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SHC seeks Sindh govt’s reply on twin islands controversy
Directs concrete measures be taken to protect mangroves
PHOTO: FILE
KARACHI:
A two-member bench of the Sindh High Court, comprising Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar and Justice Amjad Ali Sahito, gave the provincial government till April 29 to submit its reply on a plea pertaining to handing over the control of Sindh s islands to the federal government.
The provincial government s lawyer, advocate Shaharyar Mahar informed the court that the presidentially promulgated Pakistan Islands Development Authority (PIDA) Ordinance had lapsed.
However, the court observed that the issue now was about mangroves. Why has the Sindh government not submitted its reply as yet, inquired the bench.
Cops make headway in Rangers’ attack case
Martyred Rangers official laid to rest with military honours
KARACHI:
The picture of one of the suspected terrorists involved in the attack on a Pakistan Rangers mobile van in Orangi Town has been acquired by investigation agencies, said the police on Tuesday.
The face of the other suspect is also discernible in the CCTV footage, stated officials, adding that he appeared to be aged between 30 to 40 years, sported a beard and had donned a blue shalwar kameez on the day.
A Pakistan Rangers official was killed while 16 others, including two Rangers personnel and an official of the Anti-Vehicle Lifting Cell, were injured on Monday when an improvised explosive device fitted in a motorcycle blasted in Orangi Town.
Security personnel at the crime scene on Monday evening. Shakil Adil/White Star
KARACHI: A Rangers man was martyred while 14 others including four Rangers personnel were injured when a bomb planted in a motorcycle in Orangi Town went off on Monday evening. Responsibility for the blast was claimed by the banned Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), officials said.
According to West SSP Suhai Aziz, a bomb planted in a motorcycle went off when the Rangers personnel travelling in a vehicle passed through the area. As a result, the Rangers personnel and some passersby were injured. The wounded persons were shifted to the nearby Sindh Government Qatar Hospital and Abbasi Shaheed Hospital where one of the Rangers men was pronounced dead.
Rangers official martyred, 10 injured in Karachi blast
By IANS| Published: 16th March 2021 7:59 am IST
Karachi, March 16 : A Rangers official was martyred and 10 others, including two Rangers personnel, were injured in an explosion in Karachi’s Orangi Town on Monday evening, police said.
West Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Suhai Aziz said that the attack was apparently directed at the Rangers personnel who were passing through the area in a vehicle when the bomb – fitted in a parked motorcycle – went off, the Dawn reported.
As a result, three Rangers personnel and seven other people were injured, she added. They were shifted to different hospitals in the city. One Rangers official succumbed to his injuries, the SSP said.