Kanupp power supply to Karachi suspended

Kanupp power supply to the city has been suspended, which has given rise to the fear that of load shedding duration further widening.

Geo TV said that Kanupp supplies 85 megawatt of electricity to the city, which after suspension would mount the shortfall in power supply to Karachi to 300MW and lengthen the existing duration of load shedding for 3/4 hours to 6/7 hours.

Newlyweds live in fear of honour killing

Pervez Chachar and his wife Humera Kambo live in the police headquarters in Karachi. Their crime? They fell in love and married without their families' permission.
The newlyweds dare not venture out of the police station as they fear their families will hunt them down and kill them.
'I know they will kill her and I have to protect her,' Chachar said of his wife's family who are enraged that the young woman chose to marry a man from a rival tribe.
In certain sections of the traditional rural society in Pakistan, getting married without permission is deemed such a serious slight to the 'honour' of a family or a tribe that death is seen as fitting retribution.
Rights groups estimate 500 people, most of them women, are killed in the name of 'honour' in Pakistan every year, with the majority of victims from poor, rural families often killed by their own relatives.
Shortly after Chachar married Humera a year ago, the couple fled to Karachi from their home in Sindh province.
Humera, too afraid to talk to a reporter, had also been abducted by her family and Chachar was beaten by them.
Still defiant, they fear death if they stray too far from the cramped room next to the police canteen which they share with another young couple in the same position. They have been there for four months and they don't know when they can safely leave.
Under customs still followed in much of the countryside, a man or woman can be declared an outcast for choosing their own spouse.
The United Nations has estimated that some 5,000 people, mostly women, die every year in so-called honour killings, mostly in South Asia and the Middle East.
BAD SIGN
Traditionally, people in rural Pakistan have little confidence in, or access to, police and courts in big towns.
They solve problems through jirgas, or councils, of village elders.
But the councils are often manipulated by the powerful and become tools for sanctioning violence against the weak, often in the course of a dispute within an extended family over land or some other asset.
Women are the weakest of all in traditional, male-dominated societies so they are often targeted, rights groups say.
'Why does it happen? Because they are always the ones who have no redress, either legally or socially,' Anis Haroon, of the women's rights group the Aurat Foundation, said of the victims.
'They don't know anyone, they have no contacts, they have no money to offer the police. And these perpetrators come from the higher status of society,' she said.
Haroon said there could be no hope of change until legislators changed their mindset.
Most educated, urban Pakistanis abhor the violence and former president Pervez Musharraf took small steps to improve the lot of women. But change is painfully slow.
A senator from Balochistan province provoked outrage late last year when he said the killing of five women, who were reported to have been shot and buried alive in another case of honour killing, was a reflection of tribal traditions.
The senator, Sardar Israrullah Zehri, is now a minister in the federal government.
'It is a very bad sign ... people who are encouraging violence, their membership should be cancelled. They should not be allowed to contest elections,' Haroon said.
TIME FOR CHANGE
Orangzeb Magsi, a 32-year-old graduate from a US university, is a leader of one of the most powerful tribes in Balochistan.
Magsi has dealt with more than 100 cases of 'honour' crime in the past four years in his district but thankfully no killings, he says. Only education and time will bring change, he adds.
'On the one hand, you have these centuries old customs and on the other, the government says 'it's illegal',' Magsi said.
'Since they are not educated, it's very difficult to make them understand.'
Nafeesa Shah, a newly elected member of parliament from a rural area of Sindh province, said the jirgas and custom of killing women over honour reflected the failure of the judicial system.
'You had these customs in mediaeval Europe. You had the lynching of people in America ... These things will only go if you have laws that don't allow space for it,' Shah said.
Shah, a member of assassinated former prime minister Benazir Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party, said the party's victory in 2008 elections was a golden opportunity for change.
'It is important now that we, who are in power and can change things, take this as a sign of the times and work towards making laws and improving criminal procedures in a way that deters the offenders from protecting their crimes in the name of honour or customs,' she said.

Sattar Edhi fles to Egypt for Gaza relief work

Eminent social personality, Abdus Sattar Edhi has left for Egypt for relief works in Gaza.Sources said that the eminent social celebrity and the founder of Edhi Foundation, Abdul Sattar Edhi along with Faisal Edhi has left here for Egypt, where he would buy medicines and other medical aids and carry it to the Palestinian Gaza for relief works among those wounded in the recent Israeli aggression.
It may be recalled that Abdul Sattar Edhi was earlier refused permission to enter into Palestine through Egypt’s Cairo border and he had to return to Pakistan, but now after having received the permission, he has left again.

