Tue, 21-Oct-2025

SHC rejects JIT, police report on missing person’s case

SHC
  • Justice Naimatullah Phulpoto heard petitions for recovery of people.
  • Court summoned JIT chief and provincial task force chief.
  • SHC ordered release of JIT report three days after hearing.

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court(SHC) has rejected the report of the police and Joint Investigation Team regarding the missing persons and has ordered to trace the missing persons from every angle.

Sindh High Court Justice Naimatullah Phulpoto heard the late petitions for the recovery of the missing persons. During this, the court also expressed anger at the JIT officials for not tracing the missing persons and summoned the JIT chief and the provincial task force chief.

The court said that if the missing persons cannot be traced in the JIT then this action is futile.  Court remarked even after 26 JITs meeting if it cannot be traced, then everything is futile.

During the hearing, the Sindh High Court rejected the police report and ordered the release of the JIT report three days after the hearing.

The court also expressed dissatisfaction with the report of the Federal Ministry of Interior and Defense and said that this will not work now, the missing persons have to be traced or action will be taken against the investigating officer.

In the report of the Ministry of Interior, it was stated that the said missing persons are not in the detention center of any federal institution.

The court ordered to trace of the missing persons from every angle and said that immediate steps should be taken to recover the missing Noor Zaman, Haider, Talha, Khair ur Rehman, and others.

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Anti-polio campaign to begin from Oct 2 in Sindh  

Sindh  
  • A meeting of Provincial Task Force on Polio Eradication held.
  • 80,000 polio workers in will be part of this vaccination drive.
  • CS announced assistance for injured polio worker, Huma Ashraf.

KARACHI: A seven-day anti-polio campaign will begin from October 2 in Sindh province where more than 10 million children will be administered polio drops.

A meeting of the Provincial Task Force on Polio Eradication chaired by Sindh Chief Secretary Dr Muhammad Fakhre Alam was informed that more than 80,000 polio workers in the 30 districts will be part of this vaccination drive.

The meeting was attended by relevant officials. All district commissioners and deputy commissioners also participated in the meeting via video link.

The meeting reviewed the overall situation of the poliovirus and its containment efforts. Coordinator Emergency Operations Center Sindh, Arshad Ali Sodhar, informed the meeting that no polio cases have been reported in Sindh for the past three years, which is a significant success, and maintaining this success is a significant challenge.

He further mentioned that the training of workers for the polio campaign has been completed, and in addition to polio drops, children will also receive extra vitamin A supplementation during the campaign.

During the meeting, Chief Secretary Sindh, Dr. Muhammad Fakhre Alam, emphasized the need to launch the anti-polio campaign effectively in the current high-risk union councils to achieve desired results. He instructed all deputy commissioners to closely monitor the polio campaign and ensure that their respective officers submit daily reports.

Chief Secretary Sindh also directed the Health Department to ensure that children are administered polio drops at all railway stations and bus terminals. He also instructed education department officials to ensure that polio drops are administered to children in both private and government schools during the campaign.

It’s worth noting that in the upcoming polio campaign starting on October 2nd, more than 10 million children will be administered polio drops, with over 80,000 polio workers and supervisors participating.

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Interim Sindh govt forms ‘Task Force’ against power theft

power theft

The caretaker government in Sindh has taken a strong stand against electricity theft, especially in Karachi and across the province. To make this happen, a special team called the Provincial Task Force has been established which includes important people like the Secretary Home, Secretary Energy, Commissioners, Additional IG Police, DIG, and even the Deputy Commissioner. … Read more