MIRPURKHAS Jan 27. One person was axed to death in revenge of old murder near market chowk here on Friday. Report said that Dhano Bheel, 35, s/o Roopshi , resident of Jhurbi village after attending his hearing in the local court was on his way that near Municipal shopping center three armed persons attacked on him with axes as result he sustained serious wounds , rushed to civil hospital emergency where doctors pronounced him dead. One of the killer Bhudho Nohani , resident of Digri taluka was captured by police with the help of citizens when he was fleeing from the spot and recovered from his possession involved axe. The other two his accomplices Allah Din Nohani and Allahdino Nohani managed to escape from the spot. Arrested accused confessing his offence before the police said that deceased had been killed his cousin Allahyar Nohani two years back which case was in proceeding in the local court. He further said that he killed him in revenge of murder of his cousin. Town police on the complaint of Harchand Bheel , little brother of the deceased has lodged the murder case against the above three accused .

MIRPURKHAS Jan 27. Hesco Mirpurkhas division has been disconnected the power supply of different departments of TMA Mirpurkhas owing to not payment of hesco arrears here on Friday. Report said that Hesco officials disconnected the power supply of street lights, water supply and sewerage pumping stations and offices of TMA Mirpurkhas after not being paid arrears of RS one Arab and 73 crors. XEN hesco Mirpurkhas division Mohammad Farooque Afghan , when contacted told that various federal government departments and provincial government departments were defaulters of RS 3 Arab of Hesco  and added that today electricity supply was disconnected of TMA Mirpurkhas and on Saturday all the police department connections and railway department including railway colony and offices connections would be disconnected on non payment of Hesco dues. He said that various meetings in this regard had been held with concerned departments but they remained fail to pay hesco dues as result hesco Mirpurkhas division compelled to disconnect the connections of above government departments.

MIRPURKHAS Jan 27. Medical superintendent of taluka Hospital Pithoro was injured in armed attack by a person during his duty in the hospital on Friday. Injured Medical superintendent Dr Kirshan Khatri told this correspondent on telephone that he was on his official duty that a person entered with axe in the hospital and attacked with axe on him as result he sustained injuries while the armed person was captured by the people identified as Mansoor Chang. He added that he was immediately provided first aid and admitted in the hospital. He said that as learnt that armed attacker was mentally upset as he was later handed over to Pithoro police for legal action. He said that case of this incident might not be lodged to pithoro police station due to absence of SHO from taluka Pithoro. However, emergency meeting of Pakistan medical association taluka Pithoro and taluka Samaro was held at Pithoro presided by Dr Ali Mardan Khoso that strongly condemned the incident and demanded the authorities to ensure registration of this incident otherwise doctors would be compelled to observe strike.

MIRPURKHAS Jan 27. Deputy Commissioner Mirpurkhas Nadeemur Rehman Memon has stressed need of complete cooperation of community for complete eradication of Polio disease and such we could save our children from forever disability. This said, while inaugurating the polio eradication campaign here on Friday at Hameed Pura colony basic health unit. He further said that polio was a virus that not only attack on children while it attacked on elders and we would have to take measures on the basis of battle for saving its attack. He said that those parents denied to provide polio vaccine to their children would agree them for administering the polio drops to their children. He directed the EDO health Mirpurkhas Shafqat Dahri to launch awareness campaign regarding polio virus during each polio campaign sothat all the children under 5 years might be provided polio drops. On this occasion Dr Ashfaque , Dr Khalid, Dr Jumman Thebo of Peoples primary health initiative programme , incharge Dr Narain of Basic health unit Hameed Pura colony , community mobilizar Shehzad Khan, Shehnaz Bano and Asma Tabassum were also present.

