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This isn't Jacobabad (Sindh). This is Balochistan.
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This isn't Jacobabad (Sindh). This is Balochistan.
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han sindh main to oxford ka syllabus hai na mat jot bol
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I don't know which world you live in. Hate mongerer, rumour mongerer, no fear of life after death. Why are you ruining a little kid's image in your hate for PPP. This little kid's name is Aariz Amir. Below are the pics with his dad and other relatives and friends.
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they are his grandpapa lolI don't know which world you live in. Hate mongerer, rumour mongerer, no fear of life after death. Why are you ruining a little kid's image in your hate for PPP. This little kid's name is Aariz Amir. Below are the pics with his dad and other relatives and friends.
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Bus service to link six major cities of Sindh from tomorrow
KARACHI: The Sindh government will formally launch on Tuesday the Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Intercity Bus Project with initially 50 buses to be run between Karachi and five other cities of the province, it emerged on Sunday.
Under a public-private partnership contract with the government, a private company Daewoo Pakistan Express Bus Service Ltd will cover five routes from Karachi to Hyderabad, Mirpurkhas, Sukkur, Benazirabad and Larkana.
Officials said the project worth Rs2 billion was originally scheduled to be launched a few months later but the company agreed to start part of it early as a ‘goodwill gesture’.
A total of 100 buses were to be included in the fleet in the first phase according to the contract, the officials said, adding that the remaining 50 buses would be put on the roads within next three to four months.
“The Daewoo company is starting part of this Public Private Partnership (PPP) project as a goodwill gesture,” said Transport Secretary Taha Farooqi while speaking to Dawn.
He said a formal agreement to put 50 buses on the road between the provincial government and the private company was signed lately. He explained that the launch of the 100-bus fleet service was the first phase of the project. In the next phases — to be designed and publicised later — 400 more buses would be included in the project covering some other destinations also.
He said Rs2 billion had been allocated for the project that included 100 buses and establishment of terminals in various cities.
A working paper of the public-private partnership policy board stated the Sindh transport and mass transit department with the collaboration of the finance department had advertised the Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Intercity Bus and Terminal Project under an International Competitive Bidding (ICB) process.
The project covers a total of five routes starting from Karachi to Hyderabad, Mirpurkhas, Sukkur, Benazirabad and Larkana.
Officials said Daewoo Pakistan was a single bidder that submitted its bid in response to the request for approval (RFP) in the bid evaluation process.
Besides, they added, the financing for the project, as was set out in the RFP, was divided into 25 per cent equity and 75pc commercial debt. After the negotiations with the preferred bidder (Daewoo Pakistan) it had been decided that 20pc of the commercial debt would be provided by the Sindh government as ‘mezzanine debt’.
The officials said the policy board approved the bidder as the selected developer and operator for the project. They said of the 25pc equity, the Sindh government would invest 12pc and the preferred bidder would arrange for the remaining 13pc.
They said as the project was being formally launched on April 14, the private company had already got its terminals in Karachi, Hyderabad and Sukkur, while makeshift arrangements had been made in Mirpurkhas, Benazirabad and Larkana, which would be used until the terminals with required facilities were put in place in the coming months.
“This project will serve the people living across the province a great deal as tens of thousands of people travel between Karachi and other parts of Sindh on a daily basis,” said a senior official.
A memorandum of understanding (MoU), which was signed with the foreign transport company at the CM House last month, said the Daewoo Express agreed to bring 100 buses on the route between Karachi and the five divisional headquarters in the first phase of the project at a cost of Rs2 billion. The Sindh government’s share would be Rs645 million while the remaining amount would be borne by the Daewoo Express.
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Hyderabad Tando Muhammad Khan Dual Carriage Way
Hyderabad Tando Muhammad Khan road (36 kms) starts from southern side of Hyderabad and directly connects District of Tando Muhammad Khan.
This agriculturally rich area with major crop being sugar cane, rice, sunflower vegetables and cotton is also abundant with huge reserves of oil and gas. Furthermore, 80% of sugar mills of Sindh are located in the area. The quality transportation network is therefore an essential need for this area to support economic activities.
Through a competitive bidding process a consortium comprising of M/s MM Pakistan and M/s KPMG has been selected to undertake the feasibility study of the project which shall comprise of conducting studies such as traffic survey (classified average daily volume of traffic), Road cross section details, existing sub soil conditions, estimated project cost, estimated O & M cost and relocation cost of population if any.
The project is expected to generate lot of economic activity in addition to creating jobs for various skilled and non-skilled labor force.
