HYDERABAD: Musharraf’s days are numbered: Dr Magsi
HYDERABAD, Aug 11: The Sindh Taraqqi Pasand Party Chairman Dr Qadir Magsi said that the days of Gen Musharraf and company were numbered after the advent of judicial activism, courageous role of media, political awakening among people and change in the thinking of intellectuals of Punjab and middle class as well as political leadership.
He said while delivering presidential speech at the central committee meeting of his party that the oppressed nations had always opposed the interference of army and agencies in politics but it was a positive development when the intellectuals of Punjab and political leadership also started thinking on the same lines.
Mr Magsi said that Gen Musharraf, after having been cornered, was trying to trap some political parties through a deal to prolong his own rule. Ms Benazir Bhutto had always remained in the vanguard of democratic movement but she had greatly harmed her reputation by entering into a dialogue with the military dictator, he said.
He said that Sindhis would not accept slavery and would always stand for equal rights including the right of sovereignty for all the nations. He warned Sindhis against what he describes as MQM's designs of expelling Sindhis from Karachi and translating the Jinnahpur conspiracy into a reality and vowed to resist such a move.
The meeting decided to organise medical camps for flood-affected people and condemned the demolition of Sindhi villages.
It appointed a parliamentary board headed by Dr Abdul Hameed Memon to recommend the names of candidates and constituencies for contesting the upcoming general elections.
URS ARRANGEMENTS: Jamshoro District Coordination Officer Dr Mohammad Khawar Jamil on Saturday directed the members of Mela Committee of Hazrat Lal Shahbaz Qalandar to make adequate arrangements for the supply of clean drinking water to the devotees before the start of annual Urs.
He said at the committee’s meeting that the taluka nazim of Sehwan should arrange for water tankers for the coming Urs and directed the officers concerned to release Rs300,000 each for the two UCs of the adjoining areas to ensure cleanliness in and around the shrine.
He directed the EDO of health to set up a medical camp and form mobile medical teams during the Urs and asked the district officer of roads to prepare a road map for the arrival of devotees.
He instructed the SDO of Wapda to install 18 transformers in and around the shrine at least 10 days before the commencement of the Urs and arrange three standby generators to handle any emergency.
MUET VC: The vice-chancellor of the Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Prof Dr A.Q.K. Rajput assured the lower staff of the university that they would continue enjoying all the facilities which were permissible under the law.
He said at a reception hosted by lower staff in his honour for getting an extension for four years that he was not oblivious of the fact that it was very difficult for the lower-grade employees to make both ends meet.
He said that the MUET was the only university which had provided medical reimbursement facility to its employees. The university syndicate had also approved house building loan facility for the employees.
Registrar Dr Mohammad Aslam Uqaili said that the university had appointed the children of a large number of retired and expired employees in the university and the university had decided to advance interest-free loans to its employees.