November 07, 2010

 

MIRPURKHAS Nov 7. Strike was observed in Sarafa bazaar Mirpurkhas after a robbery committed in the jeweler shop here on Sunday morning. Report said that as the sarafa bazaar was opened in morning three armed robbers entered into the Zafar Jeweler shop and held hostage the owner of the shop and looted cash, gold ornaments of 5 Tola, silver ornaments and a mobile cell on gun point and fled away from the spot. In protest all the shops in Sarafa bazaar Mirpurkhas were closed. President of Sarafa association Mirpurkhas Mohammad Haneef Memon talking to newsmen said that all the jewelers were felt unprotected as their shops even houses were not saved from robbers. He accused that local police were failed to provide protections to the lives and properties to the masses. He said that administration had been failed to control the growing crime in the city as well as in the district. He demanded the higher authorities to take notice of police failure and provide protection to the lives and properties of the people by taking drastic measures to replace the local police officers and appoint honest and sincere police officers to curb the crime.

 

MIRPURKHAS Nov 7. Deputy General Secretary of PPP district Mirpurkhas Jahangeer Mughal, 42, was died of heart and liver failure here on Sunday. Report said that Jahangeer Mughal was fighting different diseases of liver and heart for last a year. He was remained at the post of district president SPSF Mirpurkhas in past. PPP sources said that he was unmarried. In emergency he was brought at civil hospital Mirpurkhas where doctors pronounced him dead. As the news of his death was spread hundreds of office bearers of PPP Mirpurkhas and workers gathered at his residence at Noor Shah Colony. He will be laid to rest after Eisha prayer in the local graveyard. MNA Mir Munawar Ali Talpure, federal minister for culture Pir Aftab Hussain Shah Jilani, Niaz Pathan, city president SPSF, Maqbool Khatyan, Aijaz Soomro and city President PPP Mirpurkhas Malik Yaseen have expressed their deep grief and sorrow over the sad demise of local PPP leader Jahangeer Mughal and prayed with Allah for his departed soul. 

MIRPURKHAS Nov 7. Convener of Sindh progressive Nationalist Alliance Ayaz Lateef Palijo has accused that country’s resources were being looted on the name of Watan cards and joke is being made on the name of help of the poor flood affected people. He was speaking at the protest rally of SPNA at Market chowk here on Sunday that was attended by hundreds of people including women. He expressed that Sindhi people had given their votes four times in the favor of PPP to come it in government but still those poor Sindhi people were deprived of basic facilities and facing poverty. He further said that Sindh province have more than minerals and other resources but federation was enjoying with those resources while Sindhi people were today also compelled to sale their innocent children and deprived of their proper rights . He said that SPNA will take massive part in next local body election and hoped that Sindhi people would succeed it majority for solutions of their problems. He demanded the government to launch deweaponize campaign at Karachi without any discrimination. He said that flood affected people of Sindh were deprived of help while in Punjab and Pakhtoonkhawa provinces, flood affected people were being provided funds, rations and rehabilitation.Dr Qadir Magsi said that Sindhi people had been tested to give their votes to MQM, all factions of Muslim League, PPP, Wadera, Mir and Pir who did not yet given nothing to country except price hike, terrorism, corruption and looting the resources etc. He said that SPNA has come in the ground to awake the Sindhi people and if the Sindhi people were awoke then nobody could looted the funds including Baitul Mall funds . He said that we wanted to see the local poor personality at the post of Sindh chief minister and Governor Sindh. He said that a side all the cities of Sindh had been turned into ruins while on the other hand government was establishing new city in the province. He said that legislatures in Sindh assembly were discussed on the skin of Crocodile and Indian actor Shah Rukh Khan while problems of the masses were not discussed to resolve them on priority basis. He asked the Sindhi people to understand their status and importance and struggle for their rights instead to run for their help and government aid. He said that now any slogan could not attract the Sindh people as they knew their rights and ready to launch struggle for their rights.Shah Mohammad Shah accused that the land of influential personalities and Waderas were saved from flood by giving deliberately cut to the dykes or banks as result lakhs of people and their lands were inundated under the flood water and faced hardships of displacing their areas and taking shelter in open sky and relief camps . He accused that Sindh government had failed to control the growing crime and lawlessness in the province while flood affected people were deprived of any kind of help and aid.Syed Jalal Mehmood Shah said that those had asked the killer league in past were increasing their contacts with them. He requested the people to vote to contesters of SPNA in next local body election for getting their rights. 