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Khairpur Dates Wholesale market
Project Background
Khairpur with annual production of around 250,000 metric tons is the single largest date producing district in Pakistan. In addition to the local production, dates produced in other major production centers of the country like Turbat and Panjgoor in Baluchistan and Dhakki in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are also brought to Khairpur and adjoining Sukkur for wholesaling purposes. Such large volumes warrant efficient infrastructure to cater to the trading and other logistical needs of producers and traders.
Wholesale market is the most important link in the supply chain of any agricultural produce. However, poor logistics and infrastructure facilities in Khairpur with respect to wholesaling of dates have seriously restricted the development of this extremely high potential crop. The existing date wholesale market of Khairpur is incapable of supporting the large trade volumes taking place during the peak season as the current physical structure has serious flaws in its design, size and location. There are multiple regulatory as well as operational limitations that restrict upgrading the existing structure of the market. Many other horticulture products such as banana, mango, guava and host of fresh vegetables also grow in the region. Like dates none of the other horticulture products produced in the area have any decent wholesaling facility.
Sindh Agriculture Department is desirous of encouraging the establishment, in a new location, of a horticulture wholesale market catering for large scale buying and selling transactions involving primarily dates, and also catering for wholesale dealing in a number of other horticulture products like Banana, Vegetables, Guava, Mangos etc.
Date Production of Pakistan
With around 600,000 metric tons annual production, Pakistan holds around 10% of world date production and hence ranks as one of the top date producing countries in the world. The Date plantation only in the Khairpur District is estimated over an area of around 30,000 hectares which is 95% of the total plantation in Sindh. Technically speaking date is produced in all four provinces of Pakistan but around 90% of country’s production comes from Sindh.
Project Purpose
The Project will facilitate systematic and organized wholesaling activity in dates and other horticultural products of the Khairpur region. The project would serve as a model for future agriculture wholesale market in the province of Sindh.
Project Features
- Admin Block comprising of offices, banks, first aid center etc.- Dates section comprising of 240 shops of 500 sq feet each auction shed of 1000 sq feet and dry storage space of 2,000 sq ft
- Vegetable and Seasonal Fruits section comprising of 90 shops of 500 sq feet auction shed of 1,000 sq feet
- Banana section comprising of 12 shops of 500 sq feet auction shed of 5,000 sq feet each
- Space available for Cold Storage to accommodate at-least 300,000 crates of dates.
- The 20% of the total envisaged Cold Storage will be constructed by Developer
- The remaining 80% will be bided out to a separate party
- Space available for 30 room hotel to be bided out separately
- Space available for 5 Banks to be bidded out separately
- Mosques, Restaurant, Fire Station, Medical Centre, Post Office and Internet Facility, Police Post, Common Toilets
- Underground and overhead water tanks
- Sewerage treatment plant
- Solid Waste Management Plant
- Banana, Dates and Vegetable Retail Sheds
- Electricity from KSEZ captive power plant
Size of Land reserved for the Project 20 Acres
Proposed Location of Land
The Project site is located at the main National Highway (N-5) at Deh Tando Nazar Ali, Taluka and District Khairpur which is approximately 10km away from main Khairpur city. The site has been selected outside the city on main highway to ease accessibility, to manage the large traffic volumes.
Discontinue Operations at Existing Wholesale MarketAll activity must be discontinued at the existing wholesale market through an Executive Order as soon as the new market becomes operational. Public nuisance due to traffic congestion as well as safety hazard due to railway tracks could be cited as reasons for such a decision.
Incentivize Early MoversIt is recommended that in order to jumpstart the project the Sindh Government should not only develop an incentive package to compensate the trouble of relocating and to entice few early movers. The incentive could be in the shape of subsidized price of shops to attract Commission Agents/ Growers to invest in the new market.
Land & InfrastructureGovernment of Sindh would provide free of cost land for the project whereas developer would be required to invest in building complete infrastructure for the wholesale market
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Zardari's good friend and PPP government's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Wajid Shamsul Hasan involved in major passport and visa scandal at the Pakistani. Authorized visas and Pakistani passports to Indian and Afghan women to come to Pakistan for anywhere between 2000 to 5000 pounds. Record of 21 visa stickers and 975 Passports missing from records. Tsk Tsk
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Bilawal Banished
Confusion persists over Bilawal Bhutto’s return to politics soon with widespread rumours of falling out between father and son. The recent statement by Asif Ali Zardari that Bilawal needs to grow up has deepened the puzzle.
Many party insiders admit the family differences may keep the young Bhutto out of active politics for quite some time.
Bilawal left the country weeks after a big party rally in Karachi last November, which was supposed to herald his formal launch into politics. His firebrand speech on that occasion brought to the surface what is described as a “generational” divide.
