Karachi—A high level meeting to review the pace
of development works in Liyari Town under the
Liyari Development Package (LDP) was held at the
Sindh Planning and development Department’s
Committee Room on Thursday. Sindh minister for
Katchi Abadies and Spatial Development Engineer
Muhammad Rafique Advocate chaired the meeting
while Additional Chief Secretary (Dev) Munawar
Opal, LDP Project Director Shafiq-ur Rehman, Dr
Hassan Afridi, Nazim Liyari Town Mehmood Hashim
and other high officials attended the meeting.
Karachi—The students of Army Public Schools
and Colleges in Karachi and Malir Garrisons have
donated relief goods for the internally
displaced persons (IDPs) of Mehsud tribe in
South Waziristan Agency. The contribution was on
voluntary basis and the students donated various
items spending mainly their pocket money.
Karachi—The Real Estate Professional Forum (REPF)
welcomes government decision for binding estate
agents under article-144 to not to rent, lease
or sale property to any foreigner. An emergency
meeting of the forum was presided over by the
Chairman REPF Abdul Sattar Shaikh. Sattar Shaikh
speaking to the participants showed concerned
over the government decision for making it
obligatory for the estate agents to provide
information of all such deals to the area
Police, as he claimed that it would only open up
a new door of corruption and may cause closure
of the already crisis facing estate agencies.
Karachi—Five regional youth development
centres would be established in the province at
an estimated cost of Rs. 353.26 million. This
was stated by the Sindh Minister for Youth
Affairs, Syed Faisal Ali Subzwari. He was
presiding over a meeting of the officials of the
Youth Affairs Department here on Friday.
Karachi—Sindh Home Minister, Dr
Zulfikar Ali Mirza has taken strict notice of
alleged police occupation of an old graveyard in
Bin Qasim Town. The Minister called for an
inquiry report from CCPO Karachi about the
reported alleged act with the directive that
strict action be taken against police officials
and personnel if held responsible for occupation
of graveyard and transgression of powers in the
light of the report.