 

MIRPURKHAS Nov 7. Sugar prices shot up in the city as sugar is being sold on retail at RS 106 per kilogramme while few days back its retail rate was RS 85 and 86 per kilogramme. Report said that suddenly whole sale rate of sugar was increased till RS 5100 per 50 kilogram bag and in retail sugar was being sold at RS 106 per kilogramme. Vice president of Sindh abadgar board SAB district Mirpurkhas chapter Haji Abdul Ghafoor Maher has strongly criticized the government policies as sugar rate has been reached till 106 per kilogram in retail here. In a press statement issued here on Sunday, he accused that government had been failed to control the growing rate of sugar and poor masses were compelled to buy the sugar at very high rate. He demanded the federal government to take immediate notice into this matter, ensure decrease the sugar rate till RS 40 per kilogramme that was fixed by apex court in past. 

MIRPURKHAS Nov 7. Two factions of traders have united and decided in the meeting to launch the protest campaign against the district administration for its failure to control the growing crime and arrest of the involved culprits of dacoities and robberies. This decision was taken in the meeting of both factions of the trader association led by Haji Akhlaque and Amin Memon held here on Sunday. Talking to newsmen, general secretary of All Anjuman e Tajiran Mirpurkhas Aftab Qureshi told that district administration was creating differences between both factions of the traders of Mirpurkhas and in the favor of masses and traders leaders of both factions decided to be united to launch the protest campaign against the district administration sothat it might not be used to any faction of the trader for its benefit . He said that meeting decided to launch the protest campaign and first of all in first phase protest demonstration will be held at Market chowk on Monday morning that will remained continue till acceptance of their two main demands including arresting of the culprits and punish them who had been committed robberies and dacoities in the city and replacing the DPO Mirpurkhas without any delay. He accused that local police were failed yet to control the growing crime in the city as result no any citizen was saved from criminals. He said that leaders of civil society and office bearers of different NGOs would also take part in the protest campaign. 

شہید انقلاب ڈاکٹر عمران فاروق کی روح کے ایصال ثواب کے لئے ایم کیو ایم میرپورخاص زون کے زیر اہتمام قرآن خوانی اور فاتحہ خوانی کا انعقاد ہوا۔

MIRPURKHAS Nov 6. Huge quantity of fire crackers were recovered in raid of civil judge and judicial magistrate 1 Mirpurkhas from Mirwah road and Market chowk in the city on Saturday night. Report said that Hindu community was busy in celebrating their religious festival “Diwali”while heavy voices were creating of explosions of the fire crackers in the city that as the civil judge and judicial magistrate 1 Mirpurkhas Ahmed Nawaz Dombki came out from Noorani mosque at Mirwah road after performing prayer during this a fire cracker exploded with heavy voice there after which he along with town police carried out raids at the venders and push cart owners selling the fire crackers openly in the city as result sellers run away from the spot to leave their material and push carts and venders. On the directives of judicial magistrate, police taken into custody huge quantity of fire crackers. When contacted SHO town Abid Kaim Khani said that till today Saturday night cases would be lodged against those involved in selling the fire crackers.

 

MIRPURKHAS Nov 6. On the call of Sindh Dost Rabita council demonstration was held by Sindh dost Rabita council Mirpurkhas to protest against the handing over the recovery of sales taxes on services to federal government here on Saturday. Protesters led by Ali Hassan Dal, Jameel Lashari and Gull Mohammad Kalhoro, carried banners and placards raised slogans against the Sindh government. Leaders accused that handing over the recovery of sales tax to federation on services was the great injustice with Sindh province. They termed the dacoity committed on Sindh rights for handing over the sales tax recovery to federal government. They alleged that Sindh government was inefficient and accountability of Sindh rights should be made with Sindh government. They criticized the government policy to increase the price of patrol and demanded the higher authorities to end the price hike, corruption and lawlessness from the country. 

MIRPURKHAS Nov 6. Two sugar mills out of five sugar mills of the district Mirpurkhas have been launched their crushing season but facing no cane condition here on Saturday. Report said that there are 5 sugar mills in the district including Mirpurkhas, Digri, Al-Abbas, Tharparkar and Najma sugar mills. However Mirpurkhas, Digri, Al Abbas and Tharparkar sugar mills had been fired their boilers in past however Mirpurkhas and Al Abbas sugar mills had started their crushing of cane but facing no cane condition as mills crushed the cane a day and then for two days their function of crushing was stopped waiting the availability of required quantity of sugar cane crop. When contacted Haider Rustamani, general manager for Admin and human resources said that no cane condition was appeared as the sugar mills started their crushing season. He said that indents had already been issued to the growers and landlords but less transportation of cane in the mill was being made owing to shortage of labours in the field as mostly labours are belong to Hundi community and whole the community including Hindu peasants were busy to celebrate their religious festival Diwali. However he said that we are making efforts to keep continue crushing of cane without any stoppage by requesting the landlord and growers to supply more than their cane crop . 

