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As the uproar continued in the house, a visibly irked speaker warned the opposition members that he would adjourn the house if they did not mend their ways. White Star/File
KARACHI: A strong noisy protest by Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan in the Sindh Assembly on Thursday marred the sixth and final day of the post-budget discussion, depriving both the leader of the house and the leader of the opposition and several other lawmakers of the opportunity to express their views on the budget.
At the outset of the proceedings, the MQM-P members, who had been boycotting the post-budget session since its beginning for ‘neglecting’ urban parts of Sindh, gathered in front of the speaker’s dais in protest and chanted slogans against the provincial government, holding placards inscribed with slogans.
The work on these projects is expected to start soon after Eid-ul-Fitr holidays. AFP/File
LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board has signed a contract with a private party to build and operate fitness centres within PCB’s premises at the National High Performance Centres in Lahore and Karachi.
The work on these projects is expected to start soon after Eid-ul-Fitr holidays.
Though it is a profit-sharing project, the first of its kind signed between the PCB and a private party, the board does not seem willing to disclose to the media how much profit it will earn.
“Yes, we have signed a contract with TriFit company after a re-tendering according to which the PCB will provide the private party 6000 square feet land, each at the National High Performance Centres in Lahore and Karachi to build and operate fitness centres for private clients,” a PCB spokesman said on Monday. “Pakistani cricketers, however, will have no link with these fitness centres as they will use PCB’s ow