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Karachi
June 5, 2021
A vociferous protest by opposition legislators once again marred the proceedings of the Sindh Assembly on Friday as the House could take up only a few items on the day’s agenda.
The opposition legislators resorted to loud protests after their request to discuss the issue of shortage of potable water in Karachi was denied. Lawmakers belonging to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) did not listen to the speaker who asked them to sit down.
The chaos started when Muhammad Hussain Khan, a legislator of the MQM-P, sought permission from Speaker Agha Siraj Khan Durrani to speak on the issue of water shortage in the city. As the speaker did not approve his request, other opposition MPAs stood from their seats in reaction and started protesting.
Criticising the Sindh Assembly speaker for not allowing the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan lawmakers to discuss the water shortage issue in the urban Sindh, particularly Karachi, the MQM-P on.
Karachi
May 20, 2021
The Sindh government had not taken a final decision regarding the schedule of the matriculation examinations in the province.
Sindh Education and Labour Minister Saeed Ghani said this on Wednesday while chairing a meeting of the school education and literacy department in which discussed arrangements for the coming annual exams of matriculation and intermediate along with the revival of educational activities keeping in view the current pandemic situation.
The meeting was attended by School Education Secretary Ahmed Bakhsh Narejo, Additional Secretary Dr Fauzia Khan, Sindh Board Committee and Board of Intermediate Education Karachi Chairman Dr Saeeduddin and others.
May 12 tragedy remembered on 14th anniversary
The workers of Pakistan Peoples Party sacrificed their lives in the struggle for an independence judiciary
Senator Saeed Ghani. PHOTO: ONLINE
KARACHI:
Remembering the May 12 carnage, Sindh Education and Labour Minister Saeed Ghani said on Wednesday that May 12, 2007, was the darkest day in Pakistan s history when state-sponsored terrorism was carried out and police and law enforcement agencies officials were taken hostage by terrorists.
He said that this day will always be remembered for the sacrifices made for the independence of judiciary and democracy. The supporters of democracy were massacred by terrorists as per the will of a dictator, Parvez Musharraf, who later claimed it to be an exhibition of power by the public, said Ghani.