CM Sindh announces compensation, education for children of labourers killed in Larkana

KARACHI : Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has announced on Sunday that apart from providing compensation, his government will bear educational expenses of the children of the three laborers of Bajore killed in Larkana on February 13 .The meeting was attended by Provincial Minister Saeed Ghani, Advisor to CM Murtaza Wahab, special assistants to CM Waqar Mehdi and Rashid Rabbani. Shah said while talking a delegation of notable of Bajore Agency who called on him in the leadership of Senator Shahi Syed here at CM House today. The Bajore delegation members include Salahuddin, Aurangzeb, Said Badshah, Abdul Majeed, Anwarul Haq, Aamir Khan and Gul Afzal. The chief minister said that the killing of three labourers of Bajore in Larkana was actually a conspiracy to flare up linguistic and ethnic riots in Sindh. “I am thankful to my Pakhtoom brothers, particularly Shahi Syed who intervened into the matter well in time and thwarted the conspiracy,” he said .Shah said that PPP leadership, Asif Ali Zaradri and Chairman Bilawal Bhuttoo were also worried on the incident and directed him to get the culprits arrested immeditely. He said that the DIG of Larkana was from Punjab, SSP from KPK and DC from Siraiki belt. “This is how we believe in brotherhood, national unity and merit,” he said. The police officers told the visiting delegation that they have arrested 28 suspects and have identified the group involved into the murder. Murad Shah said that he would give compensation to the families of the labourers killed in Larkana. “The compensation cannot be termed as price of the life – life is precious but this would be an attempt to help the aggrieved family when their bread earner are no more,” he said and the provincial government would be bearing educational expenditures of the children of the killed brothers. The visiting delegation thanked the chief minister for taking prompt action and sending bodies to Bajore. and for sending provincial minister Syed Nasir Shah to Bajore for condolence.