MIRPURKHAS Nov 6. Two employees of Mirpurkhas sugar mill were received minor injuries when radiator of a machine was leaked here on Friday night. Report said that employee Bahadur and an unknown daily wages labourer was injured when radiator of a machine was leaked. One of the injured Bahadur was brought at emergency of civil hospital Mirpurkhas for medical assistance. He was later released after providing first aid. However name of other injured was not known till filing of the news. 

MIRPURKHAS Nov 6. Meeting of office bearers of labour unions of sugar mills of the Sindh province was held here on Saturday in which they formed Sindh sugar mills workers federation and unanimously nominated the office bearers of the federation Abdul Hameed Shaikh as Chairman, Dodo Khan Mangrio, Dost Ali Chandio, Ashraf Rajput and Ghulam Qasim Khan as vice chairman, president, general secretary and finance secretary respectively. Meeting adopted different resolutions demanding the government to regularize the all daily wages and contracted employees of the mills , provide at least salary of RS 20000 owing to price hike. Meeting further demanded the government to recover the write off loan money of banks and provide the basic facilities including residence, health and education to the laborers.

 

MIRPURKHAS Nov 6. Sindh chief minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has said that all possible measures were being made by government to rehabilitate the flood affected people of Sindh and added that Sindh government would protect in any condition the benefits of the Sindh province. He was talking to newsmen here on Saturday in the Valima marriage ceremony of brother of PPP MPA Shamim Aara Panhwer at Mirpurkhas Gymkhana club. Regarding the Thar coal project, chief minister said that work in speed was continued at the Thar coal project and all the formalities have been completed in this regard and added that more than electricity and opportunities of employments would be created of this project. In reply the questions, he said that all the attention of Sindh government at this time was on to rehabilitate over 70 lakhs flood affected people and efforts were continued to provide not only RS 1 lakh to each affected family atonce while seed and fertilizers would also be provided them free of cost. He said that Thar coal project was a big project of 4 Arab dollars and the agreement of government with big Angro Company of Germany had been made in which 40 percent share is of Sindh province. He further said that 40 percent electricity was created from coal in Germany and according to German experts quality of Thar coal was better than coal of Germany . He told that abut 2500 megawatt electricity will be created from this project and 50000 to 100000 local people would get employments of this project. He said that this project is in benefit for Thar, Mirpurkhas even whole country. Federal minister for culture Pir Aftab Hussain Shah Jilani, MNA Mir Munawar Ali Talpure, Provincial ministers Taukeer Fatima Bhutto, Zahid Bhurgari, Syed Ali Nawaz Shah, Sajid Jokhio, PPP MPAs Shamim Aara Panhwer, Mir Haji Hayat Talpure, Mir Mehboob Talpure, Ali Murad Rajar, etc also attended the Valima marriage ceremony. Sindh chief minister, after this, went to residence of PPP activist Ali Akbar Panhwer who was murdered in armed attack and condoled with bereaved family and then went to house of Junaid Buland , organizer of SPSF district Mirpurkhas after which left the city for Karachi. 

MIRPURKHAS Nov 5. Two young labourers were killed of suffocation while they were cleaning the under ground petrol tank of the local petrol pump situated at Jarwari Shakh chowk here on Friday. Report said that two young untrained labourers Rajo, 25, resident of ring road and Ali Raza, 24, resident of near Jumman Shah shrine, taluka Mirpurkhas alighted into the under ground petrol tank of Admoral petrol pump to clean it but owning to presence of dangrious gas in the tank , they felt suffocation and raised hue and cry on which hundreds of people including local police gathered there to rescue them but first of all they found no necessary rescue equipments at the petrol pump even there was no rope for help of the victims fighting for their lives in the under ground petrol tank. However with the help of police people taken out them in serious condition and rushed to emergency of civil hospital Mirpurkhas where doctors pronounced them dead. Report said that this tragic incident was occurred owing to non availability of rescue equipments at the petrol pump. The bodies of the deceased were later handed over to their heirs after legal formalities. When contacted owner of the petrol pump Anwer Mehtab expressed his grief and sorrow over this sad incident and said that he was going to perform Haj while added that one of the labor has been cleaning the under ground petrol tank in past but unfortunately this incident occurred. When asked regarding non availability of rescue equipments he said that we have only fire work equipments to extinguish the fire at the petrol pump. It may be recalled that civil defence department was ensured the necessary equipments at the petrol pumps and CNG service centers. 

