By Kamran Shaikh
SUKKUR: More than 6 lac people were booked in
different riots cases and more than 15,000 cases
were lodged against people in Sindh. This was
stated by central leader of Pakistan Peoples
Party and former law minister, Pir Mazhar-ul-Haq
while addressing the “Meet the Press”
at local press club here on Monday.
Pir Mazhar-ul-Haq said that they have received
lot of complains that PPP candidates, Polling
agents, Election agents and activists were booked
in different riots cases. After that it was
decided in PPP Sindh Council meeting to establish
Sindh Council Committee to collect fact and
figures of those fake cases through Sindh. Pir
Mazhar-ul-Haq and Waqar Mehdi were appointed
as its members. Pir Mazhar-ul-Haq added that
they are collecting the fact and figures of
these fake riots cases by visiting all the districts
of Sindh. He told that after Sukkur, they will
visit, Ghotki, Khairpur and Shikarpur. He further
told that more than 6 lac people were booked
in riots cases. In Sukkur, more than 24 FIRs
have been lodged; in which 680 identified and
6200 unidentified men have been booked. He blamed
that one or two days before election, PPP activists
will be nominated in riots cases in place of
unidentified men. As PPP leaders will be engage
in bails of their activists and they cannot
do their election campaign. The assassination
of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto and after
that, riots are the planned conspiracy, as they
can engage PPP.
While answering a question he said that Central
Executive Committee will decide to seat-adjustment
with PML-N but I must say that PPP and PML-N
want democracy in the country. On the occasion,
Jam Ikramullah Dharejo, Shafi Muhammad Chandio,
Syed Asghar Shah, President of Sukkur High Court
Bar, Imdad Awan, PPP city, General Secretary,
Arshad Mughal, Zubair Soomro, Imanullah Malik
and others were present there.
Meanwhile, Pir Mazhar-ul-Haq went to the residence
of District President of PPP and former MPA,
Ghulam Qadir Bhutto and inquired about his health,
who became critically injured in firing and
he also went to the residence of PPP City President,
Mushtaq Sarhyo and inquired bout his health.
Youm-e-Ashur
observed
Youm-e-Ashur was observed in Sukkur, Rohri,
Pano Akil, as well as in other towns of the
interior Sindh on Sunday with religious fervor
and zeal and no untoward incident was reported
from anywhere of the region.
In Sukkur, mourning processions with Zuljinnahs
and Tazias were taken out from different imambargahs
of the City, Rohri and Pano Akil talukas.District
Nazim Syed Nasir Hussain Shah, taluka Nazims
and senior police officers accompanied by the
main procession from Markazi Imam Bargah. Anjuman-i-Hyderi
volunteers led the procession while,the Muttahida
Qaumi Movement (MQM) and NGOs established several
medical camps outside the Clock Tower Sukkur
to provide the medical care to the mourners.
In Kashmore, 28 mourning processions reached
at Markaz-i-Bargah Baqar Shah from where main
mourning procession was taken out.
The speakers paying great tribute to Shaheed-e-Karbala
said that Hazrat Imam Hussain (RA) and his companions
sacrificed their lives for Islam.
No shortage
of flour in Sukkur region
The District Food Controller (DFC) Sukkur Muhammad
Bachal Abro on Monday has said that shortage
of flour had been brought under control and
there was now no shortage of flour in the Sukkur
region.
He said while talking to APP at the district
food controller’s office that more than
35,000 metric tons of imported wheat out of
110,000 metric tons had been supplied to flour
mills and chakkis in Sukkur, Khairpur, Ghotki,
Noushehroferoze districts of the region and
the rest of imported wheat was due shortly afterwards.
He said that flour distribution camps had been
set up in Rohri, Pano Akil, Khairpur , Gambat,
Kingri and Nara with the help of the district
administrations.
DFC Abro said that ex-mill rate of flour had
been fixed at Rs.16 per kilogramme while that
of chakki flour had been fixed at Rs16.00 per
kg.
Teenage
electrocuted
One fifteen years old Rasool Bux, son of Mohammad
Ali , was electrocuted when he touched a electrified
electric pole in Arain Road here on Monday.
