MIRPURKHAS Jan 12. On the call of Anjuman e Tajiran Mirpurkhas, complete strike was observed in the city here on Tuesday to protest against the growing incidents of crime and prolong load shedding in the city by Hesco. All the markets , shopping centers and bazaars including Hilal market, cloth market, Shahi Bazaar, municipal shopping center, electronic market, Sarafa bazaar, grain market, police shopping center, Khisak Pura, Mirwah road, Sir Syed road , M. A.Jinnah road, Hirabad, colony road, Iqbal road, Bhansinghabad, Satellite town etc remained close throughout day. During this \DPO Mirpurkhas Muneer Ahmed Shaikh and XEN hesco Mirpurkhas division Malik Imtiazul Haq Awan have held negotiations with office bearers of Anjuman Tajiran Mirpurkhas including president Aneesur Rehman Shaikh, ex president Mirpurkhas chamber of commerce and industry MCCI Abdul Khalique Khan and Mirza Afaq Baig in which office bearers described that different FIRs of robbery and dacoities were lodged on behalf of traders but no accused was yet arrested as all the business community is feeling unsafely and further said that 14 to 16 hours daily prolong load shedding have been destroyed the business and created difficulties for common people. They demanded the DPO and XEN hesco Mirpurkhas to immediately take notice ensure arresting of involved culprits and reduce the timing of load shedding. Sources said that after discussion, DPO agreed that police personnels would be deployed in the markets and shopping centers on the directives of Anjuman e Tajiran Mirpurkhas to protest their lives and properties, involved culprits would be nabbed soon while XEN hesco agreed that now 7 to 8 hours load shedding will be made till end of this month after which 4 hours load shedding daily will be made in the city. After successful negotiations, office bearers of Anjuman e Tajiran Mirpurkhas have announced to end their strike and protest against
the district administration.

MIRPURKHAS Jan 12. Senior provincial minister for education Pir Mazharul Haq has said that nations have good educational standard were including among developed countries because education is only the way to resolve the all grievances. He was speaking at the inauguration ceremony of adult literacy center at village Doulat Leghari, taluka Mirpurkhas here on Monday evening. He further said that 95 adult educational centers were being opened in the district and added that 7000 adult educational centers would be open in the province. He further said that 200 schools of NCHD are being opened in the district with the financial help of UNICEF. Minister further said that after opening of above centers girls and boys of those backward areas as well as of adult could get education at their door steps. He appealed to those illiterate persons including women to get benefit of adult educational centers to raise their life standard. On this occasion DCO Mirpurkhas Ghulam Hussain Memon, EDO education, MPA Shamim Aara Panhwer and other officers were present.

MIRPURKHAS Jan 12. Relatives of deceased Mohammad Usman , 3, son of Shehzad who had been killed after kidnapping by unknown persons some days back and relatives  , have taken out protest rally from Bhansinghabad to protest against the police failure to nab the real involved culprits and arresting of innocent youths. Protesters including women led by Kashif reached at local press club where they demanded the DPO Mirpurkhas to release the innocent arrested youths. Talking to newsmen protesters including kashif , Akmal and others deplored that Satellite town investigation police had arrested Azeem, Malik, Arshad and Anwer alias Guddo three days back and kept them in lockup while they were innocent and they were being tortured by the police. They said that Mohammad Usman, 3, was kidnapped by unknown persons and later strangled him despite demanding ransom. They accused of police for nabbing the innocent youths in the above matter instead to apprehend the genuine real culprits involved in the murder of the above child. They appealed the DPO Mirpurkhas to release the innocent persons without any delay and ensure arresting of the involved accused.