MIRPURKHAS Nov 5. Engineer Syed Irshad Ali, 30, son of Hakeem Riasat Ali, resident of Ahmadani coloney Mirpurkhas was also one of the passenger died in aeroplan crash at Karachi on Friday. Report said that after confirmation of his death in the crash of aeroplan handreds of people were gathered at his residence here to mourn the condition. Hakeem Riasat Ali, father of the deceased above engineer told the newsmen that his son engineer Syed Irshad Ali was working for last 4 years in ENI ,an Italian oil company as an engineer.He further said that he has 4 sons and Engineer Syed Irshad Ali was on second number of his sons while he added that deceased has left a widow and one and half year old daughter Ms Sakina. He said that on Thursday evening his son had left the Mirpurkhas for Karachi and today on Friday morning he knew through media about his death in the aeroplan crash and then he confirmed the news of his death from his company sources. 

MIRPURKHAS Nov 5. Religious Hindu festival “Diwali” has been started in the lower Sindh particularly in Mirpurkhas, Umerkot, Sanghar and Tharparkar districts on Friday as there were more than Hindu community lived. Report said that Hindu community youths and children particularly take part massively to celebrate the festival. From few days back, they had started preparation to celebrate the festival as purchased the fire crackers, sweets and illuminated the temples. Hindu people including women were performing their special prayers in temples and burn the lamps. While in city huge rush of Hindu community people was witnessed as they were purchasing to celebrate the festival. Mostly youths and children were seen buying the fire crackers at the different stalls setup in the city as first time fire crackers were being openly sold in patronizing of the local police. Heavy voices of bursting the fire crackers were heared from different places of the city. Hindu people were seen in big quantity purchasing the sweets from the different sweet shops. Report said that liquor were also prepared specially for this festival as youths were reportedly buying the liquor from the different liquor dens in the city and outskirts of the city. Security arrangements were made strict in the city on this occasion as in the city police personnels were deployed at the main roads, bazaars, main chowks, sensitive areas, and entry and exit ways of the city to keep strict watch on the miscreants. 

MIRPURKHAS Nov 4. On the call of Jeay Sindh students federation JSMM , a rally was taken out by JSMM Mirpurkhas from government comprehensive higher secondary school here on Thursday to protest against the attack of state department on the house of Sirai Qurban Khawar, vice chairman JSMM and torturing the women . Protesters led by Mazhar Mirrani and Aftab Solangi, carried banners and placards marched through main roads and reached at local press club. Where speaking at the protesters Mazhar Mirrani, Dr Shamshad Mirrani and others strongly condemned the attack of state department on the house of Sirai Qurban Khawar, vice chairman of JSMM and torturing the women. They warned the government to stop such kind of illegal activities otherwise protest campaign throughout province would be launch in this regard.

 

MIRPURKHAS Nov 4. Scores of workers and office bearers of Sunni Tehreek Mirpurkhas took out the protest rally here on Thursday from its office to protest against the lawlessness, terrorist activities, price hike and increase in price of Petrol. Protesters led by provincial president Noor Ahmed Qasmi and Iltimas Sabir Qadri, carrying placards and banners, marched through main roads and reached at local press club where speaking at the protesters provincial president Noor Ahmed Qasmi, Iltimas Sabir and Hafiz Mehmood Ahmed Qadri have strongly condemned the government wrong policies under which lawlessness and terrorist activities have become common and prices of general commodities and petrol were increasing day by day causing great hardships to the masses. They accused that government had been failed to control the price hike, lawlessness, target killings and unemployment in the country. They said that masses should come forward and do strong the hands of leader Mohammad Sarwat Aijaz Qadri. They said that leadership of Sunni Tehreek was fighting the terrorists and warning the government openly even they are ready to give any kind of sacrifices for the rights of the masses.

