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Sindh Chief Secretary, Ombudsman meet

By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services)   The Chief Secretary, Sindh, Mohammad Siddique Memon, called on the Provincial Ombudsman, Sindh, Asad Ashraf Malik at his office and discussed matters of mutual interest.  Chief Secretary Sindh Mohammad Siddique Memon   The Sindh Ombudsman, Asad Ashraf Malik apprised the Chief Secretary about functioning of the Mohtasib office and improvements brought about for providing speedy justice to aggrieved people at their doorsteps.    Sindh Ombudsman Asad Ashraf Malik He urged the Chief Secretary to direct all the provincial departments for implementation of decisions of Ombudsman on priority basis so that administrative justice was provided to the people of Sindh.    The Chief Secretary assured every possible help and assistance for implementation of the Sindh Ombudsman decisions at the earliest. He said that he will issue instructions in this regard in...

Witnesses Protection Act to be implemented

By Abdul Qadir Qureshi, (Pakistan News & Features Services )     The measures for implementation of Witnesses Protection Act (WPA) came under discussion at a high level meeting held under the chairmanship of IG Police Sindh, Ghulam Haider Jamali.   The Additional IG CTD, while spelling out the spirit of WPA, highlighted its significance in the existing scenario.   Addl. IG Traffic, Addl. IG CTD, Addl. IG Karachi, DIG Headquarters, DIG DL, DIG Crimes, DIG RRF, DIG CTD, AIG Finance, AIG Administration, AIG Legal and other officers attended the meeting.                 .   It was decided to establish the Witness Protection Unit (WPU) to be headed by Addl. IG CTD, as required under the Act while the provincial home department will be approached to actualize the physical establishment of WPU.    "Till the physical functioning of WPU, it is imperative to convey to Additional IG Karachi ...

31st SANA Convention organized in Houston

By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) The 31st Annual Convention of the Sindhi Association of North America (SANA), spanning over three days, was held recently in Houston, Texas. The moot was largely participated by literary and political personalities from all over the world. Around 600 families participated in the latest SANA event. The leaders of North American Sindhi origin renewed their commitment to contribute positively to boost the image of their country and Sindh at the world level and serve the motherland with complete dedication. On the concluding day, a general body meeting of SANA was held in which the central President Jamil Daudi, General Secretary, Noorunissa Ghanghro, Vice President, Canada, Maqsood Soomro, Vice-President, Youth Wing, Bakhtawar Hafiz, and Treasurer, Ali Hassan Bhutto, apprised the members about one year progress report.  On this occasion Zafar Agha presented progress report of SANA ...

SSUET holds biomedical engineering convention

By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services)   The Chancellor of the Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi (SSUET), Engr Mohammad Adil Usman has observed that biomedical engineering was a field in which engineering skills were applied on the improvement of healthcare. He was speaking at the concluding ceremony of biomedical engineering convention 2015 organized by the SSUET’s biomedical engineering department on September 4.  He pointed out that the SSUET was the first university to have introduced the discipline of biomedical engineering in Pakistan in 1996 and since its inception around 1,800 students have secured their future as biomedical engineers with dynamic career growth in the country and abroad.  The chancellor reckoned that biomedical engineering was a research oriented branch which certainly was a new but a promising career option, involving study of all types of engineering ranging from electron...