Boutiques in Karachi

Sundri's

740-C, behind Tariq Centre, Tariq Road, Karachi.
Contact: (92-21) 4547750; 03002156755

AANCHAL BOUTIQUE

Shop #.G-31,32,Ground Floor,Dubai Shopping Mall,Tariq Road
Karachi
Phone : (92-21) 4527689

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ABBASI GARMENTS & TAILORS
Shop #4Z-135,Hina Luxury Aptt.,Ameer Khusro Road,Block 7/8
Karachi
Phone : (92-21) 4558808

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AHSAN BLOCK PRINT
685,686,Zurain Heights,Shop #6,Allama Iqbal Road,Off Tariq Road
Karachi
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ANDAZ BOUTIQUE
Plot #4-C,4th Street,Phase V,Off.Khayabane Shamsher,Defence
Karachi
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BADA SAAB
Shop #3,4-C,Commercial Lane #2,Zamzama,Phase-V,D.H.A.
Karachi
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BALANCE BOUTIQUE
Shop 3,Nice Centre,PECHS.,Near Chawla Centre,Tariq Road
Karachi
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BAREEZ'E
33 Kehkashan Shopping Arcade,Main Clifton Road
Karachi
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BEENAS
5-C,Sunset Lane-3,Phase-II,Defence Housing Authority
Karachi
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BINDYA
Zamzama Commercial Lane-2,Phase-V,Clifton
Karachi
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BOUTIQUE 4 U
Shop 11,Shadman Arcadem,Tariq Road
Karachi
Phone : (92-21) 4536403
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BRIDAL FASHION
3-Clifton Pride,Main Clifton Road
Karachi
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COUTURE BOUTIQUE
9-C,Zamzama Comm.Lane-2,Clifton
Karachi
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DEEPAK PARWANI
#1,16/C,Zamzama Comm. Lane #4,Clifton
Karachi
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EXCLUSIVE
4,Sabah Centre,Bahadurabad
Karachi
Phone : (92-21) 4932504-4932252
Fax : (92-21) 4914993
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FEMININE TOUCH
Aamir Trade Centres,Shahrah-e-Quaideen
Karachi
Phone : (92-21) 4555607

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GENERATION
2-C,Lane-10,Zamzama Boulevard,Defence Housing Authority
Karachi
Phone : (92-21) 5867404

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HIRAS BOUTIQUE
Shop No.3,Aamir Trade Centre,Shahrah-e-Quaideen
Karachi
Phone : (92-21) 4538591

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IDEAS BOUTIQUE
11-C,34th Commercial Street,Tauheed Comm'l Area,Phase-V,Defence H. Authority
Karachi
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IFTI BOUTIQUE
F-7,1st Floor,Mateen Centre,Tariq Road
Karachi
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IMPRESSIONS
5,Jason Centre,BC-8,Block-9,Near Chinese Palace,Clifton
Karachi
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INSTYLE BOUTIQUE
172-Q-2,Tariq Road
Karachi
Phone : (92-21) 4525765



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JAAZIB BOUTIQUE
4-C,3rd Zamzama Comm'l Lane,Phase-V,D.H.A.
Karachi
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JAMDANI BOUTIQUE
9-C,34th Commercial Street,Tauheed Comm. Area,Phase-V,D.H.A.
Karachi
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JHALAK

Hill Top Arcade,Gizri Boulevard,Phase-V,D.H.A.
Karachi
Phone : (92-21) 5377449



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KHUBSURAT BOUTIQUE
Shop #6,Sky Gardens,14-D,Mohd.Ali Housing Society
Karachi
Phone : (92-21) 4384027

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LACE BOUTIQUE & TAILORING
Shop 11,Aamir Trade Centre,Shahrah-e-Quaideen
Karachi
Phone : (92-21) 4539929



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MAHEEN BOUTIQUE

Flat #4,Plot #42-C,25th Comm. St.,Tauheed Comm.,Phase-V,D.H.A.
Karachi
Phone : (92-21) 5866241-5867554
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MAHGUL'S BOUTIQUE
13/F,Boat View Appartment,Boat Basin,Clifton
Karachi
Phone : (92-21) 5877653



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MAIMOON CREATIONS
104,Anum Pride,Block 7&8,KCHS.,Shaheed-e-Millat Road
Karachi
Phone : (92-21) 4552061-2624733
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MARVI BOUTIQUE
30-Muslimabad,Kashmir Road
Karachi
Phone : (92-21) 4914770-4913844