MIRPURKHAS Jan 12. Speakers in a seminar have called upon the government functionary to implement on the bonded labour abolition act to give relief to the thousands of bonded labours in the country. They further said that sufficient work to abolish bonded labours was continued for last some years in the country but no fruitful result has yet been appeared while efforts are continued to make better relationship between peasants and landlords. They were speaking at the seminar on “bonded labour” held here on Tuesday under aegis of Sindh Rural partner organization SRPO with collaboration of Pakistan institute of labour education and research (PILER). Zahida Detho, coordinator of district NGO network Mirurkhas said that slavery is the new name of bonded labour and added that thousands of families of the country are affected adversely with it . She deplored that this disease is getting day by day progress in the country owing to old feudal and social
system while bonded labour abolition act was formed to end the bonded labour from the country. Dr Haider of Green rural development organization stressed need of practical measures for eliminating the bonded labour. he said that at this time 22 cror children of 5 to 17 years old are compelled to pass their life with strict hardworking in the world. Tariq Channa of PILER said that bonded labour might not be eliminated completely unless implementation is not on the bonded labour abolition act. Kanji Rano Bheel, chairman citizen action committee said that today also peasants are deprived of their rights even they were passing their life as bonded labour. He said that feudal system and bureaucracy are the main hurdle in the elimination of the bonded labour as under tenancy act, government officers are not taken action against the landlord who make excesses with peasants in their accounts and asked that there should be crop wise accounts process between
peasant and landlord . He hoped that with the support of media and civil society we would efforts for implementation on bonded labour abolition act to end the bonded labour from the country. Regarding the media role in highlighting bonded labours , Journalist Qamaruddin said that Mediamen are working in worst condition and under pressure in interior Sindh as no any journalist is ready to highlight the bonded labour in print media and newspapers in District Sanghar due to strong feudal system. He said that despite facing financial crises as mostly journalists were not being paid by their media institutions but working hard even highlighting the crimes and involved persons through newspapers and TV channels and they were also facing serious threats even some journalists were attacked by armed persons as example in Hyderabad , Mohammad Hussain, staff correspondent of Dawn was seriously injured in armed attack when he highlighted the facts in his news. He deplored that without any criteria, youths were coming in journalism field and mostly of them are not known properly about bonded labour so, NGOs should arrange awareness programme for journalists about bonded labour sothat they could write or highlight properly to bonded labour. He asked the peasants to send their children to schools sothat after getting education in future they could face the feudals bravely. Journalist Afaq Ahmed Khan said that all the journalists are ready to work with NGOs to eliminate the bonded labour. Those also spoke Mir Safdar, Haji Akhlaque, S.A.Khan and Abdul Rehman Sarhandi, activist of HRCP.

MIRPURKHAS Jan 11. Senior minister for education and literacy department Sindh Pir Mazharul Haq has said that there is a competition between government school s and private schools to provide more than facilities to the students and teachers and advised the administration of private schools to increase the fee of teachers and provide quality education and also ensured the training for their teachers. He further said that government schools and private schools management would have to pay important role to face the future challenges of new coming generation.  He was speaking as chief guest at the ceremony of distribution of registration certificates of private schools held here on Monday under all private schools management association district Mirpurkhas at auditorium of government modal college Mirpurkhas. DCO Mirpurkhas Ghulam Hussain Memon, EDO education, district officers, MPA Shamim Aara Panhwer, teachers including female teachers and officers attended the ceremony. He said that 2nd regional office for solutions of problems of private schools have been opened in Sindh at Mirpurkhas. He expressed that when his government came in power, about 7700 schools were closed in Sindh province after with efforts 1400 schools of them got open while 1700 schools are still in condition of autaqs and decided that their status of schools will be removed and cases would be lodged against those have their possession while possession holders should buy those buildings. He said that with the help of primary teachers association, civil society and citizens many closed schools were get open. He said that those school buildings are lying vacate due to non availability of children in the district would be utilized for welfare work. He said that we are facing difficulties to achieve target to provide education to each person till 2015 but due to fault in system we have sought the help of private school managements to get target , however, he added that private school management and it should provide reasonable fee to teachers. He asked to setup accountability process among the private schools otherwise private schools would be established in each street to collapse the quality education. He said that Sindh government had given RS 10 crors to each district government under Sindh education reforms to ensure basic facilities to the schools. He said that world bank was providing RS 8 Arabs each year loan with low interest in education department and asked the government to appoint the teachers on merit so we availed that loan and appointed teachers on merit in the province in benefit of education and coalition partner MQM is also cooperated in appointment of teachers on merit. He said that we had asserted with blood of Mohtarma Shaheed Benazeer Bhutto that we would appoint teachers on merit to promote education in the province. He said that we are providing facilities to students as free of cost books and now one time meal will be provided to students. He said that target killing in Karachi will be control as efforts are continued by coalition Sindh government. He advised the people to learn the different languages particularly Sindhi language sothat they could come near and added that all those residing in Sindh are brothers and should respect of each other. He said that cash prize and certificates would be distributed among those students of private schools who get more than marks in Sindhi subject. He said that he has visited the Tharparkar and Umerkot district and owing to negligence suspended Mohammad Qasim Qumbhar, assistant district education officer Umerkot and teacher Chakar Khan while issued show cause notice to Allah dad Memon, EDO education Umerkot for his absence. He further said that he has been suspended Assistant district education officer Tharparkar as he had been sent a clerk to Karachi for bringing the books of students instead to go himself for this purpose. Those also spoke the ceremony including MPA Shamim Aara Panhwer, regional director private schools education Khalid Hussain Shah and EDO education. Later chief guest distributed the registration certificates among the owners of private schools and shields among the office beares of district private school management association. Earlier provincial minister has inaugurated regional directorate private education Mirpurkhas.


