MQM will give surprise in Multan
MULTAN - Member MQM Rabita Committee Raza Haroon has said that some hidden powers want to get their wanted result from upcoming election and the recent wave of terrorism in Sindh, Balochistan and KPK is meant to achieve this goal.
Talking to the journalists here at Multan Press Club on Thursday, he said that conspiracies were being hatched to deprive MQM of its mandate. He claimed that three political parties - MQM, ANP and PPPP were hurled threats as soon as election campaign started while three others PML-N, JUI-F and PTI were given free hand to run their campaigns. “It means some powers want their desired results,” he added.
He said that the electioneering continued in just Punjab while it stopped in rest of the three provinces because of terrorism. He said that the order regarding changes in constituencies and new delimitations after the announcement of polls was illegal as this should have been done before the announcement. He demanded the Chief Justice of Pakistan, caretaker government and Chief Election Commissioner to take notice of law and order situation and adopt immediate steps to improve security in the country.
He categorically declared that his party would participate in elections. He said that MQM, ANP and PPPP were barred from running election campaign in Karachi and the MQM had shut all of its election offices in Sindh on the direction of Altaf Hussain. He said that the MQM’s election offices were functional in Punjab, claiming that his party would give a surprise in Multan. He said that the MQM workers were being killed to prevent them from running election campaign and the party was being pushed to boycott the election. He alleged that some parties were being backed by the terrorists. “Although majority of political and religious parties condemn terrorism, there are some who are backed by the terrorists. They still collect funds,” he maintained. Answering a question on former president Musharraf, he said that he was an ex president and army chief and whatever was done outside the court during the hearing of his case could not be neglected. He said that Musharraf’s case was in court and the court would decide it.
power supply: Commissioner Multan division Syed Ali Murtaza directed on Tuesday the Multan Electric Power Company’s authorities to ensure uninterrupted power supply on the night between May 11 and 12 so that the counting and result preparation could be done in well manner.
Chairing a meeting of Divisional Load Management Committee here at his office, he further asked the Mepco officials to stay in touch with the national grid to eliminate unscheduled loadshedding. He directed Mepco officials to launch a stern drive against power pilferers, saying protection would be given to the Mepco workers.
It was told at the meeting that all arrangements were in place to ensure uninterrupted power supply on polling day and adjacent night. The Mepco officials claimed that they had talked to the owners of big industries and representatives of trading centres and they agreed to keep their industries and markets shut on election.
KIDS VACCINATION: At least 48,500 kids and 31,200 pregnant women lose their lives because of poor healthcare system and lack of awareness on health issues. This was disclosed by the speakers during a function held in connection with the launching of a kids vaccination drive here on Tuesday. The health department has launched Mother-Child Health Week and World Week for Vaccination as fear of measles or pneumonia outbreak looms large.
Speaking on this occasion, programme director Dr Shahid Magsi said that the Punjab Health Department marked the week with the collaboration of Lady Health Workers Programme and UNICEF and kids up to the age of two year would be vaccinated. He added that the pregnant women would also be convinced to go to trained health workers or doctors for delivery and over two million women would benefit from this programme. He said that 2005 lady health workers and 1500 other staffers of health department would participate in the drive.