A meeting of the Executive Board of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Thursday approved four references, five investigations and 12 inquiries, mostly against officials of the Sindh government. Reuters/File
ISLAMABAD: A meeting of the Executive Board of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Thursday approved four references, five investigations and 12 inquiries, mostly against officials of the Sindh government.
The meeting, presided over by NAB chairman retired Justice Javed Iqbal, authorised filing of four references against former secretary land utilisation, Sindh, Ghulam Mustafa Phal and others on allegations of illegally allotting state land in Malir district causing a loss of Rs12 billion to the exchequer.
There are few districts in Sindh that can be credited with a role in the freedom struggle against Britishers. Sanghar is one of them.
There are few districts in Sindh that can be credited with a role in the freedom struggle against Britishers. Sanghar is one of them. Its history sans the powerful Hur Resistance Movement titled watan ya kafan (our land or a coffin) would be incomplete.
Sanghar, area wise one of Sindh’s largest districts, had forests of Makhi which had pastures with valuable production of ghee, butter etc. Britishers imposed ‘panchari’ tax (grazing tax), forcing Hurs to leave which eventually led to the resistance.
Four journeys, one destination
KARACHI:
Hishmat Meghwar, 25, hailing from the remote town of Kaloi in Tharparkar, is the only one in his family who acquired an education. His father, a mason, and two brothers, both of whom are daily wage workers, worked day in and day out to pay for his education.
Jai Soraj, 29, from Mithi, Tharparkar, spent the early years of his life at a government school and his father s small handicraft shop, where he worked to support his family to make a living.
Meanwhile, Deepak Rai, hailing from Sanghar, busied himself making the best of the learning opportunities presented to him. Far away from his native city, he completed his schooling in Karachi, before moving to London to study law.
Sindh is considered a haven for wind energy, with perfect wind conditions, primarily in Thatta. AFP/File
ABOUT seven kilometres from the Bholari turning point on left side of the Karachi-Hyderabad Motorway (M9), an uneven path leads to a barren land the site of many windmill towers. From M9 I could barely make out the huge windmill towers, or wind turbine towers.
As I reached the site I found some Chinese workers working. Each windmill tower having three long blades was approximately 100 metres high. The blades on the towers were rotating very slowly due to low wind pressure.
This is one of the 10 wind energy projects undertaken by independent power producers (IPPs) in Sindh’s Jamshoro district. These projects are currently passing through various phases of execution. Sindh Energy Minister Imtiaz Sheikh, however, says they have been facing delays.
Pakistani Students Make Pakistan Proud at Huawei ICT Competition
Pakistani students have won the top two coveted spots at the Huawei Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Competition Middle East 2020. The team of Kalim Ullah, Maria Aftab, and Asadullah stood first in the regional tech contest, qualifying for the final global competition. They won $20,000 and were offered jobs at Huawei.
Over 15,000 students from 440 universities from across the world participated in the virtually held event this year. Pakistan emerged victorious receiving $20,000 along with Huawei MateBook laptops, smartphones, and an opportunity to join Huawei Pakistan.
The winning students belonged to the National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Islamabad, and Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro.