The federal government on Friday criticised the Sindh government for ‘poor governance’ with ministers holding it responsible for food inflation in the country, reports Dawn.
The criticism came from the government after Prime Minister Imran Khan had claimed the Centre would uplift 14 districts under the Rs444 billion Sindh Development Plan.
وزیر اعظم عمران خان کی زیر صدارت سندھ ترقیاتی پلان پر پیشرفت کا جائزہ اجلاس۔
Meanwhile, Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry blamed the Sindh government for rising food inflation in the country, alleging that the “Sindh government has left the people of the province at the mercy of mafias”.
He said when sugar price went up to Rs150 per kilo, the Sindh government stopped supplying sugar cane to mills and later blocked stocks of sugar from reaching the markets. He said prices of food and grocery items were still higher in Sindh as compared to other provinces.
However, Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), which rules Sindh, slammed the federal government for criticising the provincial government.
PPP spokesman Faisal Karim Kundi asked: “Why does Imran Khan worry so much about Sindh?”
He claimed that Sindh was the only province where free treatment was being given for cancer, heart ailments, liver and kidney ailments.
“If nothing is being done in Sindh, then why do people from across the country travel to Sindh to avail free medical treatment,” he questioned.
In a ruling, the Sindh High Court (SHC) has ordered the National Database Registration Authority (NADRA) to issue Computerised National Identity Card (CNIC) to a woman who didn’t know about her father’s whereabouts, reports Samaa.
Rubina was brought up by a single mother as her father had left the family many years ago. The local court ordered NADRA to issue CNIC to Rubina based on her mother’s citizenship record. Her mother works in the Education Department.
When Rubina, who is specially-abled, turned 18 and went to a local NADRA office to obtain her CNIC, she was told that the card would not be issued unless she provides the record of both her parents.
“When I went to the NADRA office, they refused to issue me CNIC and asked to bring my father or any other guardian. Where could I have found my father, who left me and my mother when I was young?”
She filed a petition with the court, which resulted in a landmark verdict. In the past, many orphans in Pakistan have faced this problem regarding the issuance of CNIC.
Advocate Usman Farooq stated that the ruling would apply to similar cases and now the children with single parents would be able to get their CNICs after producing the record of only a single parent.
A senior police officer confirmed that Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Member of National Assembly (MNA) Jam Karim Jokhio has obtained bail before arrest, reports Dawn.
Karim was nominated along with his brother Member of Provincial Assembly (MPA) Jam Awais Jokhio in the murder case of Nazimuddin Jokhio who was found tortured to death at Awais’ farmhouse earlier this month.
Currently, Awais is under police custody.
The officer, who wished not to be named, told Dawn that the police was trying to frame Jam Karim’s role in the alleged kidnapping and murder case of Nazim.
However, in the preliminary investigation, it was revealed that Nazim was tortured to death for recording MPA Jam Awais’ hunting expedition of a highly rare bird species along with his Arab guests.
The victim’s family has also accused the MPA and his henchmen for torturing Nazim to death.
Hidden Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras were found in a private school’s female washrooms in Karachi, reports Geo News.
Videos of women were being made with the hidden cameras, officials from the Sindh Education Department confirmed.
کراچی کے پرائیوٹ ہیرک اسکول میں خواتین واش روم میں خفیہ کیمرے لگائے گئے تھے جن سے خواتین کی نازیبا ویڈیو بنائی جاتی تھیں۔ خواتین کی شکایت پر محکمہ تعلیم نے واش روم سے خفیہ کیمرے بر آمد کرلیے ہیں! pic.twitter.com/FOfNhiUs9U
The Education Department issued a notification according to which the cameras were secretly installed in the female washroom as well as the men’s washroom used by both teachers and students.
However, the school administration has maintained that the cameras were installed in the washrooms for “monitoring purposes”.
According to the Sindh Educational Department, “Hidden CCTV cameras were installed behind a sheet with holes in the area of the washbasins situated with the toilets of girls and boys/washrooms, so that one can easily watch the movements of male and female students and staff,” as per Dawn.
