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: 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.

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.