MIRPURKHAS Jan 27. Dispute was created between two religious groups over the hoisting of flags on the controversial Madarsa in Neem Wali Gali of Hirabad here on Friday night as result armed persons of both groups resorted heavy firing spreading the panic in the city while the shops were closed in Hirabad even stampede was also seen as result various people sustained minor injuries. Soon after this incident, dozens of armed persons of a group resorted heavy aerial firing at M.A.Jinnah road, Market chowk, station road, Umerkot road, post office chowk, forcing the shopkeepers to shutter down their shops, even push carts were also closed by their owners and police were missing during heavy aerial firing. Report said that an Old Madarsa situated in Neem Wali Gali of Hirabad had been caused in past dispute between two religious groups in which an innocent woman was killed of indiscriminate firing. Dispute created today also between two religious groups over hoisting flags on this controversial Madarsa as result, armed persons of both sides resorted heavy aerial firing. Police remained away from this incident after which armed persons of a group spread at different places in the city forcing the shopkeepers to close their shops by resorting heavy aerial firing. Later, police were reached at the controversial madarsa and deployed police personnels there to avert any untoward incident. Police personnels were also deployed at different places in the city after closure of the markets and bazaars.

MIRPURKHAS Dec 14. Workers and office bearers of Pakistan Hydro electric central labor union Mirpurkhas division have observed pen down strike here on Wednesday and also closed their offices in protest against government decision to remove Pepco as result Hesco consumers faced hardships. While workers and office bearers also took out protest rally from railway station roundabout, led by divisional chairman Akbar Khan Leghari and general secretary Yousuf Soomro, carrying banners and placards marched through main roads. They raised also slogans in support of their demands. They reached at local press club and staged also sit in at Hyderabad Mirpurkhas road. Addressing at the protesters leaders Akbar Khan Leghari, Malik Abdul Kareem and Shahid Kazmi strongly condemned the government decision to remove the Pepco. They said that first of all government had removed the Wapda and then formed PEPCO but now again it wanted to remove it , however now employees would not allow the government to remove Pepco . They accused that government had already been failed due to its wrong policies as result various important profited departments of the country had also been destroyed like Railway department. They demanded the government to immediately withdraw its decision in the benefit of common people otherwise they would be compelled to close power supply in the country.

MIRPURKHAS Dec 14. Protest rally of abadgars of Kandiari, Sindhri, and Mirpurkhas was reached here on Wednesday in front of local press club that was started from Kandiari town, district Sanghar, in which hundreds of abadgars participated. Human rights organizations, political parties, and social organizations also joined the protest rally at Mirpurkhas. Led by landlords Aqeel Ahmed Wassan, Faqeer Mohammad Dawood Rajar, Manghan Halepota and Sardar Taj Mohammad Bhurgari, carrying banners and placards demanding the government to resolve the basic grievances of the flood affected abadgars. Talking to media men, protesters strongly condemned the government for its failure to drain out the stagnant flood water from 4 union councils of taluka Sindhri as result still over 25000 acres of agriculture land were inundated under 3 to 4 feet rainy water. They added that mostly abadgars had been deprived of sowing wheat crop. They lamented that due to heavy rainfall and flood condition abadgars had been suffered big losses as their crops had been devastated even their houses were destroyed and cattle head were died of diseases. They regretted that now banks were forcing to flood affected abadgars to pay their agriculture loans while government had already been announced calamity hit districts under which loan recovery was off even loans and their interest were waived off by banks . They accused that officials of Zarri Tarraqiati bank and other commercial banks were disturbing the rain hit growers for immediately payment of agriculture loan. They urged the government to stop the bank officials from forcing the rain hit growers and immediately waive off their agriculture loans with interests. They complained that insufficient quantity of wheat seed as 10 kilogrammes per acre was being provided to the grower against the government policies while that was insufficient for sowing and revenue department should provide proper quantity of wheat seed to growers under government policies. They further said that banks were not also paying them insurance money of their crop despite destroying the whole crop. They demanded the president Asif Ali Zardari, prime minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani, Sindh chief minister and other authorities to take immediate notice into this matter, resolve their above grievances without any delay otherwise they would be compelled to launch massive protest campaign against the government. 

MIRPURKHAS Dec 5. A minor girl was crushed to death by a speedy unknown car at Umerkot Mirpurkhas road near village Moulvi Siddique Panhwer, one kilometer away from the city here on Monday. Report said that Ms Rani d/o Premchand Meghwar was crossing the main Umerkot Mirpurkhas road that a speedy car hit her as result she sustained head injuries and died on the spot after some time. While the involved unknown car fled away from the spot after this incident. The body of the victim girl was brought at civil hospital for legal formality.

