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SHIKARPUR, Feb 5: A central leader of PPP, Aftab Shaban Mirani, has opposed the inclusion of army officials in Anti-Terrorism Courts saying that such courts could not prove beneficial to provide relief from terrorism activities but rather they would create more problems.
The former defence minister stated this while addressing a news conference the other day.
He said that instead of establishing separate courts other than the existing courts of law, more judicial powers should be given to the regular courts to conduct speedy trials.
He feared that justice would not be provided to political leaders through such additional special courts because they could be politically victimized on the behest of rulers through such courts.
About the shortage of water, Mr Mirani slammed the authorities concerned for their poor performance in distributing water according to the provisions of the water accord.
He called upon the rulers to settle the burning issue of water technically in the larger interest of the agricultural development programmes as the province of Sindh specially and the whole of the country generally depended upon agriculture.
He said that the threat of war by India reflected its foolishness because if war took place both India and Pakistan would be badly affected economically and could not be able to survive economically for years and years.
BROTHERS KIDNAPPED: Two brothers were kidnapped by a gang of five armed bandits here at truck stand on Tuesday.
Karim Bux Daudpoto and Abdul Majeed Daudpoto were beaten before being kidnapped when they were closing their shop Jilani Autos as usual.
The kidnappers took away the hostages in a Honda car.
A police party led by ASP City has gone behind the kidnappers.
ZAKAT FUNDS: A special meeting of the members of the district Zakat and Ushr committee and medical superintendents of Civil Hospital Shikarpur and other taluka hospitals was held here at the Darbar Hall on Monday.
The chairman, district Zakat and Ushr committee, Agha Hayatullah Khan Durrani apprised the medical superintendents about the procedure and instructions of the government for utilizing Zakat funds for medical treatment.
The chairman, district Zakat and Ushr committee, handed over a cheque of Rs300,000 to the medical superintendent, Civil Hospital Shikarpur, and cheques of Rs100,000 each to the medical superintendents of taluka hospitals Garhi Yasin, Khanpur, and Lakhi Ghulam Shah.
KILLED: A youth was killed and eight others were injured in a clash between two groups of youths over a cricket match in Gaheja village on Monday night.
Nine youths including Najamuddin, Tanvir Ahmed, Ayaz, Pervez, Muzammil, Moharram, Janib, Rahim Bux and Sikandar, were injured when a clash took place between two groups of youths belonging to Abro clan at a hotel of the village. Pistols and clubs were used in the clash.
One of the injured Najamuddin was rushed to Chandka Medical College Hospital Larkana where he died.
The other injured persons were admitted to a hospital in Madeji.
The cause of the clash is said to be a dispute on a cricket match.
Gaheja police have registered cases against six persons of both the groups.
ACCIDENT: A truck driver was killed in a collision between two trucks near Khanpur on Shikarpur-Kandhkot road on Monday night.
Truck driver Abdul Rasheed Shah of Ziarat, Balochistan, was killed and a donkey cart driver Ali Hassan seriously injured when two trucks coming from opposite sides collided and hit the donkey cart.
Khanpur police have registered the case.