MIRPURKHAS Jan 11. Strike was observed by electronic association Mirpurkhas here on Monday as all the electronic shops were closed at 3 PM in protest against the growing crime incidents including dacoities, robberies. While protest rally was taken out by Anjuman Tajiran Mirpurkhas on Monday evening from railway station chowk to protest against the growing crimes and prolong power load shedding in the city. Hundreds of protesters led by president Aneesur Rehman Shaikh and Ameen Memon , carried banners and placards marched through main roads and reached at municipal shopping center where speaking at the protesters Aneesur Rehman Shaikh, Ameen Memon, Majeed Shaikh and Abdul Khalique Khan have strongly condemned the district administration and XEN hesco for growing crime incidents and prolong load shedding of 14 to 18 hours daily. They deplored that business community is tax payers but XEN hesco Mirpurkhas is not respecting the tax payers even entered forcibly into their shops and houses. They said that 14 to 18 hours daily load shedding is being made in the city as result their business had been destroyed while hesco officials should make load shedding of 4 hours daily. They warned that if the administration did not arrest the culprits involved in dacoities and murder of Mohammad Usman, three years old child who was kidnapped during load shedding and killed by unknown armed persons till Monday night then strike will be observed in the city on Tuesday. They said that business community was adversely affected with growing crime incidents, mobile snatching, prolong load shedding etc. They demanded the Sindh government to take immediately notice and ensure proper action to control the crime and reducing the load shedding till 4 hours daily.

MIRPURKHAS Jan 10. Ex federal minister and PPP MNA Nawab Yousuf Talpure has said that no any family is there except Bhutto family who had given great sacrifices of lives including Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Shaheed Murtuza Bhutto, Shaheed Shahnawaz Bhutto and Shaheed Mohtarma Benazeer Bhutto for restoration of democracy in the country. He was speaking as chief guest at the gathering of 82nd birth anniversary of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto held here on Sunday under Peoples Hari committee district Mirpurkhas at Bhittai cultural hall. On this occasion MPA Shamim Aara panhwer, president PPP ladies wing city Mirpurkhas Fatima Baloch and others were also present. Nawab Yousuf Talpure further accused that dictator Zia ul Haq had hanged to Zulfikar Ali Bhutto with understanding that now nobody will take name of Bhutto family but Benazeer Bhutto launched the struggle of his later father and during this his both brothers were killed and then under international conspiracies, Benazeer Bhutto was also gunned down by unknown armed assailants two years back. He deplored that despite inquiry of united nation, no result even no culprit was yet arrested as two years of the murder of Benazeer has approximately been completed. He said that people are unrest and painful and wanted to be nabbed the culprits of murder of Benazeer Bhutto. He said that uncertainty is prevailed in the country and nobody know where the bomb blasted. He said that PPP is the federal party and its struggle will remained continue till solutions of the problems of the masses. Earlier cake was cutted by chief guest and other leaders.