An inquiry committee of the inspection directorate later in the day served a notice to the school administration, asking its principal or a senior official to appear before the department on November 4.
However, no official from the school turned up in disregard of the orders.
After that, the Sindh Education Department on Friday suspended the registration of the said private school and asked its administration to furnish a show-cause notice.
According to the notice, the registration of the school will remain suspended until the completion of the investigation.
According to the notice, the registration of the school will remain suspended until the completion of the investigation.
Nazim Jokhio’s brother Azam, while talking to BBC Urdu’s Riaz Sohail, revealed: “I blindly trusted Jam Awais and took my brother Nazim to meet him and he [Jam] returned my brother in kafan (shroud).”
Jokhio, the youngest one of his siblings, was allegedly tortured to death for recording Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) MPA Jam Awais’ hunting expedition of a highly rare bird species along with his Arab guests.
Azam told the media outlet that after repeated calls from Jam’s people, he asked his brother to delete the video. He said he was not “afraid”. After this, Jam’s manager reached their home and asked for Nazim.
“My brother had refused to go with him but I insisted,” he said while adding that he had been elected a member of the district council and he had confidence in them.
Upon reaching, Jam’s people started torturing Nazim with sticks and butts of the gun.
“I pleaded in front of him [Jam] and apologised but he didn’t listen and said that you have insulted my guests. They kept beating him and locked him in a room. They asked me to leave and come in the morning. At 5am, I got the news that they had beaten him to death”, Azam said.
MPA Sindh Assembly along with two suspects, Haider and Mir Ali, have been remanded to police custody for three days.
During the hearing, the investigation officer informed the court that the prime suspect had surrendered to the police. Later, the judge ordered to present a progress report in the case at the next hearing and granted a three-day remand to the police.
Chief Minister Sindh Murad Ali Shah had also taken notice of the incident.
Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan during an address at a ceremony in Attock on Friday said that Sindh shut down three operational sugar mills, which contributed to an increase in the price of sugar.
“The price of sugar in Pakistan has hit Rs140 per kg. I inquired why this was so. I learned that three sugar mills in Sindh, which were operational, were shut down,” the prime minister said.
The prime minister went on to say that he subsequently learnt that due to the reduced supply, the sugar mills in Punjab began to hoard the commodity.
“I told the chief secretary that our law forbids hoarding and so if the sugar mills are doing so, we must retrieve the stock and bring it out to the market so the price drops.”
“We found out that since July, the sugar mills have obtained a stay order against the rule. And so our government was unable to do anything,” PM Imran Khan said.
“This is a gross injustice that the sugar mafia earns billions after having broken the backs of our people. And when the government moves to do something, they obtain stay orders,” he remarked.
PM Khan claimed that there was uproar in India as well over high petrol prices and Pakistan still had the cheapest petrol prices in the region.
“In India today, there is uproar as well [over petrol prices] and the petrol price per litre is Rs150 while it is Rs200 in Bangladesh. [On the other hand] it is the lowest in Pakistan at Rs146,” the premier said.
“The biggest [impact] of what happened was that the oil price first decreased and now in the last three months it has doubled […] when oil becomes expensive, then everything becomes expensive.”
“When there was inflation in the whole world then obviously Pakistan is in this same world and not in the heavens so we also had to be affected. As a result, we fully tried and are still trying to protect our people from this inflation.”
The prime minister’s comments come the same day as the government increased petroleum prices by up to Rs8.14 per litre with immediate effect to ensure the revival of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme.
The Supreme Court has ordered to demolish Nasla Tower in Karachi within a week and has sought a report on it, Geo Newsreported.
During the hearing, the apex court ordered to use the latest technology in the process and take all the expenses from the owner of Nasla Tower.
The court said that within a week, the Nasla tower should be demolished by a controlled ammunition blast and no damage should be done to buildings or people near the site.
The court directed the owner of Nasla Tower to return the money to the residents.
The court also directed the concerned authorities to submit a report within a week.
The district administration has issued notices to the residents of Nasla Tower to vacate the building on a court order.
