July 18, 2008	Friday	Rajab 14, 1429

HYDERABAD, July 17: The Hyderabad airport, which was shut down 10 years ago, would be operational from August 3, said a spokesman of the district government.

The spokesman said that the Civil Aviation Authority had started renovation work at the airport.

The reopening of the airport has been a long-standing demand of the Hyderabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the people of the city.

District Nazim Kanwar Naveed Jamil had pursued the matter and the airport is now reopening under the prime minister’s orders.

Former prime minister Shaukat Aziz had also passed the orders to reopen the airport but his orders were not implemented.

PWF office-bearers elected

The Sindh interior region chapter of Pakistan Workers Federation elected Afzal Ahmed Shah as President for three years in annual elections, here on Wednesday.

Those elected include Mir Khan Baloch as Chairman, Abdul Latif Nizamani General Secretary and Mehboob Qureshi Additional General Secretary, among other office-bearers.

The outgoing Chairman Mohammad Ahmed, President Talib Nawaz, General Secretary Khursheed Ahmed and other leaders stressed on uniting working class on a single platform to fight for their rights.