MIRPURKHAS Jan 10. To express solidarity with president Asif Ali Zardari, a rally was taken out by PPP ladies wing Mirpurkhas division here on sunday from house of PPP MPA Shamim Aara Panhwer that was participated by hundreds of women. Carrying banners and placards, headed by MPA Shamim Aara Panhwer also divisional president of PPP ladies wing Mirpurkhas division, marched through main roads and raised slogans in the favor of president and co chairman PPP Asif Ali Zardari. Police personnels were surrounded the rally for their safety. They marched through main roads and reached at local press club where speaking at the participators MPA Shamim Aara Panhwer, city president Fatima Baloch, PPP general secretary district Mirpurkhas Tharo Khan Panhwer and city president Malik Yaseen Ghori have said that after great sacrifices of PPP and Bhutto family, PPP came into power and President Asif Ali Zardari is playing his vital role for progress and prosparity of the country. They said that our sympathies are with Asif Zardari who handled the party bravely after the assassination of Mohtarma Benazeer Bhutto. They strongly condemned of some Anchar persons of Tv channels who are running the campaign against Asif Ali Zardari through media trial. They said that if any action was taken against present democratic government then law and order problem will be created in the country.

MIRPURKHAS Jan 10. PPP senator Gull Mohammad latt has said that  despite having in majority PPP included other parties in the government in the interest of the country and added that whenever PPP come in government then conspirators were activated to damage its government. He was talking to newsmen here on Sunday in the local press club. He expressed that some powers are busy to break the unity between PPP and MQM but their intentions would be fail and unity of PPP and MQM will remained continue. He said that false cases were lodged against Asif Ali Zardari in previous and Millions of rupees also were expended on their investigation but all those cases were proved false and fabricated. He said that conspiracies have been occurring in each tenure of the PPP even government of Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Mohtarma Shaheed Benazeer Bhutto were removed through conspiracies and now conspiracies are being hatched against President Asif Ali Zardari. He claimed that during recently target killing at Karachi activists of PPP and MQM were shot dead. He expressed his grief and sorrow over the recent killing of PPP and MQM workers during target killing at Karachi. He said that measures were being taken to clean Karachi from arms. In reply a question, he said that not only Pakistan, price hike is also problem of other countries of the world but Awami government is making efforts to control the price hike. He said that PPP has given jobs to jobless persons during two years that is a record and youths were given training under Benazeer Shaheed development programme while thousands of poor families were supported under Shaheed Benazeer support programme.

MIRPURKHAS Jan 10. Hundreds of people of Baloch community under the banner of Baloch Ittihad have taken out protest rally from railway station chowk here on Sunday to protest against killing of Baloch in Liari, Karachi. Rally was led by chief organizer Faqeer Yaqoob Baloch, Siddique Baloch and others , carried banners and placards, marched through main roads and reached at local press club where speaking at the protesters, Yaqoob Baloch said that Genocide of Baloch community was started from Balochistan and reached till Karachi but said that Baloch is a brave nation and they are peaceful but Baloch were being termed terrorists . He said that Baloch nation will not bear any kind of assassination of Baloch people and added that we are not against government but we came on roads for safety of Baloch people. He strongly condemned the target killing of Baloch in Liari, Karachi. He assured the Baloch people of Karachi that they are with them in critical time.He demanded the stoppage of Genocide of Baloch nation and culprits involve in target killing of Baloch be arrested and punish them exemplary.