Read: Bilawal to enter politics gradually, says Zardari
His diatribes annoyed both party allies and foes, reinforcing the view that his entry into the political arena was a bit premature.
“It exposed his political immaturity and naivety,” says an old party stalwart and close associate of the Bhutto family.
Bilawal was soon sent packing to London and his young aides, blamed for misleading him, were shown the door. The disengagement was so bad that Bilawal refused to see his father in London in December, according to a close associate of the family.
Also read: Serious differences between Bilawal and Zardari: Mirza
Persuaded by some family members and friends he finally agreed to meet Mr Zardari. But there was no real thaw. “You will be happy to know that I finally met him,” Bilawal said in an SMS message to a close family friend. His absence on the seventh death anniversary of his mother reinforced the speculation about the split. His comments on Twitter on political issues were rarely seen.
Major points of contention between Zardari and Bilawal are reorganisation of the PPP and the worsening governance in Sindh
Bilawal’s unceremonious exit from the political stage, however, brought huge disappointment among many hardcore party loyalists who had pinned their hopes on the young leader to resurrect the party reeling from the worst electoral defeat since its inception some four decades ago. The party had relied on the Bhutto name and legacy to bind its supporters. But the family feud has left the party more demoralised and in greater disarray.
Some family and party insiders say that Bilawal was not ready to get into politics, but was pushed into the arena by his father prematurely.
In fact Mr Zardari wanted to launch him back in 2009 at a party convention in London, when Bilawal was still an undergraduate student at Oxford, but the plan was dropped at the last minute.
He returned to Pakistan in 2011 to take up some leadership responsibility in the party after Mr Zardari was flown out of the country for medical treatment. But he maintained a low profile until his formal launch last November.
According to some party insiders, some major points of contention are reorganisation of the party and the worsening governance in Sindh province — the last bastion of the party. Bilawal’s enthusiasm and energy combined with his political inexperience annoyed many senior party leaders who often complained about his “arrogance”. His young aides were blamed for his impetuousness.
Some senior party leaders, however, play down the differences. “Those differences are blown out of proportion,” says one senior party leader. According to them, Bilawal is expected to resume his political activities soon, with Dubai as his base. But there is no plan for his return to mass politics in Pakistan yet. He may, however, be re-launched close to the 2018 elections after what Mr Zardari calls “his retraining”.
But the big question is whether he would be able to revitalise the party that has lost so much political ground over the past years. The charisma of Bhutto’s name alone may not work in a fast changing political milieu. It will be hard for anyone to defend the dismal record of the party while in power and regain its lost popular mass base. The party needs a new message not just a Bhutto face.
Published in Dawn, April 13th, 2015
Bilawal banished - Pakistan - DAWN.COM
The sorry state of affairs in the PPP where the Mr 10% father won't let his own son - the true heir of Bhutto and the real chairman of the party - to enter politics because it would hurt business as usual.
Confusion persists over Bilawal Bhutto’s return to politics soon with widespread rumours of falling out between father and son. The recent statement by Asif Ali Zardari that Bilawal needs to grow up has deepened the puzzle.
Many party insiders admit the family differences may keep the young Bhutto out of active politics for quite some time.
Bilawal left the country weeks after a big party rally in Karachi last November, which was supposed to herald his formal launch into politics. His firebrand speech on that occasion brought to the surface what is described as a “generational” divide.
Read: Bilawal to enter politics gradually, says Zardari
His diatribes annoyed both party allies and foes, reinforcing the view that his entry into the political arena was a bit premature.
“It exposed his political immaturity and naivety,” says an old party stalwart and close associate of the Bhutto family.
Bilawal was soon sent packing to London and his young aides, blamed for misleading him, were shown the door. The disengagement was so bad that Bilawal refused to see his father in London in December, according to a close associate of the family.
Also read: Serious differences between Bilawal and Zardari: Mirza
Persuaded by some family members and friends he finally agreed to meet Mr Zardari. But there was no real thaw. “You will be happy to know that I finally met him,” Bilawal said in an SMS message to a close family friend. His absence on the seventh death anniversary of his mother reinforced the speculation about the split. His comments on Twitter on political issues were rarely seen.
Major points of contention between Zardari and Bilawal are reorganisation of the PPP and the worsening governance in Sindh
Bilawal’s unceremonious exit from the political stage, however, brought huge disappointment among many hardcore party loyalists who had pinned their hopes on the young leader to resurrect the party reeling from the worst electoral defeat since its inception some four decades ago. The party had relied on the Bhutto name and legacy to bind its supporters. But the family feud has left the party more demoralised and in greater disarray.
Some family and party insiders say that Bilawal was not ready to get into politics, but was pushed into the arena by his father prematurely.
