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LARKANA, April 9: The citizens action committee, Ratodero, on Wednesday expressed its concern over the police apathy regarding the recovering of two kidnapped victims, Mumtaz Markhyani and Naveed Soomro.
Basheer Khan Qureshi, chairman of th Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz, on the occasion, said that if the police failed to recover the kidnap victims and pay compensation to the heirs of Abdul Qadir Jokhiyo and Ghulam Mustafa Sangro, a high school teacher and a farmer, respectively, within the next week, the action committee would again resort to stage a sit-in.
Others who spoke on the occasion, included Dr Anwar Buledi, chairman of the action committee as well as Mumtaz Ali Arbani, Kartar Lal.
They expressed their concern over the insanitary conditions in the city and criticized the municipal officials and the police for the rising incidence of drug-related crimes.
ANTI-ENCROACHMENT: The municipal administration, assisted by the police, on Wednesday began an anti-encroachment drive in the city.
The operation, jointly supervised by the ASP, City, Mohammed Alam Shinwari, and the municipal staff, cleared footpaths stretching from the Bank Square to the Pakistan Chowk.
Officials confiscated material, including washing machines and fans, which the shopkeepers had put up illegally on footpaths as well as the main road, hindering the traffic flow.
Hand-pulled carts were also confiscated during the clean-up operation.
Encroachments were also removed from the vegetable, fish and meat markets. The hand-pushed carts there had been a cause of chronic traffic congestion for a long time.
The police said that encroachments had been removed from three-kilometres-long inter-city roads.
SUICIDE: A married woman, Nazeeran, on Wednesday committed suicide by ingesting pesticides in the Lashari village, Ratodero town.
The woman did not survive despite being rushed to the Chandka Medical College Teaching Hospital in an unconscious condition.
