‘Paigham-e-Sindh’ JSQM rally reaches city in 26 days

The participants of Paigham-e-Sindh march - organized by Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz (JSQM), Sindh National Party and some other local nationalist parties - reached at Karachi Press Club (KPC) on Thursday and held a demonstration that was addressed by JSQM leader Bashir Khan Qureshi and others.The Paigham-e-Sindh march that started from Sukkur on March 18 reached Karachi in 26 days after staying in many cities where the participants held demos and the leaders addressed public gatherings to highlight issues confronting Sindh and urging the people to follow the ideology of late nationalist leader G M Syed.
JSQM and other nationalist parties’ workers were carrying the flags of their respective parties as well as portraits of G M Syed and Bashir Khan Qureshi while raising party slogans.Addressing the march participants at KPC, JSQM leader Bashir Khan Qureshi said that the several hundred kilometers-long march was aimed at highlighting Sindh’s issues and creating awareness among masses as well as apprising the establishment of the consequences of ignoring the plight of Sindhi people.

He said late G M Syed had propounded a theory of religious tolerance, world peace and economic prosperity for all the oppressed nations. “Our caravan was started with a pledge to secure rights of Sindh province that had been usurped over the years by Punjab, which claims to be the big brother of smaller provinces,” he added.Qureshi felt that other nationalist parties’ leaders should also have participated in the caravan. He, however, said that Sindh’s nationalism revolves around the philosophy of late G M Syed because the aim of nationalist politics revolves around Sindh’s liberation.He maintained that the caravan was also a manifestation of the fact that the people were struggling against the disappearance of political activists in Balochistan and Sindh and they did not believe in what the government had been telling them about the detained or missing people.On the occasion, he bitterly criticized the City District Government Karachi (CDGK), saying that Karachi was an integral part of Sindh and the people speaking languages other than Sindhi could not deprive the old citizens of the metropolis from their rights.“CDGK should immediately stop conspiracies to expel Sindhis from Karachi by demolishing their villages and Katchi Abadis,” he warned and urged Sindhis to forge unity for attaining their democratic and basic human rights.Bashir Khaskheli, Illahi Bux Bulq and others also addressed the demo participants.
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PPP to work with MMA to restore democracy

The opposition leader in the senate, Senator Raza Rabbani said on Monday that despite having ideological differences with the religious parties, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) was ready to launch a movement against the government along with the MMA for the restoration of democracy.
“The PPP has differences of ideology with the component parties of the MMA since long but has no difference on restoration of real democracy, the constitution, and the Parliament’s supremacy,” he said, while speaking at a press conference at the opposition leaders’ chambers in the Sindh Assembly. Rabbani said that the time was right to launch a movement against the rulers. While admitting the ‘contacts’ with the rulers, he reiterated his party’s stand that it would never strike a deal with the rulers. According to him, there was no serious dialogue going on with the rulers and refused to comment on why the talks were restricted to his party only. Raza Rabbani alleged that appointment of the new chairman of the PIA was aimed at expediting the process of privatisation of the national airline, and alleged that the extra 800 acres that were allotted for the new airport in Islamabad violated the Land Acquisition Act.
Nisar Khuhro said that the non-functional Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP), Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry was removed to prevent him from taking suo moto notices and to allow rigging in the next general elections. staff report.
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WB to provide $ 100 million for promotion of education annually: Arbab

Chief Minister Sindh Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim has said that the education programme in Sindh would be made more consolidated aimed at to improve the quality of education.
He said this during a meeting with the delegation of World Bank and provincial education department.
Dr Arbab said that WB would provide $ 100 million annually to Sindh government that would be incurred on promotion of education in the province.
Chief Minister said that teaching staffs would be recruited on the basis of merit to enhance the standard of government-run schools.
“Every year, 18 percent increase is being made in educational budget in Sindh with the aim to enhance the quality of education in the province”, he noted.
He underlined that the monitoring committees established for overseeing the quality education in the province had to take important initiatives for uplifting the standard of education in Sindh.
Provincial Education Minister, Dr Hameeda Khuhro, briefed the chief minister and WB delegation about the steps being taken for promotion of education in Sindh.
The meeting was attended by Dr Hand Mukhtiar, Miss Tahseen Syed, and Miss Rema Nayyar of WB, Chief Secretary Sindh Shakeel Durani and secretaries of education and finance.

