SUKKUR - Police overseeing an ongoing operation against gangs and bandit groups having captured Kandhkot district’s katcha area and river Indus waterbed after the last week flare-up have said on Saturday night they have redoubled their contingent and deputed new pickets for surveillance and to curb their movement.
According to a Sukkur police spokesperson, reinforcements have been posted near Sukkur’s Katcha area and Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Sukkur Irfan Samoo paid visits to police parties on the operation to end the bandit siege on Sunday.
It is pertain to mention here that the anti-bandit operation along the riverbeds of Indus in Garhi Tegho village of Shikarpur district was earlier halted after it remained headless owing to reluctance from SSP Tanveer Tunio to take charge of it.
USAID Director pays visit to SALU University
Office Director USAID Sindh and Balochistan James Parys Sunday visited the Shah Abdul Latif University (SALU), Khairpur, to review the ongoing development works of the students’ society centre building, said a spokesperson of SALU Prof Dr Taj Muhammad Lashari. James Parys assured that he would try to issue some scholarships for the SALU students under the USAID programme. He also appreciated the hospitality of the SALU’s Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Khalil Ahmed Ibupoto. He also called on the VC to discuss various measures to promote education and to provide scholarships to students.
VC Prof Dr Khalil Ahmed Ibupoto extended his special thanks to the USAID for providing a state-of-the-art students society building. Dr Ibupoto appreciated the USAID for its contribution in Pakistan in different projects, especially in agri business, education, health, community development and energy sector.
He said he is optimistic that the future collaboration and initiatives would continue between the university and the USAID on different research and development projects for the betterment of community at large.