MIRPURKHAS Nov 4. Chairman Railway workers union Manzoor Ahmed Razi has strongly condemned the bomb explosions at the railway track at Kotri, Hyderabad and Nawabshah and demanded the government to take immediate notice into this matter and save the track from devastation by strict patrolling and watching. He was talking to this correspondent on Thursday through telephone. He said that owing to this wave of bomb explosions at the railway track, the lives of the passengers and railway employees were under serious threats and panic has been spread among the passengers and railway employees. He appealed those involved in such devastation act should adopt proper way of protest to press the government to accept their genuine demands instead to devastate the railway track and give loss of lives and government properties. He expressed that we are supported the genuine rights of Sindhi national parast and advice the government to hold negotiations with them to resolve their genuine problems. He said that hatred among the masses will spread owing to such devastation act and requested the Sindhi National parast not to make such devastation act and adopt the proper procedure of protest before the rulers to resolve their grievances. 

MIRPURKHAS Nov 4. DCO Mirpurkhas Ghulam Hussain Memon has been requested the provincial benevolent fund board to get special audit of the record of district benevolent fund board Mirpurkhas to appear the people involved in misappropriation of its funds , while he has also been written a letter to DPO Mirpurkhas to take immediate legal action against one Jumma Shar, retired employee of irrigation department district Sanghar who was the main culprit of the gang.  When contacted DCO Mirpurkhas told that he was disclosed the scam as about RS 10 lakhs of the funds of district benevolent fund board Mirpurkhas were allegedly misappropriated in 2007-08 and he had ordered the inquiry and constituted the inquiry committee headed by EDO finance Mirpurkhas Syed Zakir Shah. He claimed that an employee of his office and employee of general post office Mirpurkhas were also involved in this scam. He told that accounts of the people including women who had received the funds money through fake documents were opened their accounts in general post office Mirpurkhas for money transaction . He further said that an employee of his office involved in this scam who will soon be confirmed after which he will face legal action. He further said that main accused Jumma Shar will soon be arrested by the police who will tell his accomplices during the interrogation of the police. Head of the inquiry committee, EDO finance Syed Zakir Shah told that fake 64 cases for receiving the benevolent funds were prepared and lakhs of rupees were released on the base of fake documents of 18 such cases. He said that all the cases were prepared of fake employees of the irrigation department belong to Jamrao, Mithrao and Thar divisions. He said that verification of the employees were not made by the district benevolent fund board Mirpurkhas and added that various persons of the DCO office Mirpurkhas were also involved in this fraud case. He said that he has informed to DCO in written to request concerned higher authorities to get the special audit of the records of the benevolent funds of the district sothat disappeared involved culprits could might be appeared. He said that Jumma Shar, who was retired unfit from irrigation department in district Sanghar, was the main accused and his little brother is still working as Baildar in the irrigation department district Sanghar. When contacted secretary of the district benevolent fund board Mirpurkhas and DDO revenue taluka Sindhri Abdul Hafeez Leghari said that main accused Jumma Shar had been arrested in district Sanghar in fraud case in past and now he has been absconder as he was not appearing in the court on hearing. When tried to contact with DPO Mirpurkhas for his comments but his cell phone did not give response. 

 

MIRPURKHAS Nov 2. Dozens of employees of Hesco Mirpurkhas division under the banner of Wapda Hydro electric labour union and Pakistan workers federation have taken out protest rally from railway station chowk here on Tuesday to protest against the dissolution of PEPCO. Protesters led by Akbar Khan Leghari  and Malik Abdul Kareem, carrying banners and placards marched through main roads and raising slogans against the government. They marched through main roads and reached at local press club where speaking at the protesters Akbar Leghari, Malik Abdul Kareem , Mohammad Shareef and others have accused that government had been failed to resolve the problems of price hike, lawlessness and corruption in the country while masses were suffering great difficulties. They alleged that rulers were busy in looting the resources of the country and were not giving proper attention to solve the problems of the masses. They alleged that country was facing acute economical crisis owing to wrong policies of the government. They further accused of the government for its failure to enhance the production of power as result power prices were increased and people were facing prolong load shedding in the country . They accused that now the government wanted to get loan by dissolution the PEPCO on the behest of IMF. They said that under such condition this institution will also be devastated, economical condition will further deteriorate and prices of commodities would further be increased. They asserted that protest of employees and labors would remained continue against the wrong policies of the government till solution of the problems of the masses. 

