April 24, 2008	Thursday	Rabi-us-Sani 17, 1429

LARKANA, April 23: Sindh Minister for Law, Youth Affairs and Sports Ayaz Soomro said that the Sindh government would soon establish an authority for the development of Gorakh Hill Station to boost tourism in the province.

Speaking at separate receptions in Larkana, Shahdadkot and Sujawal on Wednesday he said a bill to this effect would be tabled in the next session of Sindh Assembly.

He said tapping the tourism related resources in Sindh would receive attention of the present government and added that Gorakh Hill Station had atmosphere very similar to that of Murree.

Its development into a resort would attract more tourists and in turn Sindh would earn handsome revenue, he hoped.

He claimed that he had tabled six bills in the provincial assembly within a short period addressing key issues like shifting of authority of Sindh Public Service Commission from governor to the Sindh chief minister.

He said that millions of rupees meant for conservation and preservation of Moenjodaro had either been siphoned off or embezzled and hinted at initiating a probe into it and those found guilty of misappropriation of funds would not go escort free.

He claimed that the establishment was behind the conspiracy of killing Ms Benazir Bhutto.He blamed previous government for selling Sindh’s precious land at throw away prices and disclosed that record pertaining to the sale had been collected and the inquiry into the affair had been kicked off.

He said that any one found responsible for selling out land at lowest prices would not be spared.

He assured of posting of renowned and honest police officers to address the issue of law and order in the province. He said the Sindh cabinet had taken up the issue of loadshedding in the province and added that new grid stations would be constructed with the renovation work of the old electricity wiring to curtail the yawning gap between the production and consumption with the focus on reducing power theft.

He said fast trains between Jacobabad via Larkana to Karachi would be started soon while there would be double flights to Moenjodaro throughout the week.

These matters had been conveyed to PPP co-chairperson Asif Zardari and Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah, he said.

He announced a grant of Rs300,000 for Shahdadkot Bar Association and Rs200,000 for Qambar Bar Association and disclosed that a lawyers colony would be established and a stadium would be constructed in Shahdadkot.