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HYDERABAD, July 6: About 35 women, residents of Pir Mohalla Colony, Tando Muhammad Khan, staged a demonstration and hunger strike outside the press club here on Saturday in protest against the alleged misappropriation of Zakat funds.
Led by a woman councillor of the Union Council 5, Zulekha Sehto, Ameena Khairi, Zarina and Pathani, the protesters accused the chairman of the taluka Zakat Committee, Tariq Nizamani, and the local chairman, Soomar Parhiar, of misappropriation and favouritism.
Talking to newsmen, they alleged that deserving people were being totally ignored by both the chairmen while thousands of rupees were being distributed among their favourites.
They appealed to the governor to order an inquiry into the affair and ensure that deserving people were getting their share from the funds.
KIDNAPPING: A villager of Chambar, Babu, and his relative, Anwar, staged a token hunger strike outside the press club here on Saturday to protest against the inordinate delay in the recovery of Babu’s kidnapped daughter.
Babu told newsmen that his daughter was kidnapped by 10 persons, Ahmed, Asghar and others from Chambar about one month back and an FIR against the accused had been lodged.
He said that police made no efforts to arrest them and recover his daughter while the accused were roaming about freely.
He appealed to the governor and senior police officers to intervene and direct the Chambar police to act against the accused and recover his daughter.
APPOINTMENT: Leading writers and intellectuals of the province have welcomed the appointment of K.B. Rind as the chief secretary of Sindh.
In a joint statement issued here on Friday, Ghulam Rabbani Agro, Adal Soomro, Madad Ali Sindhi, Ejaz Qureshi, Taj Baloch, Hameed Sindhi, Dr Mrs Mumtaz Bhutto, Prof Chand Bibi Sultana and others said the people would hail the decision of the government.
They said it was for the first time in the history of the province that a Sindhi officer had been posted as the chief secretary of Sindh.
They said Mr Rind was a capable and conscientious officer and would come up to the expectations of the people.
