SUKKUR, June 1: Elected representatives of Ghotki district have demanded that the government bifurcate the district and make Mirpur Mathelo a new one, as was done in Hyderabad, Larkana and Jacobabad. Nazims of Daharki and Ubauro, Mian Shafiq Ahmed and Jam Shafan Khan Dahar, nazims of various union councils as well as a former MPA, Sardar Ahmed Yar Shar, demanded this at a press conference in Daharki on Wednesday. They alleged that the nazim of Ghotki was ignoring their areas which was creating a sense of deprivation among the people of the area.
They said this situation had left them with no option but to join forces against the Zila Nazim, Sardar Ali Gohar Mahar, and demand bifurcation of the district.
They said that President Musharraf’s devolution of power system had resolved problems of the people, but the nazim of Ghotki had been ignoring the tehsils of the district. They said that bifurcation of different districts had benefited people.
They alleged that whenever the Mahar Sardars came to power, they ignored these tehsils, which created hatred among the people. Meanwhile, talking to newsmen in Ghotki, Zila Nazim Sardar Ali Gohar Mahar vowed that he would never allow bifurcation of the district.
He said that the Lund group wanted to derive political mileage from bifurcation of the district.
Sardar Mahar further said that during a meeting with President General Pervez Musharraf in Karachi, he had strongly opposed the idea of bifurcating the district, while Khalid Khan Lund and Nadir Akmal Leghari had supported it.
PASSPORT: The FIA arrested a man in Kandhkot on Wednesday and recovered 300 fake passports from his possession.
On a tip, the Deputy Director of FIA (Sukkur region), Abdul Rehman Bullo, conducted a raid at an office in Kandhkot, recovered 300 fake passports from the possession of Sarwanand and arrested him.
Mr Bullo said the accused had sent many people abroad on fake passports.
He said that the FIA were conducting raids to arrest Sarwanand’s accomplices.
SHOT DEAD: Unidentified armed men shot dead a man in his sleep in village Mir Khan Gabole, near Mirpur Mathelo, on Tuesday night.
Three persons barged into the house of Noor Hassan Gabole and opened indiscriminate fire. As a result, Gabole died on the spot.
According to the area people, the deceased had declared one of his community member karo with his wife some time back. His death is thought to be a result of that dispute.
No case has so far been registered.
NAZIM: District Nazim Nasir Hussain Shah has said that the district government is pursuing the policy of promoting education, particularly for women, in line with the federal and provincial governments, to increase enrolment and decrease dropout ratio in educational institutions in the district.
