occasion, Ms.<br />
A r e e w a n H a o r a n g s i ,<br />
Secretary General, Asia-<br />
Pacific Telecommunity<br />
said that this event will<br />
assist the regulatory bodies<br />
of member countries in<br />
acquiring knowledge and<br />
skills to address the common<br />
challenges facing the<br />
region..<br />
In addition, it will also<br />
promote cooperation and<br />
dialogue between regulators<br />
and industry to introduce<br />
best regional and<br />
international practices in<br />
the member countries.<br />
SATRC is an important<br />
forum under the APT that<br />
provides delegates with a<br />
unique networking opportunity<br />
to the country delegates<br />
which may lead to<br />
mutual collaborations on<br />
similar opportunities and<br />
challenges.<br />
Red meat raises heart disease risk through gut bacteria<br />
ISLAMABAD: Scientists<br />
have uncovered further evidence<br />
of how a diet rich in<br />
red meat interacts with gut<br />
bacteria to raise the risk of<br />
heart disease.<br />
They found that people<br />
who ate red meat as their<br />
main source of protein for 1<br />
month had levels of trimethylamine<br />
N-oxide (TMAO)<br />
that were two to three times<br />
higher than those in people<br />
who got their protein primarily<br />
from white meat or nonmeat<br />
sources.<br />
Gut bacteria produce<br />
TMAO as a byproduct when<br />
they feed on certain nutrients<br />
during digestion.<br />
Previous studies have<br />
implicated high circulating<br />
levels of TMAO in the development<br />
of artery-blocking<br />
plaques and raised risk of<br />
heart-related conditions.<br />
In the recent research, scientists<br />
at the Cleveland<br />
Clinic in Ohio uncovered<br />
two mechanisms through<br />
which a diet rich in red meat<br />
raises TMAO levels.<br />
It appears that not only<br />
does frequent consumption<br />
of red meat enhance gut bacteria<br />
production of TMAO,<br />
but it also reduces elimination<br />
of the compound<br />
through the kidneys.<br />
The European Heart<br />
Journal has published a<br />
report on the study and its<br />
findings.<br />
"This is the first study of<br />
our knowledge," says senior<br />
study author Dr. Stanley L.<br />
Hazen, who chairs the<br />
Department of Cellular and<br />
Molecular Medicine in the<br />
Cleveland Clinic's Lerner<br />
Research Institute, "to show<br />
that the kidneys can change<br />
how effectively they expel<br />
different compounds<br />
depending on the diet that<br />
one eats — other than salts<br />
and water."<br />
In previous work, Dr.<br />
Hazen and his team had<br />
found that TMAO alters<br />
blood platelets to raise the<br />
risk of thrombosis, or<br />
blood clots.<br />
Their work revealed that<br />
TMAO modifies calcium<br />
signaling in blood platelets.<br />
In addition, it showed that<br />
platelets respond differently<br />
to blood-clotting triggers<br />
when blood levels of TMAO<br />
are high.<br />
The team proposed that<br />
the compound could be a<br />
powerful predictor of the<br />
risk of heart attack, stroke,<br />
and death — even when<br />
cholesterol and blood pressure<br />
levels are healthy.<br />
Others have since replicated<br />
the findings and, like<br />
Dr. Hazen and his team,<br />
have continued to investigate<br />
TMAO and its impact<br />
on health.<br />
Research from the<br />
University of Leicester in<br />
the United Kingdom, for<br />
example, demonstrated that<br />
people with acute heart failure<br />
fared worse if they had<br />
higher circulating levels of<br />
TMAO.<br />
Clinical trials are also<br />
underway to test TMAO as a<br />
predictive marker ofheart<br />
disease risk.<br />
The recent study<br />
assigned 113 individuals to<br />
follow three tightly controlled<br />
diets in a random<br />
order for 4 weeks each with<br />
a "washout diet" preceding<br />
the changeover.