In fact Mr Zardari wanted to launch him back in 2009 at a party convention in London, when Bilawal was still an undergraduate student at Oxford, but the plan was dropped at the last minute.
He returned to Pakistan in 2011 to take up some leadership responsibility in the party after Mr Zardari was flown out of the country for medical treatment. But he maintained a low profile until his formal launch last November.
According to some party insiders, some major points of contention are reorganisation of the party and the worsening governance in Sindh province — the last bastion of the party. Bilawal’s enthusiasm and energy combined with his political inexperience annoyed many senior party leaders who often complained about his “arrogance”. His young aides were blamed for his impetuousness.
Some senior party leaders, however, play down the differences. “Those differences are blown out of proportion,” says one senior party leader. According to them, Bilawal is expected to resume his political activities soon, with Dubai as his base. But there is no plan for his return to mass politics in Pakistan yet. He may, however, be re-launched close to the 2018 elections after what Mr Zardari calls “his retraining”.
But the big question is whether he would be able to revitalise the party that has lost so much political ground over the past years. The charisma of Bhutto’s name alone may not work in a fast changing political milieu. It will be hard for anyone to defend the dismal record of the party while in power and regain its lost popular mass base. The party needs a new message not just a Bhutto face.
Published in Dawn, April 13th, 2015
Bilawal banished - Pakistan - DAWN.COM
The sorry state of affairs in the PPP where the Mr 10% father won't let his own son - the true heir of Bhutto and the real chairman of the party - to enter politics because it would hurt business as usual.
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KMC officials going to Singapore for zoo accord
KARACHI: The zoo and the Safari Park in Karachi and the Singapore Zoo have agreed to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU), sources told Dawn.
The MoU that would be signed in coming weeks, the sources said, aimed at bringing improvement in the Karachi zoo and the Safari Park as per international standards.
They also said that the Karachi Metropolitan Cor-poration (KMC) had planned to send the director zoo, the senior director of culture, sports and recreation (CSR) and the director of administration accounts of the KMC to Singapore to sign the agreement.
Some quarters, the sources pointed out, were criticising the composition of the team on grounds that it didn’t include any technical staff. No prior approval for the visit, they said, had been taken from the zoo advisory committee headed by the commissioner.
Upon contact, director of the CSR of the KMC Raza Abbas Rizvi, who is part of the team going to Singapore, confirmed that a three-member KMC delegation would be sent to Singapore as soon as funds were available from the Sindh government.
“The MoU would help in purchase and exchange of animals as well as in providing technical training to staff in Karachi,” Mr Rizvi said, adding that the visit had been approved by the zoo advisory committee. The visit, he said, was part of efforts to improve facilities for captive animals and make them a member of the World Association for Zoos and Aquariums.
“We are also encouraging industries, the business community and non-governmental organisations to support and fund the zoo/Safari,” he added. The head of the zoo advisory committee and its members, however, denied that any approval for the Singapore visit had been taken. “The KMC has arran-ged the visit on its own. The advisory committee will ask for inclusion of technical staff in the team, though,” commissioner of Karachi Shoaib Ahmed Siddiqui said.
KARACHI: The zoo and the Safari Park in Karachi and the Singapore Zoo have agreed to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU), sources told Dawn.
The MoU that would be signed in coming weeks, the sources said, aimed at bringing improvement in the Karachi zoo and the Safari Park as per international standards.
They also said that the Karachi Metropolitan Cor-poration (KMC) had planned to send the director zoo, the senior director of culture, sports and recreation (CSR) and the director of administration accounts of the KMC to Singapore to sign the agreement.
Some quarters, the sources pointed out, were criticising the composition of the team on grounds that it didn’t include any technical staff. No prior approval for the visit, they said, had been taken from the zoo advisory committee headed by the commissioner.
Upon contact, director of the CSR of the KMC Raza Abbas Rizvi, who is part of the team going to Singapore, confirmed that a three-member KMC delegation would be sent to Singapore as soon as funds were available from the Sindh government.
“The MoU would help in purchase and exchange of animals as well as in providing technical training to staff in Karachi,” Mr Rizvi said, adding that the visit had been approved by the zoo advisory committee. The visit, he said, was part of efforts to improve facilities for captive animals and make them a member of the World Association for Zoos and Aquariums.
“We are also encouraging industries, the business community and non-governmental organisations to support and fund the zoo/Safari,” he added. The head of the zoo advisory committee and its members, however, denied that any approval for the Singapore visit had been taken. “The KMC has arran-ged the visit on its own. The advisory committee will ask for inclusion of technical staff in the team, though,” commissioner of Karachi Shoaib Ahmed Siddiqui said.
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