MIRPURKHAS Jan 9. Over a dozen sacked employees of education department who had been recruited in 1998 in the district have observed token hunger strike here on Saturday in front of local press club demanding the government to reinstate them as their others colleagues had been reinstated at their jobs few years back . Those observed the token hunger strike including Manzoor Ahmed Maher, Abbas Leghari, Javed Khan, Ghulam Qadir, Nazeer Ahmed etc. Talking to newsmen they deplored that government had been sacked the employees of education department who had been recruited in 1998 but mostly of them had been reinstated by the government and they are total 40 employees who could not be reinstated due to unknown causes. They said that they belong to mostly Digri taluka while regretted that previous government injusted with them and at that time they had launched protest campaign in which present federal minister for inter provincial relation , present PPP MPA Shamim Aara panhwer , MPA Mir Mehboob Talpure and others had promised with them that in tenure of their government they would be provided justice by reinstating them but still their promises were not fulfilled. They demanded the government to reinstate them without any delay as they were facing financial crisis. They said that their token hunger strike will remained continue till acceptance of their demands.

MIRPURKHAS Jan 9. PPP MPA Shamim Aara Panhwer has said that Shaheed Benazeer Bhutto had dream that women should progress in every department including health, politics and sports activities. She was speaking at the gathering of women under 19 district cricket team training camp held here on Saturday. She said that women should come forward in every ground to perform their best efficiency. She said that women are not less than men while women could walk along with men and added that there was need of strict hardworking for women sothat they could come forward. Secretary district cricket association Mirpurkhas Wahid Hussain Pahelwani said that women under 19 cricket tournaments is being held here first ever to promote the women sports activities. He said that 12 talented girls would b selected in this tournament. On this occasion, secretary district women cricket association Ms Rozina , senior director physical education Shamim Zaidi, PET Ms Shahida, president drugs association Ch Mohammad Rafique Amir, Atif Baloch , Aslam Qureshi and Anwarul Haq were also present.

MIRPURKHAS Jan 8. Chundija flour mill has been fined RS 40000 by the DDO revenue taluka Mirpurkhas and special judicial magistrate and FCM Mirpurkhas Ammara Aamir Khattak here on Friday following finding in raid of the above special magistrate that adulteration of substandard Tota rice was being made in grinding of the wheat for selling the substandard flour. It may be recalled that on Thursday above special magistrate on a secret information had carried out raid on the above flour mill and caught red handed that over a thousand bags of substandard Tota rice were lying in the factory while substandard rice was being adulterated with wheat flour . Samples of the substandard rice and flour were taken by the food inspector Mirpurkhas Mocharo Mangrio for chemical testing in the laboratory. Food inspector Mocharo Mangrio told that samples were being sent to food laboratory at Hyderabad for testing and hoped that after 10 days its report will be received.Special magistrate Ammara Aamir Khattak told the newsmen that she has planned to conduct raid at the other flour mills to check the adulteration in flour. She said that food department should take legal action against the above flour mill, while she added that she has been asked the administration of Chundija flour mill to replace the lying substandard rice bags from the flour mill within 24 hours otherwise she will sealed the mill in other charges. Sources said that other flour mills after this action of special magistrate have been replaced the rice bags from their mills to other places to save them from legal action.

MIRPURKHAS Jan 8. At least 10 houses of peasants in village Rais Hashim Bhurgari, deh 232, taluka Kot Ghulam Mohammad were completely gutted when fire was broke out in a house during preparation of tea on Friday morning. Report said that fire engulfed the surrounding houses as result inmates saved only their lives while dozens of cattles including cows, goats and sheeps were burnt to death. While over 200 wheat stocks and house articles were also burnt to ashes. Villagers have extinguished the fire with hectic efforts of various hours on the base of self help basis. No government official was yet reached at the spot till filing of this news. Following are the affected peasants including Badal Khaskheli, Noro Khaskheli, Ajyo Kolhi, and Khano Kolhi, kestoro Kolhi, Pato Kolhi, Ponjo Kolhi and Bhemoon Kolhi.