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MUMTAZ EXCLUSIVES
124-B/2,Tariq Road,P.E.C.H.S.
Karachi
Phone : (92-21) 4552306



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N I C H E

12-C,Zamzama 2nd Comm.Lane,Phase-V,D.H.A.
Karachi
Phone : (92-21) 5831094
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NINA'S BOUTIQUE
124-C,Block-2,P.E.C.H.S.,Main Tariq Road
Karachi
Phone : (92-21) 4556902



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NISA FASHION
7-C,Sunset Lane No.4,Phase-II Ext.,D.H.A.
Karachi
Phone : (92-21) 5899803



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NOOR BOUTIQUE
#D-4,2nd Floor,M.L.Apptt.,Jamshed Road No.3,Opp. Rahmania Masjid
Karachi
Phone : (92-21) 4912342

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PASHM BOUTIQUE + STITCHING
Shop #4,Yousuf Grand Square,Main Clifton Road
Karachi
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PASHMINA FASHIONS
183-C,Block-2,P.E.C.H.S.,Off Tariq Road
Karachi
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PIERRE CARDIN BOUTIQUE
Shop No.4,Mall Square,Zamzama Blvd.Phase V,D.H.A.
Karachi
Phone : (92-21) 5375755



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PORTIA FABRICS
1,Jamalistan Centre,DC 1,Block-8,Main Clifton Road
Karachi
Phone : (92-21) 5376478-5836378



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RANS BOUTIQUE
1st Floor,Ismail Centre,7/C,Bahadurabad Comm'l Area
Karachi
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SABA COLLECTIONS
C-244,Block-6,F.B. Area
KarachiPhone : (92-21) 6361504-6343493
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SAEEDA'S COLLECTION
Main Zamzama Boulevard,Defence Housing Authority
Karachi
Phone : (92-21) 5863990
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SAJWAT BY AZAD
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Karachi
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SANAM BOUTIQUE
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Karachi
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SEHR BOUTIQUE
5E,8th Comm.Lane,Phase V,DHA.
Karachi
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SHADES BOUTIQUE
Shop No.1,Sabah Centre,Bahadurabad
Karachi
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SHAZ WEARHOUSE
Shop #3,Plot #1-C,Zamzama Comm.Lane-III,Phase-V,D.H.A. Karachi
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SHELAS BOUTIQUE
10,Clifton Centre,Clifton
Karachi
Phone : (92-21) 5370550-5866806

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T.Z. FASHION
G-14,Dubai Shopping Mall,Tariq Road
Karachi
Phone : (92-21) 4540086

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TUTU COLLECTION
#38,Kehkashan Shoping Arcade,Clifton
Karachi
Phone : (92-21) 5836422-583356

Three young men held for cyber crime

KARACHI: The Cyber Crime Unit (CCU) of the Crime Investigation Department has arrested three young men for stealing pay orders through a courier service. Noman Azeem, Muhammad Amir Qayyum and Salaam Adil Sheikh were caught red handed by CCU after investigation revealed that the men were involved in swindling. CCU Chief DSP Usman Asghar Qureshi said that the three men made away with almost Rs 7 million before they were caught.

Qureshi said that the management of a private bank registered an FIR No 26/09 and requested for a thorough investigation. The DSP said that Azeem, working at a courier service, would steal the bank-stamped envelopes from the outgoing mail and with his accomplices, Qayyum and Sheikh, who work as finance consultants, had been committing the crimes for the past six months. Qureshi said that pay orders worth Rs 6.7 million were recovered from the culprits while revealing that Azeem was previously arrested by the local police and has a criminal record. The three men have been given into police remand for five days by the city court judicial magistrate. “We are investigating the case and are now checking for the involvement of other suspects. During the initial investigation, they have given us a lot of information. We are trying to locate all accomplices involved in this racket,” Qureshi added.

Karachi fears Mumbai-like attack

Pakistan’s biggest city and commercial centre, Karachi, fears a terrorist attack like the Mumbai attacks, and the authorities have initiated moves to be prepared to minimise any potential damage, official sources disclosed here Monday.

Senior government and corporate sector officials con cede that the law enforcers are conducting an exercise to take stock of building plans of structures built mainly in Zone South of the police organisational set-up, which can emerge as potential targets for terrorist activities not too different than the Mumbai attacks.

“One should learn from mistakes before it’s too late and we did so from the Mumbai attacks,” admits Waseem Ahmed, the Capital City Police Officer. “We observed that there is a strong need for such an exercise that can equip our police with all the necessary information regarding major and important structures in the city that we can use (in a timely fashion).”

