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. 

MIRPURKHAS Oct 30. President lowers Sindh Hindu Panchayat Seth Kishanchand Parwani, ex provincial minister for minority Hari Ram Kishori Lal, Dr Mohan Lal Kohistani and others have expressed their grief and sorrow over the sad demise of father of famous doctor Gull R.Nankani and condoled with the bereaved family. In a joint press statement issued here on Saturday. It may be recalled that Ropchand Nankani, father of the lecturer of Liaqat Medical University Dr Gull R Nankani was died of protected illness on Friday evening here and hundreds of people majority of Hindu community attended his funeral or last ceremony .

 

MIRPURKHAS Oct 30. District and sessions Judge Mirpurkhas Rasheed Ahmed Soomro has set liberty the 8 peasants (bonded labours) after recording their statements who were produced in the court of the district and sessions Judge Mirpurkhas by Dilber Maher police here on Saturday. Report said that Shankar had been submitted the application in the sessions court stating that his 8 family members including his wife and 7 children were detained at the farmland of the landlord Bachayo Siaal and his son Ali Siaal in the limit of Dilber Maher police station. He accused that forced labour work was taken them even they were not provided medical treatment facilities and were not allowed to move freely. He further alleged that no wages were given them by above landlords. He requested the session’s court to ask the concerned police to carry out raid and recover the above detainees from illegal confinements. On the order of the sessions court , on Friday evening, Dilber Maher police conducted the raid at the farmland of the above landlords and recovered the detained peasants including Shremti Radha, Ramesh, Shremti Sevita, Ashok, Shremit Aneeta, Shremti Kunri, Hareesh and Vikram. They were produced in the session’s court on Saturday by Dilber Maher police.

MIRPURKHAS Oct 30. Mostly sugar mills in the district Mirpurkhas have been started their boiler to crush the sugar cane crop which officially scheduled to be crush from Nov 1, in the Sindh province. Report said that four of the five sugar mills of the district including Mirpurkhas, Digri, Al Abbas and Tharparkar sugar mills have been fired their boilers under their process to start sugar cane crushing. While only Najma Sugar mill did nothing despite directives of the government while report added that it was not functioned last year also. Sources said that mostly sugar mills in the province will begin their crushing till Nov 5^th. However, under the secret directives of the field staff of the different sugar mills, sugar cane growers have been started harvesting of the crop and hired the labours for this purpose on high labour rate as there was already shortage of laborers for harvesting of the cane crop in the district .

 

MIRPURKHAS Oct 30. Member National assembly standing committee for environment and MNA of PML(Q) Marvi Memon has said that she believed on the democracy of parliament as result she was continuously raising the issues related with masses in the assembly but she did not get result from the parliament as result she approached to Judiciary for getting the justice and hoped that judiciary will provide her justice for the poor people of the Sindh province. She was giving answers of the questions of the local journalists at the residence of Javed Ahmed Junejo, chairman farmer organization council FOC Sindh here on Saturday. She appealed the people those have evidences regarding the deliberately breaches given by officials and cut given to the bykes to save the lands of the influential personalities during recent flood in the province to provide evidences to supreme court directly or contact with her in this regard. She accused that right bank area was devastated completely and left bank area was left without water or thrust . She expressed that she was not satisfied with efficiency of the parliament as government was not given the answers in connection of problems raised in the parliament. She said that she is not hopeless of parliament so continuously raising problems and issues to provide the relief to the masses. She said that from March 2010 she had come to roads for protest and her campaign on the issues against the present government was continued in proper manner. In reply a question regarding holding mid term election, she said that she was not believed on the mid term election and present government should complete its 5 years tenure sothat they could not posing themselves as oppressed in next election. She said that inefficiency of two and half years of the present government was weakening the country. She accused that gross mismanagement during flood was made even government was involved in it and high level accountability of the government officials should be made as how much funds were provided for flood affected and displaced people and for their rehabilitation work and weather that was properly utilized or not, should be cleared, she added . In reply some questions she alleged that government was not serious to resolve the problems and issues related to masses and it was using delay tactics to save its people from accountability process. She said that in past in the tenure of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, flood condition had damaged the Sindh but discrimination was not made with any part of the Sindh on behalf of government but she deplored that deliberately officially right bank area was devastated owing to deliberately cut given in dykes to save the agriculture lands of the influential personalities and also left the left bank area thrust without water. She said that she has introduced new trend of politics as issues politics and working to resolve the issues that were directly affecting the masses. She said that she has no interest in accord of the different factions of PML. In reply a question, she said that government should work sincerely in Thar coal project for generating the power to fulfill the requirements of the country.In a reply a question regarding opposition role of PML (N), she said that Mian Niawaz Shareef should leave the artificial opposition role and remove the cap of opposition from his head and wear the cap of government. In reply a question regarding the non implementation on the laws by the sugar mills, she said that it was the main issue to implement on cane act by sugar mills and owners of sugar mills were allegedly violated of the law as they were bound to start their mills on Oct 1, in the Sindh province but they were starting crushing season late a month.She said that other parliamentarians should come forward to raise the issues related with masses and jointly work for betterness of the poor masses.She told that she was briefed in detail by Javed Ahmed Junejo, chairman FOC Sindh here regarding the water shortage in tail end districts of the Nara canal and mismanagements of the irrigation department officers. She said that she was also working the issues of problems of the tail end abadgars in the province and she is exchanging views to visit the different areas of the Sindh province to collect the information properly and then she will raise those issues in parliament and if the government will not give response then she will approach to judiciary to get relief for the masses.On this occasion, chairman FOC Sindh Javed Ahmed Junejo also told the newsmen regarding the shortage of water in Nara canal and water stealing , mismanagement of the irrigation officials and postings of the lower grade officers on the higher ranks in irrigation department. 