MIRPURKHAS Nov 2. Allah bux Mughal, resident of Hashim Nagar colony Mirpurkhas has accused that his married daughter Nazia Bibi was kidnapped forcibly by accused Shehbaz Khaskheli, Badal Khaskheli, Mitho Khaskheli and Ms Pathani Khaskheli some days back from his house and kept herself at unknown destination while he has been submitted his written complaint to DPO Mirpurkhas but no action was yet taken against the involved culprits. Speaking at a press conference here on Tuesday, he further said that marry of his daughter Ms Nazia Bibi had been with her cousin Abdul Jabbar Mughal with her willing. He alleged that kidnappers were issuing threats of dire consequences to her daughter in illegal confinement also to change his statement. He said that an officer of Zarri Tarraqiati bank Mirpurkhas Syed Asghar Ali Shah Rizvi, also close to a provincial minister was creating hurdle in legal action against the culprits. He appealed the president Asif Ali Zardari, prime minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani, chief justice of Sindh high court, chief justice supreme court and Sindh chief minister to ensure registration of his case , get returned his daughter from above involved culprits possession and exemplary punishment for the involved accused. 

MIRPURKHAS Nov 2. Costly four wheat seed grader machines out of 10 wheat seed grader machines of the agriculture department Mirpurkhas were missing for last some years remaining were being used by growers but their nominal fee was not deposited to the agriculture department Mirpurkhas. This was disclosed during the inquiry of this scribe here on Tuesday. Report said that Sindh government had been provided about 10 costly wheat seed grader machines to the agriculture department Mirpurkhas in past for providing the wheat growers for making the wheat seed on nominal fee. Report said that owing to alleged political interference, ex EDOs of the agriculture department Mirpurkhas had been given the costly wheat seed grader machines to influential landlords and 4 of them were not returned to the department for last 4 years. It may be recalled that these machines were provided to wheat growers for preparing the wheat seed and they were bound to pay nominal fee RS 5 per maund. But no money was yet deposited in the official account. When contacted Yar Mohammad Khaskheli, district officer agriculture extension Mirpurkhas told this scribe that when he took the charge as district officer about 6 months back he found missing of the record of the above machines and later he prepared the official record even found 4 wheat seed grader machines missing. He told that he was yet failed to trace those missing machines and added that present 6 machines were being used by landlords Ch Iqbal, Dr Shammo, Yousuf Rajput, Nawab Abdul Sattar, Chandar Sharma, Umer Bughio and Arif Bhurgari. He further said that no fee money was yet deposited by the above landlords and they were using the machines for last some years. He hoped that they would deposited the fee as he has been issued the notices to concerned field staff of the agriculture department to ensure deposition of the fee of using the wheat seed grader machines . An official of the agriculture department on the promise of anonymity said that a grader machine was given to A.D.Lakho, ex nazim union council Doolatpur, taluka Mirpurkhas in the tenure of ex EDO agriculture Dodo Khan Leghari, 2 machines were given to Haji Younus Kaim Khani, close person of ex Sindh chief minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim in the period of ex EDO agriculture Ghulamullah Jarwar and one machine was given to Ch Naseer , ex nazim union council Khudadad, taluka Kot Ghulam Mohammad. When contacted ex nazim A.D Lakho said that above machine was provided him about 4 years back and after using it for some time at the land he had been returned it to agriculture department Mirpurkhas. When tried to contact with ex nazim Ch Naseer and Haji Younus Kaim Khani for their comments but their cell phone were closed or dead. 

 

 

MIRPURKHAS Nov 1. Four sugar mills of the district that had been fired their boilers have not launched cane crushing on the first day of announced government schedule Nov 1, here on Monday. Report said that Mirpurkhas, Digri, Tharparkar and Al Abbas sugar mills had been fired their boilers for starting crushing of the sugar cane crop but despite given date of Nov 1 to launch the crushing season by government sugar mills were failed to start the crushing .Meanwhile chairman farmer organization council FOC Sindh Javed Ahmed Junejo expressed his concern over the violation of the government scheduled to start the crushing season from Nov 1 by sugar mills . In a press statement issued here on Monday, he said that Mirpurkhas and Al Abbas sugar mills on Nov 4, Tharparkar on Nov 8, and Digri sugar mill on Nov 6 would start their crushing while Matiari sugar mill and Mehran sugar mill had been started their crushing season and have increased the cane rate at RS 150 per maund. It may be recalled that Sindh government had been fixed officially the minimum price of sugar cane RS 127 per maund. Javed Junejo expressed that owing to late starting of the crushing season by sugar mills wheat sowing will be adversely affected in the Sindh province. He accused that owners of the sugar mills are not sincere to start the crushing at the time and they wanted to delay the crushing till Eid ul Azha. He said that this year more sugar cane crop was sowed than last year in the district as last year sugar cane was sowed at 11475 hectors and this year cane crop was sowed at 15576 hectors in the district as result this year 4100 hectors was more sowed than last year. He said that sugar mill owners wanted to setup zone system for their benefit while zone system was damaged the sugar cane growers and they were compelled to supply cane to a sugar mill of their zone and such they were deprived of more rate of the cane crop offered by the sugar mills of the other zones . He said that example of the zone system is that sugar mills that had announced schedule of crushing were directing the growers of their zones to start harvesting of their crop. He opposed the zoning system of sugar mills and warned that growers would not allow the sugar mills to setup zone system. He alleged that present government was not taking action against the sugar mills violating the rules in the province and added that previous government had taken legal action against the various sugar mills that violated the rules. He said that he has been convened the meeting of FOC within some days to make future planning and strategy to face the excesses of the sugar mills managements.