MIRPURKHAS Dec 5. Emergency has been declared by commissioner Mirpurkhas in all the civil hospitals of Mirpurkhas division due to Ashura here on Monday, while police control room to monitor the Tazia and mourn processions with the help of CCTV cameras has been setup in Municipal complex building that was inaugurated by SSP Mirpurkhas Riaz Ahmed Soomro here on Monday , while Commissioner Mirpurkhas Ghulam Hussain Memon was also present on this occasion. Talking to media men SSP Riaz Ahmed Soomro told that 15 sensitive areas were declared in the district that were being monitored with the help of CCTV cameras including Azakhana Zohra Chaki Para, Shrine Makhan Shah, Mirwah road, M.A.Jinnah road, Gurdwara Building, Sessions court, post office chowk, station road, Market chowk, Madina Masjid chowk, Sindhri road, Habib bank main branch, National bank Municipal Branch, state life building etc. He said that 15 TV and wireless bases were installed in the control room which emergency telephone number was 9290196. While he added that about 30 police staff will pay their duties round the clock in the control room . He told that additional police personnel had also been sought here from other districts to control the situation. He said that strict security arrangements were made in the district on this occasion as checking of any person was being made at Imam Bargahs and at sensitive areas of the district.

 

MIRPURKHAS Dec 5. Commissioner Mirpurkhas Ghulam Hussain Memon has said that rehabilitation work of flood affected people has been started in the district Mirpurkhas as revenue officials were busy to distribute Blanket, Coverlet and Rally among the rain hit people in all six talukas of the district including Mirpurkhas, Sindhri, Hussain Bux Mari, Digri, Jhuddo and Kot Ghulam Mohammad. Talking to media men here on Monday he said that we had been received sufficient quantity of above things from government for distribution and those had been divided among the all talukas of the district for distribution among the flood affected people. He further said that 4 union councils of taluka Sindhri and rural areas of the taluka Jhuddo were still submerged under flood water and due to more than grievances of the flood affected people of those areas, we have been increased the quota of them including ration and other goods including blankets, Coverlet and rally than other talukas. 

 

 

MIRPURKHAS July 21. District police officer Mirpurkhas Mohammad Riaz Soomro has said that moral of police raises by giving live sacrifices by brave police personnels during encounter with criminals. He was speaking at the distribution of cheques ceremony, of  RS 20 lakhs each to vidows of police constables Mohammad Yousuf and Makan Lal who were killed during encounter with dacoits in the limit of Digri police station a year back while the dacoits were looting the passenger coach, held here on Thursday at DPO office Mirpurkhas. He said that provincial police officer has provided this grant money for deceased constables’ families. He said that we should fulfill our duty with sincerity, honestly and with spirit sothat crimes might be eliminated. He further said that a true brave police officer provides the protection to the masses. He said that brave youths, constable Mohammad Yousuf and Makan Lal had made encounter with dacoits bravely and sacrificed their lives to provide protection to the passengers of coach .

MIRPURKHAS July 21. Ms Reshma, 10, d/o Abdul Malik was produced by town investigation police here on Thursday in the court of civil judge and Judicial Magistrate 1, Mirpurkhas, where statement was recorded under section 164 CrPc, she accused that about two months back she was abducted by Ghani Kabari and his son Rashid Malik as she was given intoxicate medicine and taken her to Karachi where she was kept first in hotel and then kept her in a rented house. Reshma further said that she was physically tortured in illegal confinement and torture marks were visible at her body . The court allowed her to go with her parents. On this occasion Abdul Malik, father of the victim girl, and mother told the newsmen that above accused were their neighbors and are influential as result local police were hopeless before them. He said with a sob that accused had ruined the life of her daughter. They demanded the chief justice of Supreme Court of Pakistan , chief justice high court, human rights organizations and higher police officers to immediately arrest the involved culprits Ghani Kabari and his son Rashid Malik and punish them exemplary. They told that accused had been boarded their daughter in a Miprurkhas bound coach at Karachi last night  and their daughter Ms Reshma reached at Mirpurkhas. DSP city Mirpurkhas Mohammad Ayub Dars told that legal action will be taken against the accused in the light of recorded statement of victim Ms Reshma and after receiving her medical examination report. It may be recalled that on May 27, 2011, abduction case of complainant Abdul Malik was lodged with town police station against the accused Rashid Malik, Majid, Ghani Kabari and his wife Ms Bundi.