MIRPURKHAS Oct 30. Hundreds of workers and office bearers of Anjuman e Ghulaman e Mohammad Peace be upon him Pakistan Mirpurkhas here on Saturday from Municipal shopping center to protest against the suicide bomb explosion at shrines in the country. Protesters led by Mufti Shareef Saeedi and Mohammad Asif Khan Chishti sabri, carried banners and placards marched through main roads and raised slogans against the government, while they reached at local press club where speakers strongly condemned the suicide bomb explosions at shrines and other places and demanded the government to immediately arrest the culprits involved in it. They called upon the government to ensure also arresting of their master mind. They passed resolutions demanding the government to provide protections to the shrines of saints and nabbing the accused and punish them exemplary.

 

MIRPURKHAS Oct 30. An unmarried girl has committed suicide here on Friday night near ground no 2, in the limit of Satellite town police. Report said that on the information, Satellite town police reached at the deceased’s house and shifted the body of the deceased Ms Mehvish, 23, d/o Ramzan Arain to the mortuary of civil hospital Mirpurkhas for legal formality. She committed suicide by hanging herself with rope in her house. Cause behind the suicide is said to be domestic affair. Her body was later handed over to her heirs after fulfilling the legal formality.

MIRPURKHAS Oct 29. Chili price was shooting up following less arrival of the chili crop in the Kunri chili market. Report said that special variety of Chili crop Dandi cut Longi chili was sowed mostly in lower Sindh and prices of the chili were up and down on the less and more arrival in Kunri chili market that is the biggest chili market of the country. Harvesting of the chili was continued in the region and chili growers were sending their crop to the different chili markets of this region including Kunri, Jhuddo, Digri, Naokot, Khipro etc for getting reasonable price of their crop. Within some days RS 2000 per maund were high of the chili as some days back owing to less arrival of the chili production in the Kunri market , rate of chili was RS 6500 per maund but due to less arrival of the chili in the Kunri chili market its rate was high till RS 8500 per maund. It may be recalled that export quality of the chili was produced in this region and growers were sowed Dandi cut Longi chili mostly for acquiring the reasonable rate of crop. Report said that daily arrival of chili crop was 2000 bags in the Kunri chili market. President Red chili growers association Sindh chapter Mian Mohammad Saleem , talking to the local news man said that usually 80000 tows to 90000 tons of chili was produced in the Sindh province and its more than production was acquired from Mirpurkhas, Umerkot, Kunri, Samaro, Jhuddo, Naokot, Digri, Kot Ghulam Mohammad, Mirwah Gorchani, Shadi Palli, Pithoro, Khipro, Sanghar  etc. He further said that export quality of chili was produced here that was purchased by the national level chili grinding factories from the Kunri chili market. He further told that owing to acute shortage of water in this region, chili was sowed on less area and then after heavy rainfall this sensitive crop was damaged adversely as result this year its production will be less than last year. He said that those chili growers were enjoying with high rate of the chili whose crop had been saved from heavy rainfall. He said that awareness programme should be organized by the government for providing knowledge to the growers regarding sowing, harvesting and drying the crop. He stressed need to install more than dehydration plants in this region sothat we could export chili production particularly in European countries, USA, England, Japan etc.

 

MIRPURKHAS Oct 29. A servant boy was allegedly detained in a house after alleged torturing by households and was released when his parents and others protested outside the detained place in the premises of the Satellite town police station here on Thursday night. Complainant Mohammad Siddique Leghari has lodged the case under section 342, 337-A(i), F(i) and 34 PPC with Satellite town police station accusing that his son Rashid Leghari, 10, was working in the house but house holders accused Mansoor Arain, Faisal Arain, Zubair Arain and Dr Zahid leveled allegations upon him of theft, tortured him and then detained him in a room when he was not returned to home in night, he added that he along with others went to accuser’s house and owing to their resistance above accused released his son from illegal confinement. He said that false allegation of stealing was leveled upon his son. Police said that letter for medical treatment was given to victim’s father and sent the victim to civil hospital for medical assistance. Police further said that further action will be taken after receiving the medical certificate of the victim boy. 

