Sukkur Zila Council employees besiege hall
By our correspondent
SUKKUR: Employees of the Zila Council besieged the Zila Council Hall here when the budget session was on. The employees were protesting against non-payment of their salaries for the last nine months.
The protestors said their families were on the brink of starvation. Zila Chairman Muhammad Aslam Shaikh came out from the budget session and met with the protestors and told them to protest in front of the CM House in Karachi for which transport could be arranged, but they were not in a position to pay them their salaries.
Thatta admin to improve all social sectors: DC
By our correspondent
SUKKUR: Deputy Commissioner of Thatta, Mirza Nasir Ali, said that the District Administration was determined to bring improvement to all the social sectors. “In this regard, the collective efforts and support of all line departments is required to bring reforms in all the sectors particularly in education and health in the district,” he added.
Meeting of polio task force held in Sukkur
By our correspondent
SUKKUR: The Commissioner of Sukkur, Muhammad Abbas Baloch, here on Tuesday chaired a meeting of the polio task force. He told the meeting that Sindh government had announced a polio emergency in all the districts of the province.
First session of Zila Council held
By our correspondent
SUKKUR: First session of the Zila Council of Sukkur was held presided over by council Chairman Aslam Shaikh. Aslam Shaikh pledged to resolve all the issues. Syed Imdad Ali Shah, Zila Council officer, presented details of the 2016-17 budget.
Twitter fuming after CNN puts neo-Nazi
statement ‘if Jews are people’ on screen
Monitoring Desk
CNN has apologized after suffering backlash from viewers on social media over a chyron that read “Alt-right founder questions if Jews are people,” used during a segment discussing the group’s support for President-elect Donald Trump. During Monday’s showing of The Lead with Jake Tapper, substitute host Jim Sciutto spoke with two guests about Richard Spencer, president of the National Policy Institute who is considered to be the leader of the "Alt-right," a movement accused of being America’s neo-Nazis. Over the weekend, Spencer – an outspoken supporter of Donald Trump – spoke at a NPI conference in Washington, DC. Discussing the mainstream media, he blasted the political commentators who gave Trump little or no chance of winning the election.
Russia's ban on Western foods will last
'as long as possible': Putin
Monitoring Desk
Russian President Vladimir Putin said the country's reciprocal measures in the form of an embargo on certain western food products are good for Russia’s economy and should last "as long as possible." Admitting that his statement might seem “totally unexpected” for some, Putin explained that the ban is also in the consumers’ interest, with good quality products at lower prices becoming more available. “We must create viable conditions,” he said, speaking at an ‘Action Forum’ of the All-Russia People's Front on Tuesday.
Indian SC to hear plea seeking ban on Sikh jokes
Monitoring Desk
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court will today hear a petition filed by advocate Harvinder Choudhry seeking a ban on jokes against the Sikh community. Choudhry had contended that such jokes portray the Sikh community in negative light and wants such websites, which disseminate such 'insensitive' jokes, to be prosecuted under laws that carry a prison term of six months to five years. The petitioner argued that such jokes on many social network websites portray Sikhs as "unintelligent" and "foolish", making them an easy target of ridicule and racial abuse. Choudhry, herself belonging to a Sikh family, said that she too had been a target of ridicule and abuse because of such jokes.
Maulana Fazlur Rehman hospitalised
ISLAMABAD: JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman was hospitalised after his health deteriorated onj Tuesday. Hospital sources said the Maulana was shifted to hospital after he felt pain in pancreas. Doctors said they would be able to say anything about the disease only after conducting an endoscopy of the Maulana.
Terrorist arrested in Peshawar
By our correspondent
PESHAWAR: The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) on Tuesday arrested an alleged terrorist carrying head money of Rs500,000 from General Bus Stand. An official of the CTD said Zakirullah of Matani was wanted to the police for involvement in terrorist attacks. He was carrying a head money of Rs500 000. Police have shifted the held militant to an unknown place for interrogation.
Khassadar injured in Mohmand IED blast
By our correspondent
GHALLANAI: A Khassadar sustained injuries in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast in Safi tehsil of Mohmand Agency, official sources said.They said that the militants had planted the explosive device in the fields in Alingar area of Safi tehsil.The explosive device, they said, went off when the Khassadar was passing through the area.As a result, the Khassadar personnel whose identity could not be ascertained sustained injuries. The injured soldier was shifted to a local hospital.
Three friends die in Sialkot accident
By our correspondent
SIALKOT: Three friends were killed while two others sustained injuries in a road accident near Naul Mor on Monday night.Five friends, Sadaqat, Rizwan, Hamza, Awais and Ch Hamza, all residents of Gohadpur village, were on their way to Sialkot from Uggoki on a car when their vehicle collided with a tractor-trolley while overtaking another vehicle on Sialkot-Uggoki Road. As a result, Sadaqat and Rizwan were killed on the spot while Hamza, Ch Hamza and Awais sustained severe injuries. They were being shifted to a local hospital but Hamza also died on the way.
Court orders to book ‘rapist’
By our correspondent
BUREWALA: Additional District and Sessions Judge Naveed Khaliq on Tuesday ordered the Model Town police for registration of a case against an alleged ‘rapist’.The wife of Muhammad Ramzan in a writ petition alleged that accused Abdul Razzaq of Street No 10 Yousafabad along with his three accomplices abducted her from a bazaar on Oct 24, 2015, and took her to Rahimyar Khan where accused Abdul Razzaq raped her, which also made her pregnant. The woman told that she returned home through a Panchayat. Later, the woman said, a baby girl was born.
Two women die in Pakpattan
By our correspondent
PAKPATTAN: Two women died in a road accident near Haripur on Sahiwal Road on Tuesday. Reportedly, Yaseen was riding a motorcycle with Zareen Bibi and Zainab Bibi when a speeding tractor-trolley hit them, leaving all of the m injured critically. They all were rushed to the DHQ Hospital Sahiwal where Zareen and Zainab died.
