19 December 2018

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Wednesday, December 19, 2018
Metropolitan
SHC grants bail to four
alleged target killers
Pact signed to launch a fleet of 60
fully-loaded ambulances in Karachi
KARACHI: Sindh High
Court (SHC) on Tuesday
granted bail plea of four
alleged target killers of
Muttahida Qaumi
Movement (MQM) on the
surety of Rs0.5 million for
each.
A two-member bench of
the SHC heard the bail plea
filed by accused Kamran
Madhuri and others who
said to be high profile target
killers of MQM. The
court granted their bail plea
on the surety of Rs0.5 million
each.
The other accused are
Suhail Nadeem Arain,
Mohsin and Abdul Subhanu-llah.
According to the prosecutor,
there were many
cases registered against the
Contact Drive. The
Conference, featured the
provinces clerics who, as
influential opinion leaders
emphasized on the safe use
of natural gas. They appreciated
SSGC’s role in stemming
the declining trend of
the number of deaths and
injuries as a result of its
safety awareness programs.
The eminent clerics and
social workers stressed on
the customers to avoid gas
theft since it was against
the very tenets of Islamic
beliefs and education. The
speakers included Maulana
accused Kamran but got
bail in three cases. He said
that Kamran was still in
prison in more than four
cases.
Prosecutor told the court
that accused was booked in
murder cases and he pleaded
the court that his bail
plea should be rejected.
Counsel of the Kamran
told the court that there was
KARACHI: Careless
use of gas-fired appliances
during winters are a cause
of unnecessary deaths and
injuries especially in the
bitterly cold regions.
Every year, the Company
launches ’Winter Safety Syed Muhibullah Agha,
Campaign’ in Balochistan Allama Syed Hashmi
to create awareness about
this hazard, through a blend
Mosavi, Sayed Habibullah
Chishti, Professor Arshad
of Below the Line and
Above the Line activities.
Yameen,
Muhammad
Mufti
Ahmed
SSGC Corporate Qandhariand social worker
C o m m u n i c a t i o n Abdul Kakar. In their
Department, in conjunction speeches, SSGC’s Madni
with Regional Office, Arafat Siddiqui, GM
Quetta organized, like in
the yesteryears, an Ulema
(Distribution-Balochistan)
and Shahbaz Islam, GM
Conference at Quetta Press (HR and Corporate
Club as part of their Social Communications) underscored
the need to practice
safe use of gas. They said
that as a result of regular
campaigns, there has been a
sharp drop in the number of
casualties and emphasized
that gas theft was a main
drain on SSGC’s resources
and called on Ulemaand
other opinion makers in
Balochistan to discourage it
in every forums.
Later in the evening, the
organizers held a dinner for
the media fraternity of
Balochistan at a local hotel.
SSGC’s management represented
by Amin Rajput,
AMD, Imran Farookhi,
DMD (Corporate
Services), Saeed
Larik,SGM (D-North),
Madni Arafat Siddiqui, GM
(D-Balochistan) and
Shahbaz Islam,GM (HR
and
Corporate
C o m m u n i c a t i o n s )
addressed the media persons.
They appreciated the
fact that due to the annual
winter safety campaign, the
number of causalities from
no allegation over his client
in this case.
Prosecutor told the court
that Kamran Madhuri is a
dangerous criminal; there
are total 11 different cases
registered against him. He
said the Anti-Terrorism
Court (ATC) has already
rejected bail plea of four
accused.
Prosecution further said
Winter safety campaign bringing about
positive outcome in Balochistan: SSGC
KARACHI: Sindh Police Inspector General (IG), Dr. Kaleem Imam in high level meeting
with delegation of 41st Specialized Training Program for Pakistan Administration
Services held at CPO Headquarters .
Gang involved in looting people through
fake foreign company website held
KARACHI: Federal Investigation
Agency (FIA) has nabbed group of four
suspects involved in looting of 10,000 people
by developing fake websites foreign
company .
FIA, during a search operation in
Karachi arrested a gang of four people
involved in looting 10,000 people after
establishing fraudulent website in the name
of foreign company.
FIA cyber crime Karachi Deputy
Director Abdul Ghafaar said that suspects
were deceiving people in respect
of multi level marketing on name of
Italian company .
Pakistani citizens were being sold out
fake currency through this fraudulent website
besides looting them on name of easy
income. 1.5 US dollar per man had been
received from 10,000 people.
