LARKANA, Feb 17: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Sheikh Rashid Ahmed will inaugurate newly-established medium wave radio station in Larkana. This was stated by the controller home services of the Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation, Mohammed Sharif Shad, while talking to journalists here on Friday.
He said that Larkana was culturally and literally a rich city and there was no dearth of talent.
Mr Shad said that transmission time of frequency modulation radio station in Larkana would be doubled from six to 12 hours from March 31. He said that radio stations in Khuzdar, Loralai, Zhoab and Gwadar had 12 hours broadcasting time then there was no hindrance in enhancing time for the Larkana station.
He said that we were waiting for uninterrupted power supply from Hesco for commissioning Larkana’s medium wave radio station that had been completed and handed over to the PBC in December 2004.
The controller is visiting radio stations in Balochistan and Sindh to assess immediate needs and requirements aiming at to update them.
FIRE: Three houses and a portion of shoes store were burned when a fire broke out in the house of Ghulam Mohammed Qureshi in the main Shahi bazaar on Friday.
The house caught fire from a candle.
A fire fighter, Ahmed Ali Brohi, was injured while fighting fire and admitted to the Chandka Medical College hospital.
SEA: Leaders of the Sindh Employees Alliance called for ending political interference in government departments as it had dwarfed their performance.
They were talking to journalists at hunger strike camp on Friday outside the press club pressing for honouring the agreement between the SEA and the district coordination officer through the district nazim.
They alleged that due to mishandling in the departments being run by what they called inept bureaucrats, the standard of administration had fallen.
They announced to stage a sit-in on February 25 to press for acceptance of their demands.
