KARACHI, April 2: Sindh Home Minister Rauf Siddiqui paid a detailed visit to review the progress of ongoing work at Malir Housing Project, Taiser Town. According to an official statement issued here on Sunday, the home minister directed the authority concerned to ensure early completion of ongoing project.

He said that nobody would be allowed to grab the land in the city.

Rauf Siddiqi said that the project was introduced by the government to provide low-cost shelters to people.

Amir Zada Kohati of Malir Development Authority and other officials were also present on the occasion.

madadgar centre: Sindh Home Minister Rauf Siddiqui on Saturday inaugurated a centrally air-conditioned ‘Madadgar-15’ Centre at Tariq Road Crossing, Shahrah-i-Quaideen.

The home minister said that cooperation of philanthropists in establishing Madadgar-15 Centre was the manifestation of confidence of different communities in police.

Rauf Siddiqui said that the matter was under consideration to hand over induction process of fresh personnel for Madadgar-15 Centres under community policing to the communities.

Appreciating the integrated efforts made by the Rangers and Sindh Police to ensure peaceful environment in the province, he said that policemen were discharging 18-hour-long duties to ensure security of people.

The minister also presented the documents of the vehicles including four new Suzuki police pickups donated for the newly inaugurated centre.

These vehicles would be used for round-the-clock patrolling on Sharea Faisal and its surroundings areas.

The patron of the Jamiat Punjabi Sodagran-i-Dehli, Shamim Arif Farpo, who provided the financial assistance for the construction of Madadgar building, said that he would continue to support the development of coordination between communities and police.

The PTCL PECHS Exchange has also provided six telephone connections including a telephone hotline for the centre. Through the hotline, the calls of local residents would directly be received at Madadgar-15 Centre, Shahrah-i-Quaideen.

This is the first ever air-conditioned Madadgar-15 Centre, where all the latest facilities are available for the force.—APP