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Veteran politician Mumtaz Bhutto passes away
Veteran politician, former Sindh governor and chief minister Sardar Mumtaz Ali Bhutto passed away at a hospital in Karachi where he was admitted after his condition deteriorated. He was 88. According to a spokesman of Dahesar House, Bhutto will be laid to rest beside his father Nawab Nabi Bux Khan Bhutto on Monday (today). Mumtaz […] → Read More
Larkana journalists protest against colleague’s murder
Journalists of Larkana took out a rally and held protest demonstration on Wednesday against brutal murder of their colleague Zulfiqar Ali Mandrani in Dodapur three days ago. The protest was also participated by photojournalists and cameramen. President, Larkana Press Club, Murtaza Kalhoro, Salamat Abro, Hafeez Mangi, Safdar Sindhi, Qadir Jagirani, Badar Shaikh and others participated … → Read More
HIV outbreak deadlier in Sindh with 57 new cases
As many as 57 new suspected cases of HIV were detected here on Saturday days after the first batch of victims. Out of the cases, 43 were children while 13 were women. A total of 1548 people was screened. A large number of suspected people who had come here for blood screening were women and … → Read More
Bilawal vows to 'fight back'
GARHI KHUDA BUX: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday launched a broadside at the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government, saying ‘price-hike tsunami had sunken the entire economy and those who had pledged to give 10 million jobs and five million houses had increased gas and electricity tariffs instead. Addressing a gathering … → Read More
Poor man, suffering from mysterious disease, appeals for help
RATODERO: A 28-year young man Arif Hussain Soomro is suffering from mysterious disease which has paralyzed his life. He is resident of village Masoodero near Ratodero. His both feet are infected and he cannot move freely like healthy persons. His parents are peasants and cannot afford high treatment costs but even then they have been … → Read More
Millions found in accounts of four working class Larkana citizens
LARKANA: Millions of rupees were found in bank accounts of four poor citizens of Larkana. Reportedly, these accounts were opened in Silk Bank and Sindh Bank. Four citizens grew extremely worried and held press conferences at Larkana Press Club on Saturday after a National Accountability Bureau (NAB) raid. Zulfiqar Shaikh, Ghulam Ali Jakhro, Khalid Shaikh … → Read More
Sewage into Rice Canal posing health threats
LARKANA: The release of sewage water into Larkana’s Rice Canal could not be put to end despite Sindh government’s efforts and directives of the water commission set up by the Supreme Court (SC) over the issue. The contaminated water of the Rice Canal is not only being used for drinking purpose by a large number … → Read More
Jhukar Jo Daro – Larkana’s crumbling archaeological site
LARKANA: The historical archaeological site of Jhukar Jo Daro – one of Larkana’s most significant ancient sites – is in danger of destruction as villagers nearby have started releasing sewage water into the ruins and sowing of paddy crops which has caused water logging and salinity issues. Villagers of Mitho Dero said that during the rainy … → Read More
Bilawal Bhutto visits Naudero; listens to people’s problems
Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari visited his hometown Naudero on Sunday and met with notables of the city. On the occasion, citizens and workers of the party apprised the PPP chief of the problems being faced by the area, including lack of cleanliness, broken roads, unavailability of trauma centre, cardiac centre, surgical … → Read More
Serve masses at their doorstep, Bilawal directs PPP leaders, district officials
Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah have directed officers concerned to not leave any stone unturned while delivering basic facilities to the people at their doorstep. This they said while presiding over a high-level meeting at Circuit House here on Saturday evening. MNAs, MPAs and … → Read More
42,925 proclaimed offenders, absconders present in Larkana
LARKANA: As many as 42,925 proclaimed offenders and absconders are present in Larkana Police range for which only 16,500 cops are posted, police data revealed on Wednesday. According to statistics maintained at DIGP office Larkana, out of these 42,925 offenders of law, 3,837 POs and 6151 absconders exist in Larkana district and 2,247 and 4,283 … → Read More
School in Gaji Dero portrays bleak picture of education in Sindh
LARKANA: Only four teachers are posted to educate as many as 350 male and female students in Government Primary School at the village Deenpur of union council Gaji Dero, near Mohenjo Daro, a team of journalists visited the school on Monday and came to know about the shortage of teachers in the school. The imposition … → Read More
508 posts vacant in various colleges in Larkana
Despite of imposition of so-called ‘Education Emergency’ in the Sindh province, about 508 sanctioned posts from grade BPS-17 to 20 out of the total 1,211 posts have been vacant in various colleges in Larkana district. Reportedly, out of 19 sanctioned posts for professors at grade BPS-20, four are vacant, and out of 144 sanctioned posts … → Read More
SPSF, CMCH MS accuse each other of graft, malpractices
LARKANA: The Sindh Peoples Students Federation (SPSF) on Sunday carried out a massive rally starting from the Kennedy Market and culminating in front of the Larkana press club against alleged corrupt practices by the Chandka Medical College Hospital (CMCH) Medical Superintendent (MS) Dr Ali Gohar Dahri. Reportedly, the SPSF representatives including Hazoor Bux Khaskheli, Mazhar … → Read More
MPA inquires after health of Sindh’s first gynecologist Dr Bilquis Malik
LARKANA: Prof Dr Bilquis Malik, the 89-year-old first gynecologist of upper Sindh who played an active role in the establishment of the Shaikh Zayed Hospital for women in Larkana, has been indisposed and admitted in the surgical ward (Intensive Care Unit) of the Chandka Medical College Hospital (CMCH) for the last three days, and then … → Read More
828 proclaimed offenders arrested in last 3 months: DIG
The Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIGP), Larkana Range, Javed Akbar Riaz, claimed, on Monday, that the Larkana Range police busted 11 criminals during the last three months. The DIG said that during the same period, as many as 81 police encounters took place in which three notorious criminals were gunned down and eight criminals … → Read More
454 children died in Jan-April due to poor healthcare in Larkana
LARKANA: In the first four months of the year 2018, at least 454 newborns and children died out of the total 6,761 children admitted at the Paediatric Medicine Department (PMD) of the Chandka Medical College Hospital (CMCH) in Larkana, mostly due to a lack of water, poor sanitation, malnutrition and inadequate basic healthcare. Reportedly, most … → Read More
Eight years on: Ratodero's girls college still awaits completion
LARKANA: The construction work of Government Girls Degree College (GGDC) Ratodero has not been completed despite the passage of eight long years. The construction work of the GGDC was started in 2010, which has not been completed yet due to unknown reasons. Also read: Sindh education sector plan fails to meet standards The cost of … → Read More
Patients irked over lack of potable water, facilities at CMCH
LARKANA: Besides shortage of medicines, unhygienic wards, lack of medics, nurses and paramedics, medical equipment, machinery and instruments, the Chandka Medical College Hospital (CMCH) even lacks essential facilities like potable water in the entire 1500-bed hospital capacity, the largest teaching hospital in rural Sindh, despite the allocation of huge budgetary funds from the taxpayers’… → Read More
Father appeals to Bilawal to bear expenses of ailing children
LARKANA: A brick kiln worker has appealed to PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah to get his two sons treated at government expenses who are suffering from mysterious disease due to which neither they can walk nor can they talk. Taking to Daily times here on Sunday he … → Read More