Earlier, a resident can be heard in a video saying, ‘’I will commit suicide if Nasla Tower is demolished.”
According to the quarterly survey by Pulse Consultants, almost six out of 10 people have no confidence in Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan’s claim of coming out of the economic crisis, reports The News.
The survey is based on 1,809 respondents’ opinions who were interviewed from October 04, 2021 to October 10, 2021. It covered 60+ cities from all provinces of Pakistan.
According to the survey, the number of people losing faith in PM’s economic policies is around 57 per cent coupled with a drop in those who were confident that the prime minister will be able to turn the tide.
In July, 17 per cent respondents expressed confidence in PM’s policies, which in the current survey has dropped to seven percent. Regarding questions about the direction of the economic policies, 56 per cent respondents in July found them to be in the wrong direction, but three months later it has risen by 19 per cent to 77 per cent. On the contrary, those perceiving them to be on the right track have dropped to 24 per cent from 43 per cent in July.
Anxiety about the wrong direction is high is in the main political battleground provinces Punjab (79 percent) and Sindh (73 percent), as per the survey.
Since November 19, 2018 more than 95 per cent believe that inflation has increased after every three months.
Furthermore, the survey states that 68 per cent of people do not have savings and most of them have reduced their expenditures to make ends meet.
When the respondents were asked about the country’s major concern, 77 per cent complained about inflation whereas 35 per cent found corruption, 25 per cent unemployment, 11 per cent load shedding, while 10 per cent termed inability to meet expenses as their biggest problem.
The Pulse Consultant also asked the respondents about the performance of PM’s Adviser on Finance and Revenues, Shaukat Tarin, which showed that 53 per cent were dissatisfied with him.
The survey was conducted through CATI (Computer assisted telephonic interviews), a state-of-the-art technology where all calls are recorded.
The country is Heading Towards Wrong Economical Direction
Three amongst four Pakistanis believe that country is heading towards a wrong economic direction
In July 2021 there were 56% have that opinion but in October 2021 with an increase of 19%, 75% have that opinion
Anxiety about the wrong direction is high in Punjab (79%) & Sindh (73%) – the main political battleground followed by KP – PTI’s hometown (67%)
PM Claim About Restoration of Country Economic Outlook
In July 2021, 6 out of 10 respondents (62%) had overall belief on PM IK’s claim that “country is out of economic crisis”
Now in October 2021, wave condition is vice versa – almost 6 out of 10 (57%) have opposite opinion and have no belief in PM IK’s narrative (In July 38% had no believe now by the increase of 19% -57% have no belief)
Satisfaction with Shaukat Tarin
Dissatisfaction increased 15% (from 38% to 53%)
Satisfaction decreased 22% (from 35% to just 13%)
Inflation Trend
Almost every Pakistani hit by inflation and 98% are reporting that ‘Inflation increased in past three months’
Price Hike – Major Cause of Dissatisfaction
Like previous wave, in July Y2021 ‘Inflation’ is once again ranked as the gravest issue by (with the increase of 5%) 77% of the respondents.
If we read it with the answer “Expenses Not Meet” (اخراجات پورے نہیں ہوتے),of 10% – then it will reach to 87% – Ever highest in past three years
This is followed by & ‘Corruption’ (35%) & ‘Unemployment’ (25%), in this wave ‘Corruption’ – overtake the ‘Unemployment’
Expenses
We asked the same questions about “Monthly Expenses Management” back in July 2020, in July 2020, 41% had the opinion that – their monthly expenses are according to their income – but with the decline of 9% , now 32% have the same opinion
Jul-20 Oct-21Monthly Expenses Meet 41% 32%
Monthly Expenses Not Meet 59% 68%
Punjab & KPK – where #PTI is holding the provincial Govt. unrest increase significantly – specially in KP
If we compare the results of July 2020 & October 2021 (after 13 months) – Upper Socio Economic Class is also complaining that their monthly expenses are not meeting
Those who claimed that – their monthly income meet expenses – 31% amongst them claimed that they save any money
On the other hand – those who complained that their household expenses are not meet – 37% amongst them reduced their expenses, 30% borrow money and 30% do some extra job/work other than regular
Almost 78% of Pakistanis believe that no woman is safe in Pakistan while only 20% believe that women are safe in the country, a survey conducted by Pulse Consultant has shown.
