SUKKUR, Jan 20: A high-level meeting was held here on Thursday to ensure smooth water supply to residents during Eid. District Nazim Nasir Hussain Shah presided over the meeting. The DCO and 18 UC nazims were also present on the occasion.

It was decided in the meeting that 50 tankers would be rented which would be sent to different localities of city so that people of those areas could get water.

The meeting directed the taluka council to ensure cleanliness during Eid days while tanker-drivers had been asked to work promptly to avoid inconvenience to people.

karo-kari: People's Party Parliamentarians MNA Syed Khurshid Ahmad Shah has observed that incidents of karo-kari and violence against women can be controlled only if womenfolk get proper education.

Speaking at a seminar on "Karo-kari and violence against women" organized by the Aurat Foundation at the town hall in Rohri, he urged educated women to speed their struggle against the social ills in urban as well as rural areas.

Mr Shah called for a vigorous campaign against karo-kari and violence against women. He said the issues should be taken up at different forums and practical help be extended to women subjected to violence. He said legal help should also be provided to relatives of victims of karo-kari and other kinds of violence.

He said majority of cases of karo-kari were not reported to police and those reported were not being pleaded in courts properly due to which culprits roamed about freely.