Sindh govt pledges to reestablish Karachi's play areas to their unique state

Sindh government’s spokesperson Murtaza Wahab has said that the provincial government aims to restore the playgrounds of Karachi to their original state if the people help the authorities identify the grounds that are under illegal occupation or being used for other purposes.

Barrister Murtaza Wahab, who is also the chief minister’s adviser on law and environment, was speaking at the inaugural ceremony of a sports festival at the Rashid Lateef Cricket Ground in District Korangi of the city.

He noted that the playgrounds in the metropolis had earlier been filled with garbage, but those grounds were now being used for sports and other healthy recreational activities by the citizens.

Maintaining that the restoration of the playgrounds would be a “gift for Karachiites”, he said that the days are long gone when people were scared to step out of their houses for recreational activities because of the unsafe and polluted environment in the port city.

Wahab further said that sports and recreational activities will resume in District Korangi's playground as previously all such activities were halted due to the excessive littering within the premises of the playground.

Lauding the administrators appointed by the provincial government for lifting the municipal waste dumped in various parts of the city, he said that that the municipal agencies have been doing an excellent job in cleaning the garbage, given the resources available to them.

Concluding his comments, he also lamented that people had been less inclined towards athletics and sporting activities since the advent of digital media and other modern modes of communication.

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Sindh govt pledges to reestablish Karachi's play areas to their unique state

Sindh government’s spokesperson Murtaza Wahab has said that the provincial government aims to restore the playgrounds of Karachi to their original state if the people help the authorities identify the grounds that are under illegal occupation or being used for other purposes.

Barrister Murtaza Wahab, who is also the chief minister’s adviser on law and environment, was speaking at the inaugural ceremony of a sports festival at the Rashid Lateef Cricket Ground in District Korangi of the city.

He noted that the playgrounds in the metropolis had earlier been filled with garbage, but those grounds were now being used for sports and other healthy recreational activities by the citizens.

Maintaining that the restoration of the playgrounds would be a “gift for Karachiites”, he said that the days are long gone when people were scared to step out of their houses for recreational activities because of the unsafe and polluted environment in the port city.

Wahab further said that sports and recreational activities will resume in District Korangi's playground as previously all such activities were halted due to the excessive littering within the premises of the playground.

Lauding the administrators appointed by the provincial government for lifting the municipal waste dumped in various parts of the city, he said that that the municipal agencies have been doing an excellent job in cleaning the garbage, given the resources available to them.

Concluding his comments, he also lamented that people had been less inclined towards athletics and sporting activities since the advent of digital media and other modern modes of communication.

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GB Election 2020: Voters cast votes with first Snowfall

With 33 Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly seats up for grabs, people in the region headed to vote as the polling started on Sunday morning.

Voters were seen lining up outside polling stations to cast their ballot despite the temperature dropping as low as minus six degrees centigrade in some areas of the region due to the season’s first snowfall coupled with cold winds.

The harsh weather could not dampen voters’ enthusiasm as people came out of their homes in trickles and droves to exercise their right to franchise in Gilgit-Baltistan’s third election since the region was given the power to elect their representatives in 2009.

There are 24 constituencies in Gilgit Baltistan while its assembly has 33 seats, including reserve seats for women and technocrats.

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Pakistan Muslim League (Q), Jamiat-e-Ulema Islam, Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen (MWM) are among the parties contesting for the 23 constituencies of the GB assembly.

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Chairman NAB summons high-level meeting on Monday

NAB Chairman Justice (r) Javed Iqbal has summoned a high-level meeting tomorrow to discuss and thrash out a strategy regarding complaint verification, inquiries and investigations.

The meeting will be attended by the NAB deputy chairman, the prosecutor general, the director general operations, the director generals of the bureau’s regional offices, and other senior officers.

It will also devise a strategy to review performance of the regional offices.

The NAB chief in a statement reiterated the national graft buster’s commitment to holding corrupt elements to account. Conviction rate in NAB cases stands at 68.8 per cent, he added.