MIRPURKHAS Nov 1. Administrator TMA Mirpurkhas Abdul Wahab Abbasi has said that fumigation spray campaign has been launched in the city to save the citizens from Malaria and dengue fever diseases and said that there was different kinds of Dengue virus but usually its growth was in clean water  and stressed need to use the clean water and kept the water with cover. He was speaking at a meeting held here on Monday that was attended by MPA Faheem Ahmed Altafi, officials Ghulam Mohammad Leghari, Mohammad Ajmal Khan, Merajuddin and others. He further said that we should ensure spray anti dengue mosquito in the rooms and use also mosquito net if there are more than quantity of mosquito. He said that fumigation spray campaign has been started in the city and if the officials were not reached to any area or locality of the city concerned people should contact at the following numbers 0233-9290194 and 0233-9290197. Earlier, administrator and MPA Faheem Ahmed Altafi along with officials have visited the different areas of the city and examined the cleaning work of the city. 

MIRPURKHAS Nov 1. Slow harvesting of sugar cane crop has allegedly been caused of delay in starting the crushing season of sugar mills in the district Mirpurkhas and Umerkot. Report said that different sugar mills had been directed their sugar cane growers and landlords to start harvesting of cane crop as the government had announced schedule of Nov 1 to start the crushing and had also been issued indents to various growers but required quantity of sugar cane crop was not transported to sugar mills as result mills management did not start their sugar mills crushing owing to no cane condition in the district Mirpurkhas and Umerkot. Report said that main cause of slow Harvesting of the sugar cane crop was Hindu community festival Diwali that was being celebrated on Nov 5. It may be recalled that mostly labors were belong to minority community including Kolhi, Bheel, Meghwar, Oad, Machi etc in districts Mirpurkhas and Umerkot and they were busy in preparation to celebrate festival Dewali on Nov 5. In past due to famine like condition, Thari people were migrated to bairaj areas including Mirpurkhas, Digri, Mirwah Gorchani, Naokot, Jhuddo, Kot Ghulam Mohammad, Umerkot, etc for getting their livelihood and they were available here for harvesting the sugar cane crop on cheap rate but due to heavy rainfall in desert Thar areas during last few years Thari people were not coming to bairaj areas and gaining their livelihood in their areas by labor work.  Landlord of taluka Mirpurkhas Mohammad Moosa Maher told that his peasants and labors that were hired for harvesting the sugar cane crop have refused to harvest the cane till their festival Diwali. He further said that mostly labors and peasants were belonging to minority community and they were at this time busy to celebrate the festival as result he will be able to transport his crop after festival of Dewali . Another landlord Furqan Ahmed of Deh Phadro, taluka Mirpurkhas said that despite offering more labor charges to labors for harvesting the crop but they declined to work in field till Dewali festival. Representative of Kolhi community Sondho Katchi Kolhi told this scribe that before a week of the festival Dewali, minority people were started their preparation to celebrate it with religious fervor. He said that all the minority people at this time were busy while our children are waiting of this festival with unrest. He said that in the field , whole family was worked to harvest the crop or sowed the crop but mostly of the family members are busy at this time as result minority people particularly those worked in the field were avoiding to work in the field as it was the festival that was come one time each year and minority people were celebrated it with massive procedure. 

