07 March 2005	Monday	25 Muharram 1426

NAWABSHAH, March 6: Sindh Chief Minister Arbab Ghulam Rahim has said that Sindh Bank is being established and investors will be provided all facilities and security in this connection.

Talking to newsmen at the circuit house on Sunday, he said local bodies elections were expected to be held in August and President Pervez Musharraf would made announcement after meeting the chief election commissioner.

Mr Arbab said Imtiaz Shaikh had become history and he did not want to repeat it and added that he followed the instructions from the party leadership. He said officials of the revenue department were not willing to computerize records as they would be in difficulty but he would make sure that the record would be computerized soon.

He said that culprits involved in disturbing the law and order situation and carrying out blasts were not serving Sindh. He said that jobs would be provided on the merit basis. He announced a fire brigade, MRI and Lithotripter machines, construction of road between old Sabzi Mandi to Haji Naseer graveyard.

The chief minister also addressed workers of the PML at the circuit house. He ordered an enquiry against the chairman of the district zakat committee for alleged involvement in corruption on the complaint of PML workers.Mr Arbab also ordered transfer of the EDO education.

The chief minister on the request of his adviser, Ghulam Rasool Unnar, announced shifting of the Nawabshah police from the Sukkur police range to the Hyderabad police range.

CONVOCATION: Speaking as a chief guest at eighth annual convocation of the People's Medical College, he stressed the need for addressing health care problems of women in the remote areas of Sindh. He felt proud to say that the first lady gynaecologist of the country was from Sindh.

Adviser to Sindh chief minister on health, Faisal Malik, said the province needed a large number of competent lady doctors to contain high mortality rate among mothers and neonates during pregnancy. He said the situation was alarming in rural areas where mother and child healthcare facilities still required a lot to be desired.

The principal of the PMC, Prof Ali Akbar Ghumro, said that more than 50 students from Nepal, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Palestine, Mauritius, Bangladesh, Indian-controlled Kashmir and the USA were studying in the college. He said the college lacked senior and junior teaching staff and departments like anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, pharmacology and forensic medicine.

The Sindh chief minister awarded degrees among MBBS graduate students of 2003.

Dr Tabinda Aslam Jafri stood first, Dr Shaista Khwaja second and Dr Champa Rajani third.

The chief minister announced 240-bed international hostel for foreign girl students, air-conditioned auditorium, renovation of existing dilapidated doctors' residences and construction of separate doctors' residential colony and two air-conditioned buses for students.