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HYDERABAD, Aug 28: The Tando Mohammad Khan District Development Council on Monday staged a demonstration outside the council building to press the government to declare the entire district calamity-hit.
Abdul Hakeem Memon advocate, chairman of the district development council, led the protest.
Speaking on the occasion, Mr Memon said tens of millions of rupees’ standing crops had been destroyed as rainwater was still standing in fields.
He said many a house had collapsed and nine precious lives had been lost in rain-related incidents.
He demanded that the Sindh government should declare the entire district as calamity-affected and exempt farmers from farm taxes and waive their agricultural loans.
SECTION 144: Hyderabad District Nazim Kanwar Naveed Jamil has banned the entry of unconcerned people within 50 metres of the Federal Government Public School, Tariq Road of the Hyderabad cantonment, with effect from Sept 12. It will remain effective till the conclusion of the intermediate examination.
The Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education Islamabad is holding supplementary examinations of SSC for 2006 from Sept 12.
SHIFTING OF SCHOOL OPPOSED: Teachers and parents have opposed the proposed shifting of the Government Khadija Girls Higher Secondary School, Bhai Khan Chari Hyderabad.
Action committee of the Tanzeem Waledain-o-Asatza has strongly opposed the proposed shifting of the school from Mukhi House. Over 500 girl students would suffer if the school was shifted to some other place, the committee said.
In a representation submitted to be sent to the President of Pakistan, the chief patron of the organisation, Prof Syed Qavi Ahmed, chairman Hafiz Matloob Ahmed Chishti and principal Ms Sweeda Khatoon said the school had been functioning in Mukhi House for five years and it was located at a central place and catering to the needs of a population of 400,000 people.
If the school was shifted to some other place, the girl students and their parents would have to face a lot of problems, they said.
