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MIRPURKHAS Sept 5. Protest rally was taken out by civil society here on Sunday from post office chowk to protest against the atrocities being made with journalists and media men in the country. Protesters led by Kanji Rano Bheel advocate, carried banners and placards marched through main roads and reached at market chowk. They raised slogans against the government and demanded the government to arrest the involved culprits in kidnapping and torturing the journalist Umer Chema and accused involve in attempt to kidnap the senior journalist Mirpurkhas Sajjad Rind and cameraman of express news TV channel Zeeshan. On this occasion, speaking at the protesters Kanji Rano Bheel advocate deplored that today journalists were not safe even they were facing atrocities of miscreants and criminals in the society. He strongly condemned the kidnapping and torturing the journalist Umer Chema and called upon the government to ensure arresting of the involved culprits and accused involved in attempt to kidnap the local senior journalist Sajjad Rind and cameraman Zeeshan. He regretted that today journalists and media men were feeling unsafe in the society and demanded the government to order the high level inquiry of Islamabad incident in which Umer Chema faced atrocities and ensure arresting of the culprits involved in attempt to kidnap the journalist Sajjad Rind and cameraman Zeeshan. Those also spoke Satramdas, Ismail, Hero, Wajid Leghari etc. 

MIRPURKHAS Sept 5. Old Mirpur police have carried out raid and recovered 45 peasants (bonded labours) including women and children from illegal captivity of landlord Gul Mohammad Panhwer in the limit of taluka Hussain Bux Mari here on Sunday after issuing the directives of the sessions court Mirpurkhas. Report said that Pehlaj Kolhi had been filed an application under section 491 in the district and sessions court Mirpurkhas complaining that his relatives 45 peasants were detained at the farmland of landlord Gul Mohammad Panhwer in the limit of Old Mirpur police as they were forced to work in field without any share in crops even they were deprived of basic facilities and they were not also allowed to move freely. He requested to order the SHO Old Mirpur to carry out raid at the spot and release the detained peasants (bonded labours). Sessions court ordered the SHO Old Mirpur for recovery of the detained peasants and asked to produce them in the court. Bhoromal Khatri, SHO Old Mirpur conducted the raid at the above farmland and recover the peasants including women and children all by caste Bheel and Kolhi community and they would be produce in the sessions court Mirpurkhas on Monday.

MIRPURKHAS Sept 4. Additional sessions Judge ii Mirpurkhas has been set free the 52 peasants (bonded labours) including women and children who had been produced by the Jhuddo police after their recovery from illegal confinement of landlord Soomar Chandio here on Friday. Report said that Dhanji Kolhi had been filed an application in the session’s court complaining that his 52 relatives have been working as peasants at the agriculture farm of landlord Soomar Chandio in the limit of Jhuddo police station. He alleged that they were forced to work in field without daily wages or share in crops while they were deprived of health and free moving facilities. He accused that they were not allowed to go to their relatives by the above landlord. He requested the session’s judge to order the concerned police for recovery of detained above peasants. Sessions Judge ordered to SHO Jhuddo to carry out raid at the farmland of the above landlord and recovered the 52 peasants including women and children and produced them before this court . Jhuddo police conducted raid and released the 52 peasants including women and children by caste of Kolhi.

 

MIRPURKHAS Sept 4. EDO education Mirpurkhas Abdul Jalil Lashari has dispatched the 6 trucks loaded with ration packets, tants, cloths etc to flood affected people of district Thatta and Dadu here on Friday evening. On this occasion officers of education department, teachers, clerks and lower staff association office bearers were also present. On this occasion EDO education Abdul Jalil Lashari told the newsmen that relief camp was setup in the city at post office chowk by education department Mirpurkhas in which rations, cash money, medicines, water bottles, dry milk, Ghee , flour, rice , tea etc were collected and purchased tants and today sent 3 trucks at Thatta and 3 trucks at Dadu loaded with rations packets for flood affected people. He said that ration was purchased of RS 20 lakhs. He said that in this connection MNA Mir Munawar Ali Talpure and DCO Mirpurkhas Ghulam Hussain Memon cooperated with him.

 

MIRPURKHAS Sept 4. A joint protest rally and demonstration was held by Mirpurkhas union of journalist, National press club Mirpurkhas , Sindh Sahafi Sangat , Jaffria alliance Mirpurkhas and civil society Mirpurkhas here on Saturday at post office chowk to protest against attempt to kidnap the senior journalist Sajjad Rind and cameraman of Express news channel Zeeshan by three armed persons at Satellite town. It may be recalled that on Friday night three armed motor cyclists including Abdul Nasir Khan attempted to kidnap the senior journalist Sajjad Rind and cameraman of express news channel Zeeshan but both saved themselves to run from the spot and took shelter in Satellite town police station. The armed motorcyclists fled away from the spot. Written complaint had been submitted to SHO Satellite town for registration of the case against the involved culprits. Protest rally was taken out from Market chowk carrying banners and placards they marched through M.A.Jinnah road and raised slogans against the police and demanding the authorities to register their case and ensure arresting of culprits including Abdul Nasir Khan who was already wanted to local police in different heinous crime cases. Speaking at the protesters Afaq Ahmed Khan advocate, Syed Zahir Shah, Qamaruddin, Azhar Abbas, Farhat Hussain Abidi, Khalid Khand and others strongly condemned the police failure to provide protection to the local journalists and also failed to nab the absconder Abdul Nasir Khan. They deplored that president Sindh Sahafi Sangat Mirpurkhas Jayram Malhi was also looted by armed persons in the limit of Satellite town police station but his accused were still at large . They accused that police were not arresting deliberately the culprit Abdul Nasir Khan and warned that if the authorities were not apprehended the absconder Abdul Nasir Khan and two other his accomplices within 24 hours then protest demonstration would be held before the offices of DPO, DCO and DIG police Mirpurkhas .