THATTA, Dec 14: A college student, Aslam, 22, son of Hussain Leghari, was electrocuted in Chuch Jehan Khan village near Chuhar Jamali on Saturday.
PML-Q MNA Mohammad Ali Malkani, relating the incident to negligence of Hesco, told this correspondent that the Hesco authorities were informed that some live wires had fallen from a pole but they took no notice which resulted in the death of Aslam.
AUQAF CHIEF: Sindh Auqaf chief administrator Khawar Noor has said the government is setting up a research and publication cell to spread the message of saints of Sindh.
Talking to newsmen at the shrine of Shah Abdul Karim of Bulri, the other day he said the department had initiated a project costing Rs550 million on a land adjacent to the mausoleum of Abdullah Shah Ghazi in Karachi.
He said project included a mosque, research and publication cell, an auditorium, Musafirkhana and book stall.
Mr Noor said non-controversial religious scholars would be invited by the government to compile history of spiritual leaders of Sindh and a website be maintained about the works of the cell.
He said the Auqaf department had prepared a feasibility to maintain 280 shrines and mosques through out the province.