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Above: Wazir Mansion, in Kharadar, the official birthplace of the Quaid-i-Azam;
Below: Mr Jinnah’s first admission to Sindh Madressatul Islam is recorded in the school’s General Register, serial number 114. Karachi is clearly noted as his native place | Photo courtesy the writer
It is widely believed that Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah was born in Karachi. But some local oral traditions say that he was born in Jherruck, a town in present-day Thatta district of Sindh. The proponents of the latter opinion point to a textbook published in Sindh in the 1950s to support their contention, which mentions that the Quaid-i-Azam was, indeed, born in Jherruck.
Sindh govt asked to charge comparable price for land
Scrutiny committee proposes 50% of current market price at Rs3.5 million per acre
PHOTO: FILE
HYDERABAD:
The Sindh High Court has asked the provincial government not to charge the SHC s employees present market rates for the allotment of 100 acres land in Hyderabad for establishing a cooperative housing society.
The Hyderabad circuit bench noted on Thursday that the allotment of the land in Ganjo Takkar deh, in Latifabad taluka, in favour of SHC Employees Cooperative Housing Society was supposed to be made in 2017.
During the hearing, additional advocate general (AAG) Allah Bachayo Soomro submitted an informal copy of the provincial government s scrutiny committee s recommendations in light of its April 8 meeting. The meeting suggested 50 per cent of the current market price at Rs3.5 million per acre of land in C category for the housing society.