Karachi

2020 Sindh Public Service Fee exams invalidated over tampering

Published

4 weeks ago

March 4, 2023

KARACHI: The Sindh Excessive Court docket (SHC) has invalidated the Sindh Public Service Fee (SPSC) exams that befell in 2020 attributable to tampering, in line with a report by its registrar introduced to a two-judge bench consisting of Justice Muhammad Iqbal Khuhro and Justice Adnanul Karim.

The fee marked reply copies with out notifying the supervisory committee, which consisted of a registrar in Karachi and extra registrars (ARs) for Hyderabad, Larkana, and Sukkur, and granted candidates further marks, the report revealed.

The court docket had beforehand instructed the committee to supervise the exams, as per the report. Sealed reply copies have been dispatched to the SPSC headquarters for marking beneath police supervision, the report stated.

After two years, all of the ARs wrote a number of letters requesting inclusion within the subsequent section of recruitment, they usually have been ultimately advised to look earlier than the fee with the copies.

Upon reaching the fee for the following section, court docket workers found that the reply copies had been tampered with, the report defined. The SPSC had marked the copies with out informing the ARs and had additionally awarded further marks to candidates, in line with the report.

The SPSC chairman knowledgeable court docket officers the findings had been shared with the chief secretary, who would take motion towards those that tampered with the copies.

The court docket criticised the fee for abusing its authority and fascinating in pink tape, and it vowed to problem a verdict according to the Sindh authorities’s actions towards the culprits.

Karachi

Jamaat to protest underreporting of Karachi inhabitants in census

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1 day ago

March 30, 2023

Pakistaneo.com

KARACHI: The Jamaat-e-Islami has introduced a protest exterior the Governor’s Home in Karachi towards what it calls a “conspiracy” to underreport the metropolis’ inhabitants within the upcoming census.

Hafiz Naeem ur-Rehman, president of the Karachi wing of the occasion, and Idara Noor-e-Haq expressed considerations in regards to the census course of and demanded that each particular person residing in Karachi ought to be counted as a resident of town.

The Jamaat chief additional demanded that Karachi ought to have illustration within the provincial and nationwide assemblies primarily based on its precise inhabitants.

He criticised the ruling Pakistan Democratic Motion (PDM) coalition for not enjoying their due position in reference to the precise counting of Karachi’s inhabitants and lambasted the Muttahida Qaumi Motion-Pakistan (MQM-P) and the Pakistan Peoples Celebration (PPP) over their twin requirements in relation to the rights of Karachi.

Rehman additionally alleged that the PPP was afraid of the census in Karachi as it might result in a chief minister from the mega metropolis and would shake the feudalism that gives bases for the rule of the PPP in inside areas of the province.

He demanded transparency within the strategy of the census and a mechanism to verify the registration of individuals and statistics on the block code degree.

Karachi

PTI lawmaker from Karachi handed over to police on remand

Published

3 weeks ago

March 13, 2023

Pakistaneo.com

KARACHI: A Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) lawmaker, who was “picked up” from his Karachi residence by unidentified plainclothesmen, was handed over to the police for a two-day bodily remand by an anti-terrorism courtroom (ATC) Monday.

Arsalan Taj Hussain, the get together’s lawmaker from PS-102 (Karachi East-IV), and the overall secretary within the metropolis, is accused of involvement in clashes outdoors deputy commissioner Kemari’s workplace.

The police requested a 10-day remand, however the courtroom granted solely two days.

Chatting with reporters after his courtroom look, Hussain stated that he’s a employee of former prime minister Imran Khan and won’t abandon him at any price.

On Sunday, police performed an in a single day raid and arrested Taj from his residence. Greater than 12 hours after his arrest, Sindh Police revealed that Taj was arrested in reference to the assault on the constructing in Keamari.

A police spokesperson claimed that Hussain, together with some PTI activists, attacked the workplace, leading to a case being registered underneath terrorism sections.

Karachi

Murad inaugurates polio vaccination marketing campaign in Karachi

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3 weeks ago

March 13, 2023

Pakistaneo.com

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah launched a polio eradication marketing campaign in Karachi on Monday by administering polio drops to kids.

In accordance with Shah, Sindh has not reported a single case of polio within the final thirty-three months.

In his speech on the marketing campaign ceremony, Shah urged mother and father to cooperate with polio groups with the intention to defend the way forward for Pakistan and eradicate the illness from the nation.

In the course of the marketing campaign, polio drops will likely be administered to five.6 million kids underneath the age of 5 in high-risk districts of the province, totaling 16 in quantity.