Suspects were making sale and purchase
of American dollar in the form of online
electronic currency.
Suspects have received more than 200
million RUPEES on name of virtual currency
and crypto currency.
Deputy Director further said that four
suspects have been held in different areas of
Karachi through raids.
2 separate cases have been filed against
all of them.
He said two key suspects of this gang are
the residents of Nawab Shah while FIA is
carrying out raids for their arrest.
KARACHI: Traffic police officials removing fancy number plate from a vehicle during a
campaign against replica registration and fancy number plates near Metropole at
Shahrah-e-Faisal road.
careless use of gas appliances
has shrunk during the
last couple of years. They
thanked the media for propagating
the message about
precautionary measures to
the customers, with the
result that so far no death
has been reported from callous
use of gas from anywhere
in Balochistan.
In their remarks,
President Quetta Press
Club Raza Rehman and
President of Balochistan
Union of Journalists Khalil
Ahmed pointed out at incidents
of issues of low gas
pressure in Quetta and
other adjacent areas. The
MD assured them that the
management of SSGC is
closely looking into the
issue of low pressure and is
taking practical steps such
as expanding transmission
infrastructure across
Balochistan as well as setting
up LPG-Air Mix plants
to ensure uninterrupted gas
supply to an ever increasing
customer base.
IFC recognizes
National Foods Limited
as family-friendly entity
KARACHI: A case study,
‘Retaining Top Talent
Through Family Friendly
Policies’ published by
International
Corporation, a member of the
World Bank Group, has identified
National Foods Limited
as having family friendly policies
for their employees.
The case studies feature a
total of 5 companies which
were evaluated on the basis of
gender diversity policies
which enable these organizations
to retain top talent.Afew
of the metrics evaluated were
the percentage of women
working in these organizations,
the support provided to
their employees who are
working parents and also the
business impacts of such family
friendly policies.
National Foods has built a
Daycare for their employees
who are encouraged to bring
in their kids and toddlers who
remain under the supervision
of trained caregivers. National
Foods has also incorporated
flexible work arrangements,
which encourage employees
to be attentive to their family
needs without compromising
their work quality. Aiming to
provide good benefits to its
employees, NFL also provides
medical allowance on top of
salary and health & life insurance.
The Company has a
100% maternity return rate
showing that females are comfortable
in working for NFL
after becoming mothers.
The different policies
which encourage a healthy
work life balance has helped
NFL in enabling their employees
to excel in performance
which in turn puts the whole
organization in an upward trajectory.
Speaking at the
launch, Abrar Hasan—CEO
of NFL said, “We are honored
to be a strong advocate of gender
diversity. Such case studies
help in establishing benchmarks
in the industry, enlightening
all the players to build
family friendly environments
for their employees. Our goal
is to become an employer of
choice for women.”
that accused had attacked
on police van in Chakra
Goth, in which four policemen
were martyred and
some policemen and citizen
were got injured.
It said that all accused
were recognized by witnesses
before the magistrate.
All accused are
involved in target killing
and other offenses.
More facilities for
Hujjaj demanded
KARACHI: Pasban
Democratic Party has
demanded more facilitates
for the Hujjaj and saving
from the explioation of private
Hajj operaters.
Pasban in a release here
said said that the President
House has already sent their
Hajj policy 2019 suggestions
to the formulation committee
and it is hoped that they
would be incorporated soon
in the coming policy.
According to details,
Pasban Democratic Party’s
Public Issues Committee
Director Abu-Bakr Usman
after discussions with
experts and debates in different
forums had formulated
their suggestions regarding
the Hajj policy and submitted
them to the President
House, which has now forwarded
them to the formulation
committee.
Pasban President Altaf
Shakoor hoped that these
suggestions would soon be
incorporated and they would
help in ending corruption
and malpractices in private
Hajj quota and greatly facilitate
the Hujjaj. The Pasban
has suggested that the like
the government Hajj quota
there should be only one
package of the private Hajj
quota. The private Hajj operations
should be given a total
of 50000 seats. The private
Hajj operators should be
Finance given quota only when they
take oath that they would not
go to litigation.