MIRPURKHAS Jan 8. Ameer Jamaat e Islami Mirpurkhas Zafar Iqbal Mujahid has said that the arsoning of thousands of shops on Ashura day at Karachi and their looting by the terrorists was in fact an attack on the security of Pakistan. He was speaking at the protest demonstration of JI Mirpurkhas held here on Friday outside Baitul Mukarram mosque . JI leader Lala Noor Mohammad said that anti Pakistani powers were making efforts to destabilize the country by their terrorist activities. He accused that black water, CIA and RAW were active in Pakistan and involved in terrorism activities. He demanded the government to fix the accused of Karachi incident and punish them exemplary, while compensation be paid to heirs of deceased and injured and affected shopkeepers.

MIRPURKHAS Jan 7. Dozens of newly appointed employees of education department college site have taken out protest rally here on Thursday from office of regional director colleges Mirpurkhas to protest against government failure to pay their due 11 months salary . They were demanding the government to issue their salaries without any delay and stop the further appointments in the education department colleges’ side. They reached at local press club where talking to newsmen their leader Nazar Ali Rahimoon and others  deplored that government is recruiting in education department instead to pay their due salaries of 11 months. They warned that if their salaries were not paid them within three days then protest circle will be extended throughout province.

MIRPURKHAS Jan 1. Protest demonstration was held by Jamaat e Islami Mirpurkhas here on Friday after Jumma prayer outside Madina Masjid in protest against the suicide attack in procession of Ashura at Karachi and looting the thousands of shops and arsoning them. Speaking at the protesters caretaker Ameer JI Azizur Rehman and Mohammad Rafique have said that those had planned of suicide attack in Karachi are the agents of India and USA and they wanted to create sectarian violence in the country. They deplored that there was inefficiency of Karachi administration in the looting of thousands of shops and aresoning them by miscreants as 25000 people were deprived of their livelihood. They said that religious leaders bid foiled to create sectarian violence by their great responsibilities. They said that chief justice of Supreme Court should take suo moto notice into this matter and uncover those criminals involved in this incident by judicial investigation.They said that government should fix the responsible of this incident and brought them to law to ensure exemplary their punishment because the terrorists were under strong shelter of USA, they accused. They demanded the government to give compensations to heirs of deceased of this incident and provide complete treatments free of cost to injured and also provide the compensations to traders who had suffered big losses.

MIRPURKHAS Jan 1. Complete shutter down strike was observed here on Friday on the call of Sunni Rehbar council to protest against the suicide attack in procession of Ashura, looting and arsoning of thousands of shops at Karachi. Strike was also supported by Altaf Hussain, leader of MQM. All the markets , shopping centers , bazaars including M.A.Jinnah road, Shahi Bazaar, Khisak Pura, police line shopping center, electronic market, Umerkot road, Gharibabad road, Sir Syed road, Hirabad, colony road, ring road, Satellite town, cloth market, Sarafa Bazaar, Hilal market, hotels, petrol pumps and CNG service centers remained closed. On this occasion, strict security arrangements were made by the district administration Mirpurkhas as police personnel were deployed at main chowks, roads, sensitive areas and buildings and entry and exit ways of the city to avert any untoward incident. Report received that complete strike was also observed in Mirwah Gorchani,Digri, Tando Jan Mohammad, Jhuddo, Naokot, Kot Ghulam Mohammad, Jhilori, Khaan, etc.

MIRPURKHAS Jan 1. Joint meeting of National press club Mirpurkhas and Mirpurkhas union of journalist MUJ has strongly condemned the armed attack on the senior journalist of daily dawn Mohammad Hussain Khan in Hyderabad by unknown activists of Sindh national front SNF and demanded the government to immediately arrest the involved culprits and punish them exemplary. Joint meeting was held here on Friday presided by Afaq Ahmed Khan. Meeting termed it a direct attack on the fourth piller of the country and urged the political parties and organizations to create matter of patience among them. They warned that if the involved persons were not arrested then journalists would be compelled to launch protest campaign throughout the country. Those attended the meeting Qamaruddin, Mohammad Hashim Shar, Ghulam Rasool Mugheri, Sajjad Rind, Aziz Khan, Sohail , Shehzad, Irfan Qureshi, Shahid Rajput, Syed Zahir Shah etc.