Earlier, NAB chief Justice retd Javed Iqbal had termed corruption cancer in society and said that the accountability watchdog is committed to rooting it out from the country.

“Corruption is the biggest hurdle in way of progress and prosperity in the country,” he said adding that a common man is deprived of his due right due to this menace in the society.

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GB Election 2020: Voters cast votes with first Snowfall

With 33 Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly seats up for grabs, people in the region headed to vote as the polling started on Sunday morning.

Voters were seen lining up outside polling stations to cast their ballot despite the temperature dropping as low as minus six degrees centigrade in some areas of the region due to the season’s first snowfall coupled with cold winds.

The harsh weather could not dampen voters’ enthusiasm as people came out of their homes in trickles and droves to exercise their right to franchise in Gilgit-Baltistan’s third election since the region was given the power to elect their representatives in 2009.

There are 24 constituencies in Gilgit Baltistan while its assembly has 33 seats, including reserve seats for women and technocrats.

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Pakistan Muslim League (Q), Jamiat-e-Ulema Islam, Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen (MWM) are among the parties contesting for the 23 constituencies of the GB assembly.

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COVID19 Wave-2: Over 2,000 Corona cases reports across Pakistan

While over 2,000 cases of Covid-19 were reported from across the country for the second consecutive day on Saturday, the number of active cases reached 24,938.

Moreover, the number of ventilators in use by the Covid-19 patients has surpassed 200 and Balochistan is the only province in which there is no patient on a vent.

In September, the number of cases dropped to less than 300 but in October cases again started increasing due to which the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) officially announced that second wave of the virus had arrived in Pakistan.

According to the data released by the NCOC on Saturday, the number of cases reported in a day was 2,165 and 17 people lost their lives due to Covid-19. Total number of active cases surged to 24,938.

The data showed that there were only 5,831 active cases of Covid-19 in September but on Oct 31 the number of active cases rose to 12,121. On the same date 100 out of 1,884 ventilators allocated for Covid-19 patients were in use, but there was no patient on vent in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan and Balochistan.

However, on Saturday the data showed that the number of vents in use was 204 and there was no patient on vent only in Balochistan.

Meanwhile, Arshad Waheed Chaudhry, a journalist associated with Private channel, died of complications arising out of Covid-19 on Saturday. After having contracted coronavirus, Mr Chaudhry had been on ventilator for the last more than one week.

Besides, Naeem Siddiqui, senior vice president of the Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited (ZTBL), also died of Covid-19 and President of the bank Shahbaz Jameel went in self-quarantine after being tested positive for the virus. During the current week as many as eight senior officials of bank have been tested positive for coronavirus.

On Nov 11, the NCOC suggested an early and extended winter vacation in schools to reduce impact of the disease spread and ensure safety and health of students.

Moreover, the NCOC suggested banning all public gatherings, including political, cultural, religious, entertainment and civil society gatherings, of more than 500 people. It reduced the number of participants of marriage functions by 50 per cent and enhanced restrictions in high risk areas due to Covid-19 resurgence amid second wave of the pandemic.

The NCOC also suggested that only take-away and outdoor dining facilities should be available at restaurants till 10 pm. It decided to close cinemas, theatres and shrines with immediate effect.

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Chairman NAB summons high-level meeting on Monday

NAB Chairman Justice (r) Javed Iqbal has summoned a high-level meeting tomorrow to discuss and thrash out a strategy regarding complaint verification, inquiries and investigations.

The meeting will be attended by the NAB deputy chairman, the prosecutor general, the director general operations, the director generals of the bureau’s regional offices, and other senior officers.

It will also devise a strategy to review performance of the regional offices.

The NAB chief in a statement reiterated the national graft buster’s commitment to holding corrupt elements to account. Conviction rate in NAB cases stands at 68.8 per cent, he added.

Earlier, NAB chief Justice retd Javed Iqbal had termed corruption cancer in society and said that the accountability watchdog is committed to rooting it out from the country.

“Corruption is the biggest hurdle in way of progress and prosperity in the country,” he said adding that a common man is deprived of his due right due to this menace in the society.

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