KARACHI: Provincial Energy Minister Imtiaz Ahmed Shaikh on Thursday informed the Sindh Assembly that injustice was being done with the people of Sindh as 18-hour electricity loadshedding was being carried out across the province, adding that the provincial government was ready to take control of power distribution companies Hyderabad Electric Supply Company (Hesco) and Sukkur Electric Power Company (Sepco) on its own terms and conditions for betterment of the people.
He was responding to a calling-attention notice of Grand Democratic Alliance’s Arif Mustafa Jatoi.
Mr Shaikh said that the provincial government was involved only in coal mining under public-private partnership and had nothing to do with electricity production and its transmission.
Chicken, egg prices be determined daily, orders commissioner
Karachi
January 8, 2021
Karachi Commissioner Naveed Shaikh has ordered the authorities to determine the prices of chicken and egg on a daily basis âlike it is done for vegetables and fruits.â
In a meeting held at his office on Wednesday, he stressed the need to control the price of essential commodities, including chicken and eggs. The commissioner has asked the relevant officials to ensure the sale of essential commodities as per the government-approved rates in the city.
It was decided in the meeting that the market committee would make a mechanism for the determination of poultry and egg prices in the cityâs New Sabzi Mandi at Sohrab Goth. Shaikh directed the Bureau of Supply to take practical measures in determining the price of chicken and egg at the New Sabzi Mandi and submit a report to his office. All deputy commissioners of the city have been directed to take measures against profiteers and ho
Registrar assigned Sabzi Mandi inquiry
The Hyderabad circuit bench ordered him to inspect the New Sabzi Mandi
Prices of most vegetables, fruits remain stable at the markets. PHOTO: APP
HYDERABAD:
As the tug of war continues between Hyderabad s authorities and traders over shifting from the old vegetable and fruit market to the newer one, the Sindh High Court assigned the matter s inquiry to the court s additional registrar on Friday.
The Hyderabad circuit bench ordered him to inspect the New Sabzi Mandi near Hala Naka and submit a report on the market s facilities.
The district administration has tried to compel traders to make the move from the old market, but to no avail. The traders point to infrastructure and multiple allotments as the issues preventing the move.