MIRPURKHAS July 21. Census commissioner Sindh Noor Mohammad Leghari has said that training would be provided in Sindh to selected officials for census from Sept 7 to Sept 28 like other provinces and added that census will be started from Sept 30 and will be completed till Oct 14^th. . He was reviewing the arrangements made sofar regarding the 6^th coming census process in a meeting held here on Thursday He further said that human census and house census were being made after declaring the year 2011 by UNO in the world regarding human census and house census. He expressed that for human census, selected women in cities while men in villages would be appointed for this purpose. Commissioner further said that owing to correct human census in future, planning of development works will be made easy in the country. He expressed that problems were created due to wrong entries in human census. He added that there will be required complete cooperation of all the staff sothat this human census might be completed without any problem. He told that a person will be appointed at each block for human census and will take census of 250 to 300 houses while complete cooperation of law enforcing agencies would be provided to field officials. He said that commissioner Mirpurkhas will supervise this work on divisional level, deputy commissioners on district level and assistant commissioners would supervise this human census on taluka level, while in this connection all necessary funds were being released to all districts. Commissioner Mirpurkhas Ghulam Hussain Memon on this occasion assured complete cooperation and added that complete facilities would be provided to trained staff during census process. Deputy commissioner Mirpurkhas Mohammad Bachal Rahepota, Deputy commissioner Umerkot Nazar Mohammad Kalhoro, assistant commissioner Sanghar Subhan Chandar, additional deputy commissioner Tharparkar Imran Bhatti, assistant census commissioner Mirpurkhas Mohammad Shafique and district officer education sports Rasool Bux Leghari attended the meeting.

MIRPURKHAS July 20. The court of additional sessions Judge Mirpurkhas 1, ordered the SHO town police to register the case against the accused (including district health officer Mirpurkhas) involved in armed attack at the Maria medical center here on Tuesday after hearing the advocate of Dr Yasir Iqbal, administrator of the hospital and SHO town. Yasir Iqbal, administrator of the hospital had been filed the application under section 22-A and B Cr.P.C in the above court in which he stated that on July 17, Mrs Javed Ali Leghari delivered a baby in the hospital while the delivery was normal but later on baby’s condition did not remain satisfactory. Concerned lady Doctor and staff tried their best out but the baby died . He added that later, in morning, father of late baby Javed Ali Leghari and unknown 15 to 20 persons entered into the hospital and started harassing the dispenser Gul Sher, lab attendant Ravi , Staff Nurse Mubeena and Choukidar Kheemchand. They broken down the glasses of the hospital and extorted RS 23550 kept on counter and took away with them. During this Dr Haneef Baloch, district health officer Mirpurkhas came there and abused all staff and taken away the concerned file of the patient Mrs Javed Ali Leghari. He further said that DHO also issued threats of dire consequences and threat to get the hospital closed. He stated that DHO asked the applicant and private workers settle the dispute with Javed Ali Leghari else we were to be put to heavy loss of lives and property. Applicant further said that he had submitted the application in town police station for registration of his complaint but police refused to lodge his case.

MIRPURKHAS July 20. Pakistan medical association PMA district Mirpurkhas chapter has strongly condemned the armed attack on the Maria medical center and implicating the lady doctor and staff in false case. According to a press release issued here on Wednesday, Meeting of PMA Mirpurkhas was held that was presided by its president Dr Darya Khan Khaskheli while the meeting called the authorities to provide protection to the doctors and health staff. President Dr Darya Khan Khaskheli and general secretary Dr Shamsul Aarfeen deplored that miscreants had attacked at the Maria hospital and broken down the glasses, looted the cash money, and taken away file record of concerned patient, oxygen gas cylinder, keys and also implicated the lady doctor and staff in false case. They said that doctors provide medical treatment even in badly condition and if this practice will be repeated in future then doctors and health staff would be compelled to launch protest campaign. They appealed the district administration and police to take necessary steps in this regard and said that if any such kind of incident occurs then concerned department should conduct the inquiry and register the case sothat innocent persons might be saved from being involved in offence. They further demanded the DIG Mirpurkhas zone and DPO Mirpurkhas to withdraw the false case without any delay and provide the justice to the innocent persons.