Source ::: Internews

Drug mafia opens for business in SITE under police supervision

By M. Zeeshan Azmat


A committee comprising different political activists as well as representatives of prominent families and communities has urged the police hierarchy and other law enforcement agencies to take strict and immediate action against the drug mafia involved in selling illegal drugs in different localities of Sindh Industrial Trading Estate (SITE), particularly in Bawany Chawli, Union Council 5 for past many years.

According to a report prepared by the committee, there are over 50 places in UC-5 alone where drug peddlers have been operating their business without any fear. Hashish is the top selling item in the locality, while Heroin is second most traded narcotics so far. Some drug dealers also carried weapons to dominate residents of the area, it further said. Now, these drug traders are also moving into other parts of SITE Town, sources said.

The report has been given to the Home department, police headquarter, and area police stations but officials have not taken any action, The News has learnt.

This situation has gone from bad to worse since the past two years; meanwhile, people have witnessed regular incidents of street crime. Approximately 20 per cent of the population of the UC is addicted to drugs, while the police does not interfere in the matter because of political pressures, the sources said.

Medina Masjid, Muhalla Hyder Chali, Sarafa Bazaar near Shahi Masjid, Shahi Muhalla, Haqani Masjid and Muhalla, Rababni Masjid Muhalla, Mecca Masjid, Sher Bahadur Dera, Jalali Masjid and Pahari Muhalla, Bagh Malik and Rabbani Muhalla are some of the most active spots of drug peddling, The News has learnt.

Local activists from Awami National Party, Jamat-e-Islami, Jamat-e-Ullemae Islam, Muttahida Quami Movement, Pakistan People’s Party and Pukhtukhua Milli Awami Party, were part of a 25-people based committee. Meanwhile, all Nazims and Naib Nazims of SITE Town, other representatives of town administration, SHO’s of three police stations of town have been nominated as members of the committee.

The report, which was based on committee’s investigations that lasted for two months, revealed that the drug racket also enjoyed the support of police personnel from the town’s jurisdiction. According to the report, different levels of groups involved in the sale of drugs give the money extracted from extortion to the local police, and payments are made according to the category of their business.

Almost a month ago, one of the main drug dealers of the town, Wahab, was arrested along with five other traders but later, he was released in lieu of Rs0.25 million without an FIR being lodged. Like, Wahab, Juma Khan and his brother are other leading drug dealers. They operate in the graveyard located in between Pathan and Frontier Colony.

The report also indicates that drug operators use intra-city buses to smuggle contraband into the city. Afterwards, local public transport (comprising coaches) is used to distribute the drugs to other areas.

In some cases, entire families are involved in the sale of narcotics in local markets, the report stated. On the other hand, the residents of UC5 told The News that role of the local police is dubious and few, if not all, of the law enforcers support the drug mafia. Some retired and suspended policemen are also involved in drug trading and few on service policemen are also participating in it, they alleged.

“It has been noticed that whenever a person goes to the police to lodge complaints or FIRs against drug sale in his or her area, the police never respond properly,” area people claimed. “Furthermore, complainants receive severe threats from drug dealers within hours of their visit to police station,” they said.

Former, TPO Javed Riaz Akbar and who was followed by, Sohail Zafar Chatha, had taken serious actions against the sale of narcotics in the area, but, once they were transferred one after other from the town, the situation became favourable for these dealers. Nowadays, DIG West, Abdul Majeed Dasti has taken some measures but his efforts are going in vain due to connivance of local police with drug dealers.

Provincial Minister for Excise and Taxtation Department, Mukesh Kumar Chawala, was contacted to comment on the matter, but he was not available to speak to The News.

(The News Report)

Karachi Stocks hits four-year low as foreign funds exit emerging markets

The continued distress-sale of shares by the foreign portfolio investors and irresolution of debt issue at Karachi bourse between brokers and banks pushed market down to new low of four-year on Wednesday.

With another notable plunge of 121.80 points or 2.32 per cent in this session, the KSE 100-share Index depreciated to 5,136.48 points. The day closing level is the lowest one after September 28, 2004 closing of 5,128.13 points.

The parallel running junior 30-Index slashed 152.04 points or 3.08 per cent and concluded at 4,782.97 points.

Hasnain Asghar Ali at Aziz Fidahusein observed that although private and government sector funds did stay prominent buyers in various main board stocks many even succeeding in trading above lower locks, foreign downpour strengthened further as it joined hand with selling by local participants thus never allowing the buyers to resist the high tides, and the KSE benchmark was yet again pushed to deep-red. Analysts said that foreigners were offloading their holding for one reason or the other. They withdrew another over $8 million in this session only.