The Hujjaj should be provided
the best accommodation,
three-time food and
transportation services as per
the charges of government
Hajj package. On their
return the airlines should
be made bound to allow
them a baggage up to
46kilograms. Hujjaj should
be given a mandatory gift
of blanket, prayer rug and
Darri for Manna, Arafat
and Muzdalifah rituals.
Special quota for the senior
citizens should be continued.
For the candidates
who could not be selected
during last three ballots,
more quotas should be earmarked.
The applications
for the Hajj would be invited
in May 2019, so as to
facilitate the Hujjaj to
deposit their payments.
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister, Syed Murad Ali Shah witnesses signing ceremony
between Sindh Government and Patients Aid Foundation for lunching emergency
ambulance service, held at CM House.
KARACHI: Sindh Chief
Minister Syed Murad Ali
Shah taking a historic decision
of launching an ambulance
service with a fleet of
60 fully-loaded vehicles in
the city, entered into an
agreement with Patient’s
Aid Foundation (PAF) to
operate the facility on
Public Private Partnership
(PPP) mode.
The agreement with
Sindh government was
signed by PAF official
Mushtaq Chhapra and
Health Secretary Usman
Chahchar at the Chief
Minister’s House today.
The signing was witnessed
by the Sindh Chief
Minister, Health Minister
Dr Azra Fazal Pechuho,
CM’s Advisor Murtaza
Wahab, Principal Secretary
to CM Sajid Jamal Abro,
KARACHI: Speakers at
the meeting of Shura
Hamdard Karachi have
urged the nation and the
government to follow the
principle of Quaid: “Faith,
Unity and Discipline” in
letter and spirit, because it
is the only way out and
mean to get rid of all social
evils and to solve economic
problems of the country.
The meeting was held
on the theme: “Quaid-i-
Azam’s concept of state
KARACHI: Christian people are getting prepare for the
celebrations of Christmas Day in connection of
Christmas Celebration ceremony coming ahead.
Secretary Finance Syed
Najam Shah, Special
Secretary Health Dr Dabir,
PAF’s Zahid Bashir,
Executive Director JPMC
Dr Seemi Jamali, Tariq
Mahmood of JPMC,
Murtaza Abbas Kazmi of
Aman Health Care Service.
The Sindh government
during current financial
year will take over the service
of Aman Ambulances
and run it in the city of
Karachi in collaboration
with PAF. ”In the second
step, the goal is to expand
the Karachi fleet of ambulances
from 60 to 200 by
the end of the 2019,” the
chief minister said.
It may be noted that
there is already a successful
pilot project underway in
the districts of Thatta and
Sujawal with 25 life-saving
and today’s Pakistan”,
chaired by Justice (Rtd)
Haziqul Khairi at a local
club.
Speaking on the occasion,
the guest speaker and
former Director of Quaid-i-
Azam Academy, Karachi,
Khuwaja Razi Haider said
that Quaid-i-Azam
Muhammad Ali Jinnah was
the most important leader
among the leaders born
during the last 150 years in
South Asia. The title of
ambulances by the name of
Sindh Peoples Ambulance
Service, which has been
successfully operating for
the past two years under a
similar public-private partnership
between Sindh government
and Aman.
Shah said that the expansion
in Karachi and rural
areas of the province would
be undertaken under the
proposed name as Sindh
Emergency Medical
Services. He added that
concurrently, the ambulance
service would be
expanded to all districts of
Sindh on an incremental
basis under the new name.
He disclosed that the existing,
as well as the expanded
service, would be made
available free of cost immediately
for the benefit of the
public.
‘Faith, Unity and Discipline’
only way-out: Shura Hamdard
‘Quaid-i-Azam was
given to near about 24
leaders, including Abul
Kalam
Azad and Muhammad
Ali Johar and finally it
came to Muhammad Ali
Jinnah and be affixed to
him, he informed.
He said the first book on
Quaid-i-Azam was written
by Sarojini Naidu in 1918,
and one hundred of books
written on Quaid-i-Azam
were completed in 2018.
KARACHI: Mayor Karachi, Waseem Akhtar addresses during Workshop for Female
Journalist organized by Pakistan Council of Media Women held at Old KMC Building.
KARACHI: Chairman DMC Malir, Jan Muhammad Baloch
along with Vice Chairman, Abdul Khaliq Marwat inspecting
ongoing developments at Labour Colony.
KARACHI: Chairman DMC East, Moid Anwar inspecting
sewage work.