MIRPURKHAS July 20. Vote casting for election of Azad Kashmir assembly for constituency LA 36 and LA 30 was also held here on Wednesday as polling station was setup at Government Modal primary school Dholanabad. There were total 150 votes including women here while polling was started at 8 AM morning in peaceful manner and remained continue till 4 PM. According to unofficial result , candidate of MQM Tahir Khokhar of LA 36 constituency got 77 votes  out of 79 votes while in constituency LA 36, MQM candidate Saleem Batt gained 68 votes out of 71 votes. Strict security arrangements were made on this occasion. Later, after announcement of winning the above both seats with big margin for candidates of MQM, a huge rally was taken out from central election office Dholanabad on behalf of MQM Mirpurkhas zone. Participators carrying MQM flags and photographs of Altaf Hussain, raised slogans in the favor of Altaf Hussain and MQM and rounded in at the roads of the city. Besides, in a press statement member MQM interior Sindh Tanzemi committee Mohammad Yousuf, zonal incharge Azeem Danish and members zonal committee said that MQM had given tickets to the persons who belong to middle class sothat they could themselves solve their problems.

MIRPURKHAS July 19. President PML (Q) district Mirpurkhas Abdul Ghaffar Rajput, city president Mirpurkhas Anwer Mughal and other office bearers including Haji Mir Hassan Brohi, Rashid Rajput, Ch Mohammad Zafar Bajwa etc have congratulated to Haleem Aadil Shaikh, provincial general secretary of PML (Q) Sindh and Aijaz Shah Sherazi, Shaharyar Khan Maher and Mohammad Ali Malkani for their appointments as advisors to Sindh chief minister. In a joint press statement issued here on Tuesday, they also congratulated to Dr Ishratul Ibad for resuming his charge as Governor Sindh. They said that with reappointment of Dr Ishratul Ibad as Governor Sindh, law and order situation of the province will be controlled while province will also make progress.

MIRPURKHAS July 19. President Sindh chamber of agriculture district Mirpurkhas chapter Mir Zafarullah Talpure has strongly condemned the concerned authorities for failure to complete repair and strengthen works of the dykes and banks of canals and distributaries that had been affected with last year flood. Talking to newsmen here on Tuesday, he said that federal government as well as Sindh government had been released the funds for repair and strengthen work of the dykes and banks of the canals that had been adversely affected with last year flood, but he deplored that unfortunately responsible authorities did not fulfill their responsibilities in this regard, while there was expected rainfall and experts had also been warned about the development of the flood condition this year also after heavy rainfall in the Sindh province. He said that Sindh province had been suffered big losses due to last year flood and lakhs of people had been displaced from their lands and areas for relief camps. He termed inefficiency of the concerned authorities that failed to complete the repair and strengthen work of the dykes and urged the government to take immediate notice in this regard and ensure completion of the repair and strengthening work of the dykes and backs before the rainfall and save the Sindhi people from their big losses.

MIRPURKHAS July 12.Crackdown of district police, rounded up 15 narcotic peddlers and recovered huge quantity of unhealthy Gutka and other narcotics from their possession during 24 hours in the district. Report said that on a tip off, town police carried out raid and apprehended accused Sajid Ali Malik near from Tandoadam road and recovered from his possession 54000 Gutka no 2100. Town police have also lodged the case against the above accused under narcotic act. Meanwhile, police also picked up during raids the accused including narcotic peddlers Saddam, Irfan, Nazeer, Mohammad Ilyas, Dhani Bux, Riaz, Mohammad Aslam, Atta Mohammad, Hira Lal, Dileep Malhi, Manzoor Ali Ujjan, Sohail, Mohammad Shafique and Mohammad Aalam Khaskheli and recovered from their possession 703 liters liquor, 20 bottles wiski wine, one kilogramme and 395 grams charas and 4000 unhealthy Gutka. Besides, an accused Qurban Lanjo was nabbed during vehicle checking and recovered from his possession unlicensed TT pistol and huge quantity of bullets. 


