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HYDERABAD, Aug 6: A large number of people of Qasimabad, under the banner of the Sindh Tarqqi Pasand Party, observed a hunger strike and staged a sit-in on the Naseem Nagar Road for five hours.
They were protesting against the accumulation of dirty water in the taluka, absence of medical facilities, non-regularization of kutcha abadis and indifferent attitude of the government towards the residents.
The protesters included STPP leaders Muzaffar Kalhoro, Mehboob Abro and Shaukat Abro, Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam leader Azam Jehangiri, Federation of Qasimabad president Ishaq Detho and leaders of other social welfare organizations.
Later, the protesters held a demonstration.
Speaking on the occasion, STPP chairman Dr Qadir Magsi lashed out at the Sindh government, health department officials and other government functionaries for not resolving problems being faced by Qasimabad residents.
He said the relief announced by the government was not sufficient to rehabilitate rain and flood victims and demanded that Rs15 billion should be announced for Sindh to cover the losses. He further demanded that Rs1 billion should provided to Qasimabad to restore the infrastructure.
TRAINING: The inaugural session of a six-day training course for biochemistry teachers was held at the University of Sindh, Jamshoro, on Monday.
The course has been organized by the university’s Institute of Biochemistry and sponsored by the Higher Education Commission.
Speaking on the occasion, HEC representative Shafiullah Khan said the commission in 2002-2003 had organized 27 training programmes and trained 951 college and university teachers through these programmes. He said four of the programmes in English, Physics, Botany and Zoology were conducted in collaboration with the University of Sindh.
He said training workshops in the next quarter of the year commencing from October would focus on revised curricula, teaching methodologies, assessment and English teaching.
SU Vice-Chancellor Mazharul Haq Siddiqui, who was the chief guest on the occasion, hailed the HEC and its chairman Dr Attaur Rehman for initiating training courses for teachers and reviving curricula of different disciplines. He hoped that the commission would continue its efforts to promote higher education and research culture in the country.