“Perhaps, overseas investors know what are the true vales of each stocks and they would indulge into buying from those pre-supposed levels or they are reshuffling their portfolios in accordance with the new stocks market orders,” commented a leading analyst.

He maintained that in the newly emerging era - post economic recession period or recovery phase - some tier two stocks would occupy the place of leading stocks in top of the actives list and vice-versa. This phenomenon is, at present, in the making and become visible when every thing would have been settled, he added.

The unresolved issue debt, which brokers owe to banks, is not allowing bulls to show their muscles. Otherwise, bulls are ready to overcome the crisis and waiting for the green signal, other analysts said. With the massive correction in international oil prices and decline in demand of other commodities as well at world level, the oil and food inflations have started easing down in the country. Amid the trade and current account deficits have also started reducing in the last couple of months. These are the good signals for the local economy and would encourage equity investors to stage come back once the local issue of debt at bourses are resolved, they added.

Ahsan Mehanti at Shahzad Chamdia Securities said besides massive foreign selling and debt issue, the rupee depreciation and turmoil in the international equity markets also discouraged investors to remain on the sidelines.

This session, therefore, witnessed sharp decline in many of the stocks prices and recorded low turnover too.

The day turnover dropped down to 90.769 million shares as compared to 143 million shares changed hands yesterday - showing a decline of over 34 per cent on day-to-day basis. Activities in future market remained shunned.

Another outflow of Rs38 billion from the overall market capitalisation shrank it to Rs1,639 billion.

Out of total 270 actives, 198 stocks declined, 60 advanced, while the value of 12 stocks remained unchanged.

Oil and Gas Development Company remained the volume leader with 9.340 million shares closed at Rs44.29 with a loss of Rs2.17, followed by National Bank with 6.612 million shares closed at Rs51.94 with a loss of Rs2.73, Pakistan Telecommunication Company with 6.119 million shares closed at Rs12.96 with a loss of 58 paisa, Zeal Pak with 4.192 million shares closed at 47 paisa with a loss of one paisa and Hub Power with 4.036 million shares closed at Rs14.77 with a loss of 41 paisa.

Sindhi villages in Karachi to be leased soon: Qaim Ali Shah

SEHWAN SHARIF: The Sindh Chief Minister, Syed Qaim Ali Shah paid a visit to dargah Lal Shahbaz Qalandar on Tuesday.
While talking to newsmen, the Sindh Chief Minister said that the local government system has become controversial due to which the government is considering to finish it. He added that the government is taking steps to facilitate Sindhis living in katchi abadis of Karachi and soon all Sindhi settlements will be leased. While replying to a question Syed Qaim Ali Shah said that he is aware of power crisis in the province and the government is considering Thar Coal Project, which will generate 25,000 mega watts electricity to overcome these crises.

Later on, Sindh Chief Minister offered his condolence with Provincial Minister, Syed Murad Ali Shah on the sad demise of his mother. Syed Qaim Ali Shah also attended a reception at Sehwan Sharif given in his honor by former MPA Syed Asif Ali Shah. On the occasion, Provincial Minister, Mohan Lal Kohistani, Ghulam Shah Jillani, Allah Bux Shah, Yar Muhammad Lakho, Nisar Lund and others were also present.

194 Girls Raped in Karachi Last Year 2008

Karachi being the biggest city of Pakistan also desere to be the city of opportunities. It was Karachi who was commercialized far before any other city of Pakistan. This all comes with its special geographical location.

But this all not makes a this free from the odd ends, although obcure to many eyes but yet they should be recognized by every citizen of this mega city. One of such thing is the problems. Karachi is no longer a safe city. Safety is what Karachi lack the most. This is where we find many roots of nationwide crimes.

Such a crime is associate with the diginity of girls. Rape. Every girl is afraid of this word, and its spreading and strengthening its roots day by day not only in Karachi as well in many cities of the country.

Last year whole nation mourned over many things, but the lives of these 194 girls are no more to be categorized as life. These girls not only were raped but they lost their meaning of living. Out of 194 girls 146 ones commited suicide.

Many NGO’s are working against the sourced behing the women crimes one of such is Aurat Foundation working effectively for their cause. This NGO presented the whole report to the media about the crimes to be highlighted by the media and then some work can be expected from the Government.

According to Dawn:

Over 1,885 incidents of violence against women — in which more than 480 women had been killed — were reported in the province during 2008, says a report.