MIRPURKHAS July 11. Deputy district population welfare officer Mirpurkhas Nasrullah Kumbhar has said that family planning was a requirement for controlling the population and population could be controlled by implementation on the best advices of doctors. He was speaking at the rally taken out from civil hospital to post office chowk to mark world population day here on Monday at post office chowk. The rally was taken out led by deputy district population welfare officer Mirpurkhas Nasrullah Kumbhar, while officers and officials of the department including women officers participated. He further said that population was increasing in speed in the country while there was need to msutly control it. He said that his department had been launched different programmes in the province. He expressed that due to more than population problems of the people were increasing in which children education, health, food and poverty. He said that welfare centers of population department, mobile services and reproductive health centers were working for services of the masses. He appealed the masses to take more than benefit of the government facilities of population planning. Shehzado Malik of arts foundation also spoke the participators. 

MIRPURKHAS July 11. Senior child specialist and incharge peads ward of civil hospital Mirpurkhas Dr Ghazi Khan Mari was died of kidney failure here on Sunday late night. He was over 50 years old. His kidneys were being made dialysis from the local dialysis center Mirpurkhas for last various months. He was also patient of sugar for last 20 years. His funeral was attended by hundreds of people including his colleagues’ doctors, relatives, friends and citizens and laid to rest at his ancestral graveyard in taluka Hussain Bux Mari.

MIRPURKHAS July 11. Following the restoration of previous commissionarate system in the province, ex DCO Mirpurkhas Ghulam Hussain Memon has been appointed as commissioner Mirpurkhas division and he has been taken over the charge and started the work here on Monday. Report said that ex EDO revenue Mirpurkahs Bachal Rahepota has been appointed as deputy commissioner Mirpurkhas and he has also been taken over the charge. Ex DCO Tharparkar Shakeeluz Zaman has been appointed as deputy commissioner Tharparkar and he has been taken over the charge. Ex DCO Sanghar Ahmed Bux Khokhar has been appointed as deputy commissioner Sanghar and he has also been taken over the charge. Ex DCO Umerkot Nazar Mohammad Kalhoro has been appointed as deputy commissioner Umerkot and he has also been taken over the charge.

MIRPURKHAS July 11. A rally was taken out by PPP district Mirpurkhas and its different wings including people’s labour bureau here on Monday from its city office in the support of historical decision of the Sindh government to restore the commissionarate system. Led by MPA Shamim Aara Panhwer, president people’s labour bureau Sindh Rehmatullah Sarki, Niaz Pathan and Maqbool Khatyan, participators carrying banners and placards marched through main roads and reached at local press club. Where speakers said that PPP has made historical work to replace the system of a previous dictator and present commissionarte system will provide more than benefit to the masses. They said that commissionerate system was the dream of Shaheed Rani Mohtarma Benazeer Bhutto which was restored in the Sindh province on the directives of President Asif Ali Zardari. They hoped that now government will take measures to provide relief to the masses by solving the problems of unemployment and prolong load shedding. They said that PPP government will also make services of the masses in future also and all the grievances of the masses would be resolved with the cooperation of the masses. 

MIRPURKHAS July 11. At least 12 persons have been booked by town police in charges of beating a person in court premises and kidnapping him here on Monday. Report said that About a dozen persons with arms have attacked on one Arif Abbasi, beated him, ensure aerial firing and kidnapped him forcibly , during this town police went back to the kidnappers but in the way, kidnappers left the abductee and fled away . Report said that Ms Sonia and Kareem, resident of Bishti colony had allegedly been married some days back with their willings. While on Monday morning Arif Abbasi, uncle of Kareem reached in the local court with necessary documents related with marry of above couple that suddenly about a dozen persons with arms appeared there and beated the Arif Abbasi , ensure aerial firing and forcibly kidnapped him from the court premises. During this local police intervened and went back to the kidnappers but in the way kidnappers left the kidnappee and fled away. On the intervention of Riaz Ahmed Soomro, DPO Mirpurkhas, case was lodged with town police station under section 364, 403, 147, 148, 149, 337 F(i), 337 F(ii), 504 and 34 PPC on the complaint of victim Arif Abbasi incharges of kidnapping and beating etc against the 12 accused including Mohammad Yousuf, Idrees, Saleem, Ghulam Rasool, Ghulam Mustafa, Rafique, Younus, Bilal, Akbar , Shafique and Lateef. Report said that few relatives of MS Sonia were also included among the accused. However no accused was yet arrested by town police.