Private schools take up taxes, deadlines with government

A 15-member delegation of the All-Private Schools Management Association Sindh (APSMAS) met the Sindh governor’s principal secretary, Muhammad Salim Khan, on Saturday to discuss a four-point agenda related to the management of private schools.The delegation was scheduled to meet Sindh Governor Dr. Ishratul Ibad Khan, but was told that the principal secretary would deal with them instead. The governor was “not available due to unavoidable circumstances,” APSMAS chairman, Syed Khalid Shah, told Daily Times.One of the points raised was the plan to shift the private schools registration authority to the Sindh Education Department. Registration is currently managed by the respective district governments. The delegation demanded that the decision be cancelled immediately, due to the complications that will arise. “If the registration authority becomes centralized, people from interior Sindh will have to come to Karachi at least five times a year for each registration,” said APSMAS Sukkur president, Mustaq Ahmed Sheikh. This, he said, would be tedious, and costly for the management of these schools.The other point raised during the meeting was the rescheduling of the admission session to August. Admissions currently take place in April. “If the admission session starts from August, examinations will be held in June, which is an extremely hot month, and affects students negatively,” APSMAS representatives said. “On the other hand, with the current schedule, the session starts in April, and the annual examinations are held in March, when the weather is relatively more pleasant.”The delegation also discussed the new taxation policies which are currently under consideration at the city council. They also spoke about the board of intermediate and secondary education in Hyderabad, Sukkur and Mirpurkhas. These boards, they said, charge higher registration fees than anywhere else in the province. “The Hyderabad Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education charges Rs 6,000 for the registration of a new school and Rs 4,000 for renewing an old registration. The rates for Karachi, however, are Rs 2,000 and Rs 1,000 respectively,” APSMAS Hyderabad president, Nasir Khanzada, told Daily Times.The Sindh secretariat principal secretary promised to look into all of these concerns, and to solve them according to their significance. Moreover, the APSMAS was asked to constitute a formal committee with the collaboration of CDGK education department. “This committee will compile a list of private schools for the ease of registration,” Shah said.
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Sindh govt announce holiday for Eid Milad

The City Nazim Karachi Syed Mustafa Kamal has announced local holiday in the metropolis on April 2 (Monday) on the occasion of Eid Milad-un-Nabi. The government-run schools, colleges, and two major public sector universities in the city will also remain closed tomorrow. However, there is no official word on the status of special holiday on Monday for a large number of privately run educational institutions in the city. The Sindh Government has also announced an additional holiday on Monday in connection with Eid Milad-un-Nabi. According to the notification issued by District Officer Coordination Officer, City-District Government Karachi (CDGK) all offices of the CDGK, town municipal administrations, union administrations, and the educational institutions within the city-district Karachi will remain closed on Monday. According to the notification issued by the University of Karachi on Saturday, the KU and its affiliated colleges will remain closed on April 2 on account of Eid Milad-un-Nabi. The schedule of examinations of the university if any, scheduled on Monday, will remain unchanged. According to the notification issued by registrar of the Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science, & Technology (FUUAST), the Karachi and Islamabad campuses of the Urdu University will remain closed on April 2 in connection with Eid Milad-un-Nabi. A senior official of the Dow University of Health Science (DUHS) had informed The News on Saturday evening that they had not announced any additional holiday for the Dow University on Monday.
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Pakistan Celebrates Eid Milad-un-Nabi Tomorrow

Like rest of the areas in Pakistan, arrangements are also being made in Sindh to celebrate Eid Milad-un-Nabi (PBUH) with religious fervour and zeal tomorrow, Sunday.
The public and private buildings and the mosques of the city have been illuminated in an aesthetic manner. City government, towns and union councils administration are paying special attention to the cleanliness. Also, a committee of ulema has been constituted to spread tolerance among the masses.
The committee will meet the organizers of mosques situated in sensitive areas and processions being taken out in Malir Town. Law enforcement agencies have made foolproof security arrangements to cope with any untoward incident on the occasion
Courtesy: PT