 

MIRPURKHAS Oct 31. At least ten passengers were injured when a marriage party bus was turned to turtle near Shahi Water at Hyderabad Mirpurkhas road here on Sunday morning. Report said that a marriage party was on its way that one of the bus of marriage party went out of the control of the driver in speed as result it was turned turtle leaving 10 passengers injured. The injured were rushed to emergency ward of the civil hospital Mirpurkhas where they were provided first aid. The injured were identified as Ramesh, Wahsan, Ropchand, Shremti Bhagwani, Bhagwan, Premchand, Dharamdas, Pretam, Gordas and Shremti Weeran. Seriously injured Bhagwan was referred for Liaqat Medical University hospital Hyderabad due to his serious condition.

MIRPURKHAS Oct 31. President Red chili growers association Mian Mohammad Saleem has expressed deep concern over the delay in releasing the funds for installing the Chili dehydration plant in Kunri town and demanded the federal government to put this project on priority to release immediately its approval funds sothat we could export the chili crop to compete in international markets. Talking to local news man, he said that due to his efforts to raise the issue regarding the installing of Chili dehydration plant at Kunri and other places in the Sindh province, federal government had been approved the project of RS 22 crors to install Chili dehydration plant at the 3 acres land of Sindh government that was lying adjacent of Chili research center at Kunri town and about 6 months back, federal minister Mir Hazaar Khan Bijarani had been lying foundation stone of the project at Kunri , however he lamented that owing to flood condition federal government delayed its releasing of funds and still no work on this project was yet started. This project was prepared by small and medium enterprises development authority SMEDA and it will implement on this project as the government released the funds. He urged the government not to neglect or delay such kind of projects instead of delay other development projects, because of such kind of project is the back bone of the agriculture sector and after installation of such plant our export of chili will compete in international market as our chili export quality is best in the world and its demand was more than but due to a fungus European countries, Japan, USA , England etc were yet avoided to import it from Pakistan. He expressed that recently general manager SMEDA Iqbal Ahmed Qudwai has talked with him on phone and assured him that federal government has taken up this project again and process was being made to release its phase wise funds. He said that India had already been installed various chili dehydration plant to dry the chili to export it in international market. He said that our Dandi cut longi chili is the unique and best export quality that was only produced particularly in lower Sindh but we are yet failed to export it in European countries and other international markets owing to not having the Chili dehydration plant. He further said that we could get more than national exchequer by exporting more than chili crop in international market and this dream will be fulfill when we would install the various chili dehydration plants in lower Sindh at Kunri, Jhuddo, Mirpurkhas, Khipro, Naokot, Digri, etc. He said that our chili growers were not properly aware from cultivation and dry process of the Chili crop and there was need of awareness programme for them sothat in initial stage we could get dry and better conditional crop. He told that during dry process it was placed in open sky in the local chili markets but due to moisture atmosphere, a fungus namely Aflotoxin was created in it that was slow poison. He said that in past European countries , Japan, USA etc were imported the chili crop having till 20 part Per billions PPB that was the international standard of that fungus but now above countries have further decreased its quantity as till 10 PPB while he deplored that in absence of chili dehydration plant, our crop have 50 to 150 PPB as result we were failed to compete in the international market of chili crop. He said that we had tested the chili at Kunri which had 25 to 40 PPB and at Tando Jan Mohammad from 150 to 200 PPB. He said that we are only exporting the chili in Middle east, Srilanka, Canada, Saudi Arabia etc. He urged the agriculture department to arrange the seminars on chili crops for providing more than knowledge to growers about the cultivation of chili, its harvesting process, dry process , keeping stock process etc. He demanded the president Asif Ali Zardari and prime minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani to immediately release the funds for installing the chili dehydration plant at Kunri town sothat we could be able to export the chili and compete in international market.

 

MIRPURKHAS Oct 31. Quran Khawani and Fateha Khawani were held at Jinnah hall by MQM Mirpurkhas zone here on Sunday in connection of incident of Oct 31^st, 1986. Those attended including zonal incharge Mirpurkhas Azeem Danish, MPA Faheem Ahmed Altafi, office bearers Mohammad Khalid Majeed and workers etc.

 

MIRPURKHAS Oct 31. Despite the suicide bomb explosions and bomb blasting at different places in the country in which innocent persons were killing and injuring, fire crackers were openly being sold in the city that could be cause of any kind of loss of live or property. Report said that in the patronization of local police, fire crackers were being sold from push carts, venders and shops while rush of children and youths were seen at the sale point. SHO town Hussain Maher told the newsmen that DCO Mirpurkhas had given permission for selling the fire crackers in the city and we could not stop its sale and asked to approach to DCO in this regard. DCO Mirpurkhas Ghulam Hussain Memon denied of giving such kind of permission and said that he will take measures to stop its sale that could be very dangerous for human life.