KARACHI, April 20: The town municipal administration of Saddar Town on Thursday in a simple ceremony handed over a mobile toilet to concerned authorities for facilitating beachgoers.

Speaking on the occasion, Additional Chief Secretary Sindh Ishaque Lashari said the natural beauty of beaches was being affected due to lack of cleanliness and increasing pollution.

He said citizens will have to play due role in this regard, so that beachgoers can be provided a healthy and hygienic atmosphere.

He said the provision of a model mobile toilet for the beach area was a welcome step, adding that such mobile toilets would also be provided to Keamari and Bin Qasim towns.

He congratulated the nazim Saddar Town and his team for their initiative regarding the mobile toilet.

Meanwhile Nazim Saddar Town Muhammad Dilawar said that many people came to visit the Clifton beach and unavailability of toilets for them was creating problems.

He said that in that regard, on the instructions of the Sindh governor, the town administration had provided the beachgoers with the facility of mobile toilet.

He said the mobile toilet had separate chambers for males and females.—PPI

Opinion

Respite needed

Respite needed

All one can fear is a familiar accounting exercise that aims to extract a few more rupees from a narrow, weary economic base.

Editorial

Soft on traders
08 Jun, 2026

Soft on traders

THE Fixed Tax Asaan Scheme for traders with an annual turnover of up to Rs200m has been designed as a ‘pragmatic...
Ceasefire in name
Updated 08 Jun, 2026

Ceasefire in name

Both sides accuse the other of violating the truce that was supposed to halt the conflict in April, yet neither appears willing to abandon negotiations altogether.
Damaged childhoods
08 Jun, 2026

Damaged childhoods

CHILD abuse is so prevalent that the UN ranked Pakistan as the least safe country for children. Even so, more than...
JAAC ban
Updated 07 Jun, 2026

JAAC ban

Though the JAAC’s demands are open to scrutiny, banning any political organisation — as long as it remains committed to peaceful activism — is undemocratic.
GB election
Updated 07 Jun, 2026

GB election

It is important that whichever party ultimately forms the government puts the needs of the people of GB above everything else.
ODI win
07 Jun, 2026

ODI win

AT last, the Pakistan cricket team had something to celebrate: a One-day International series victory against...