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NAWABSHAH, June 5: Acting district nazim of Nawabshah, Abdul Haq Jamali, has urged the secretary education to immediately transfer Director-General, Provincial Institute of Teachers Education (PITE), Nawabshah and appoint a full-fledged officer in his place.
In a letter written to secretary education and literacy department, government of Sindh, on May 31, Mr Jamali had stated that All Pakistan Clerks Association (education unit), Nawabshah chapter, has started a pen-down strike against the DG of PITE, Mushtaq Ahmed Shahani, demanding withdrawal of suspension orders of ministerial staff of PITE, issued by the DG.
Further, he stated that he being the district naib nazim, was nominated by the district nazim to hold talks with both parties which were held on May 22, and after long deliberations, the DG agreed to withdraw suspension orders while APCA agreed to call-off their strike. After the talks, the DG contacted to withdraw the orders but he did not pay any heed.
The acting district nazim further mentioned in his letter that the DG had created an abnormal situation due to his alleged malpractices and mismanagement. He demanded immediate transfer of the DG and appointment another fully time officer.
Meanwhile, All Pakistan Clerks Association continued its pen down strike against the Director-General PITE, on Thursday.
KILLED: Two persons were killed and ten others injured when their van collided with a camel cart near Sardarabad bus stop on Nawabshah-60 miles link road.
Van driver Altaf Jatt 28, and Ms Rani 80, died on the spot when their van (CC-2123), coming from Karachi, rammed into a camel cart.
The bodies were taken out after cutting the van’s body.
Mureed Khoso, his children Amna, Ameera, Javed and Noor, Ms Aneesa, Ms Sahil, Ms Azeema, Ali Murad and Qurban were seriously injured. All the injured were shifted to People’s Medical College Hospital.
MALARIA: The Director Malaria Control Programme Sindh, Dr Nawaz Ali Kaler, has said the government was planning to launch anti-malaria campaign on the pattern of anti-polio drive.
Addressing a seminar organized by the district health department at EDO health office here, Dr Nawaz said that out of 1112 union councils of Sindh, 242 were having malaria control centres and an amount of Rs15 million was being spent on them annually.