MIRPURKHAS Oct 29. An owner of medical store was arrested by town police after raid of the civil judge and judicial magistrate Mirpurkhas Ahmed Nawaz Domki here on Friday. Report said that civil judge and Judicial magistrate Mirpurkhas Ahmed Nawaz Domki along with district drug inspector Sain Dino Nohri carried out raid at the Taj Medical store at Umerkot road near Kalay Khan petrol pump and during checking found unregistered medicines and expiry medicines samples. Town police arrested the owner of the medical store Rehan Ali while case under section 27-4 Sindh Drug act was lodged with town police station on behalf of district drug inspector against the owner of the medical store Rehan Ali. 

 

 

MIRPURKHAS Oct 28. Crushing season of sugar cane will be started from Nov 1, in the province as the date was fixed by the Sindh government for launching the crushing season and according to agriculture department sugar cane crushing is expected to be 35 cror maunds in the district Mirpurkhas this year. Report said that Sindh government had already been fixed the official price of sugar cane RS 127 per 40 kilogramme. Last year crushing of the cane was 27 crors maunds in the district. Report said that sugar cane crop was sowed in the district at 15380 hectors. District officer agriculture extension Mirpurkhas Yar Mohammad Khaskheli said that sugar cane crop is likely to be bomber crop in Mirpurkhas district. There are 5 sugar mills in the district included Mirpurkhas, Al Abbas, Digri, Tharparkar and Najma sugar mill. Last year except Najma sugar mill, other sugar mills had been completed their crushing and sources said that in this season same 4 sugar mills would crush the cane. Managements of the above 4 sugar mills were busy to ensure starting the crushing of cane from Nov 1. Sources said that owners of the sugar mills were allegedly consulting with each others to convene the meeting to make successful strategy from saving of the race to procure more than sugar cane and offering high rate to the growers for sugarcane purchasing. Sources said that field staff of the sugar mills had already been busy to hold meetings with the landlords to convince them to supply their crop to their mills. Sources said that indents of the mills to growers would be issued after starting the boiler of the mills. Report said that owing to heavy rainfall the need of more than water for sugar cane crop had been fulfilled in the district so the crop is healthy and ready to be transported to the sugar mills. On the other hand, landlords and growers were searching the labors for harvesting the sugar cane crop, however sources said that there was shortage of labors for this purpose and labors were demanding high rate per maund for harvesting the cane crop. When contacted Haji Abdul Ghafoor Maher advocate, vice president Sindh Abadgar board SAB district Mirpurkhas has expressed deep concern over the stoppage of facilities to sugar cane growers by sugar mills as in past , he talking to the local news man said that sugar mills had been providing facilities of fertilizer and seed loans to growers while Katcha linking ways were repaired with tractors and other machinery by the sugar mills, but unfortunately for last some years these facilities had allegedly been withdrawn by the sugar mills. He demanded the owners of the sugar mills to provide immediately fertilizer and seed facilities and provide also facilities of machineries for rehabilitation of the Katcha linking ways sothat growers could transported their crop to the mills.

MIRPURKHAS Oct 28. Sindh Para medical staff welfare association has warned the government to implement on the service structure of Para medical staff without any delay otherwise protest campaign will be launched throughout province soon. Meeting of the Sindh Para medical staff welfare association was held presided by its president Nazeer Ahmed Detho, according to a press release issued here on Thursday, Meeting expressed its deep concern over not yet implementing the service structure of the Para medical staff by the government as result resentment and unrest had been prevailed among the para medical staff in the province. Meeting announced that meeting of the association will soon be held within some days to decide the future strategy to launch the protest campaign including long march and observing the token hunger strike to press the government to implement on the service structure of the Para medical staff.

 

MIRPURKHAS Oct 28. Citizens are facing acute difficulties owing to inefficiency or negligence of traffic police as mostly main roads of the city were seen Jammed or packed due to creation of the hurdles in flow of smoothly the traffic at the roads. Report said that traffic police had been failed to control the traffic of the city at main roads as Chingchi rickshaws, auto rickshaws and venders were created hurdles at the M.A.Jinnah road, Mirwah road, Jameel Shaheed road, Sir Syed road etc as result traffic was jammed and smoothly flow of the traffic was stopped even pedestrians have to face hardships. In front of the main road of the civil hospital Mirpurkhas, traffic was mostly jammed and Ching Chi rickshaws and auto rickshaws were stationed there as result traffic was stopped and even ambulances that rushed to civil hospital in emergency were stopped at the Mirwah and Jameel Shaheed road. Push cart owners Akram, Guddo, Zafar and others, talking to newsmen, alleged that traffic police personnels demanded the bribe and allegedly received the bribe from Ching Chi rickshaw and auto rickshaws to allow them to park at the main roads that created hurdles in smoothly flow of traffic. They further said that venders were also stationed at the main roads after paying the bribe to traffic police. They accused that traffic police personnels were not taken action against the violators of traffic laws as various vehicles were also parked at the main roads. A shopkeeper of Market chowk Shamshad said that illegal encroachers had also created the hurdles at the main roads in the city and mostly of the encroachers were paying the bribe to traffic police as well as anti encroachment officials of taluka Municipal administration Mirpurkhas. He demanded the concerned authorities to take immediate notice of this matter, violators of traffic laws and ensure removal of the illegal encroachments from the main roads and also take action against the traffic police personnels involved allegedly in receiving the bribe.