BAHAWALPUR NEWS

Commissioner Bahawalpur Saqib Zafar has directed to launch a crackdown against the manufactures & Dealers of sub standard pesticides & fertilizers in Bahawalpur division

                      BAHAWALPUR(PR)  Commissioner Bahawalpur has directed to launch a crackdown against the manufactures & Dealers involved in selling spurious and sub standard pesticides & fertilizers in Bahawalpur division. He issued these directions while presiding over a meeting of Divisional Task Force Committee held at his conference room.

                                The meeting was attended by Deputy Commissioner Bahawalpur Rana Muhammad Saleem Afzal, Deputy Commissioner Rahim Yar Khan Jamil Ahmad Jamil, Additional District Collector Bahawal Nagar Rana Amjad Ali, Director Agriculture Muhammad Munir and others.
                                '' Comprehensive & effective measures should be under taken by adopting holistic policy framework through the collective coordination and guidance of Agri Experts, manufactures of pesticides and fertilizers to boost the agro economy" Commissioner Noted.

                                Commissioner directed strident measures should be under taken to root out the mal-practice of manufacturing and selling spurious & sub standard fertilizers & pesticides. He urged upon the officials of agriculture department to launch a comprehensive derive for the guidance of peasants regarding modern techniques which are vital to stream line the agri sector on modern scientific lines.

                                The meeting was briefed that agriculture department collected a total sum of 731 samples of pesticides and 33 samples were found substandard while 30 FIR were registered against the violators and pesticides to the tune of Rs. 7 lac were destroyed during the last year.

                                The meeting was further apprised of that during the current year 82 samples of pesticides were collected and 2 FIRs were lodged and spurious pesticides amounting to Rs. 82 thousands were confiscated. Similarly spurious fertilizers amounting to Rs. 2.1 million have been destroyed, 519 samples were collected, 37 were found substandard and 32 FIR were lodged.

Effective measures should be under taken to extent state of the arts facilities to the deserving persons by mobilizing all available resources by the Social Welfare department in district Bahawalpur:DC Bahawalpur

                        BAHAWALPUR(PR)Deputy Commissioner Bahawalpur Rana Muhammad Saleem Afzal has said that effective measures should be under taken to extent state of the arts facilities to the deserving persons by mobilizing all available resources by the Social Welfare department in district Bahawalpur. The meeting was attended by Additional Deputy Commissioner General Aftab Pirzadam Deputy Directors Social Welfare Khalid Bashir, Muhammad Ishtiqa, Muhammad Uzair and others.

                                He issued these directions while presiding over a high level meeting to review the performance of Social welfare department. Deputy Commissioner directed the officials of social welfare department to provide transport facility to the students of Dar-ul-Atfal Male. He also directed the concerned officials to ensure both formal and Technical education for these students both at male and female Dar-ul-Atfal.

                                During the meeting a detail briefing was provide regarding the performance of various departments of Social Welfare which include: Darul Aman; Sanatzar; Mother & Children home (Darul Falah), Nigehban Centre, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto human rights centre for women and Bait ul Mal and Dar-ul-Atfal male and female. The meeting was further apprised of various undergoing projects of community development and different facilities provided to the patients at various hospitals.

                                Deputy Commissioner urged upon the officials of social welfare department to mobilize all available resources to complete the undergoing community development projects to ensure a decent socio economic cover for the deserving persons.

Seminar was arranged on the eve of International women day at the divisional level at the Auditorium of QMC

                      

BAHAWALPUR(PR)A Seminar was arranged on the eve of International women day at the divisional level at the auditorium of Quaid-e-Azam Medical college on Tuesday. Veteran social welfare worker Begum Akhtar Habib-ullah Bhutta presided over the meeting while Ms. Sadia Haqqi and Prof. Dr. Asma Shoukat was the guest of honour.

                                The seminar was addressed by Sadiq Noman Haqqi, Prof. Dr. Mrs. Asma Tariq, Prof. Mrs. Samina Shahid, Prof, Mrs. Gul Jan Bukhari, Prof. Misbah Yaqoob, Miss Maria Fiyaz and Sadia Abbasi. The speakers highlighted various issues which are vital for the empowerment of women to accelerate the pace of socio economic development of the country. Begum Akhtar Habib Bhutta said that our holy Islam attaches permanent significance by granting equal rights to the women in all spheres of human endeavors.