At least 18,000 Pakistanis participated in the survey conducted by a Karachi-based marketing and social research company, Pulse Consultant.
More than 80 % of Pakistan’s population thinks that the country is ‘not safe’ for women gender, according to PULSE perception Quarterly Performance Evaluation Survey (QPES) The highest percentage of uncertainty regarding women safety came from KPK, followed by Punjab in Pakistan. pic.twitter.com/a4J8kVsPAG
Most of the Pakistanis who think women are unsafe in the country were from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
The survey showed that 35% of citizens of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa consider women safe to some extent in Pakistan, while only 19% consider them completely safe.
Similarly, 35% of people in Punjab saw women as unsafe in Pakistan, 41% saw them safe to some extent, and 21% saw them completely safe.
The rate of people who consider women unsafe in Pakistan from Sindh was 26% in the survey, while the rate of those who consider them safe to some extent was 49%. Meanwhile, 24% of the survey respondents considered them to be completely safe in the country.
The survey showed that most Pakistanis who see women safe to some extent in Pakistan are from Balochistan, where 74% of people vouched for it.
Whereas, 19% of citizens of Balochistan saw women as unsafe in Pakistan. Only 7% of the respondents from the province saw them as completely safe.
The statistics compiled in the survey based on social status suggested that 45% of people from the lower class believe that women are not safe in Pakistan.
The rate of people who saw women as unsafe from the lower middle class was 35%, 30% from the middle class, 29% from the upper-middle class, while 34% from the upper class.
Meanwhile, statistics based on gender showed that women were more positive than men when it came to their safety in Pakistan.
As many as 29% of women believe that they are safe outside the home, while only 22% of men vouched for it.
The survey was conducted through CATI (Computer assisted telephonic interviews), a state-of-the-art technology where all calls are recorded.
Overall Perception of Women Safety in Pakistan
Only 20% of Pakistanis feel that women are ‘safe’ in Pakistan
43% believe that women are ‘somewhat safe’ – it means their opinion is in between – neither they believe that Pakistani women are ‘unsafe’ nor do they believe that Pakistani women are ‘safe’
35% of Pakistanis believe that Pakistani women are entirely not safe in Pakistan
Highest perception of “unsafety” reported from KP (46%) followed by Punjab (35%)
Women Safety – Outside the home – Women’s Perception
29% of the Pakistani females feel that they are ‘safe’ when they go outside the home
However, 35% of females believe that they are “smewhat safe” and similar population (35%) believes that they are absolutely “unsafe” when they commute in society
The highest perception of “unsafety” again reported from KP (46%) followed by Punjab (36%)
Almost half (51%) of the female respondents from ‘Upper Class’ & one third (38%) from ‘Lowest Class’ have a concern about safety when commuting outside the home
Women Safety – Outside the home – Male’s Perception
Interestingly, males consider females less safe (22%) in Pakistan as compared to female respondents (29%)
The majority 45% of males believes that their family female members are “somewhat safe” and 30% believe that their family females’ members are ‘unsafe’ outside the home
Interestingly, contrary to females belonging to ‘Upper Class’ (Where 51% believe that they are unsafe), almost one-third of males belong to the same class have the opinion that their female family members are safe (36%) and only one-fourth (25%) have the opinion that females family members are ‘unsafe’
A 12-year-old boy, driving a car in Karachi, hit another vehicle at the city’s Memon Goth Road, ARY News reported.
The video shows a teenage boy along with four other kids, riding an expensive car and smashing it into another vehicle due to overspeeding.
The boys can be seen crying and apologising when they were caught by the owner of the other vehicle.
The owner in the video alleges that the boy said that his father is a policeman and they are coming from Memon Goth. The owner of the damaged vehicle informed the police as well, which arrived and caught the children.
The police said the children were released, later, after warning as the parents had assured not to let them drive again and keep an eye on them
