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Efforts on to ensure Dr Aafia’s return, SHC told

Staff Report

KARACHI: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs was making efforts on a diplomatic front to ensure the return of Dr Aafia Siddiqui to Pakistan.

This was stated in comments filed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs here on Wednesday before a division bench of the Sindh High Court (SHC). When the petition filed by a human rights organisation came up for hearing, Deputy Attorney General Muhammad Ashraf Mughal submitted comments on behalf of the respondent ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Defence. The statement said that Dr Aafia was arrested from Afghanistan on July 17, 2008 and was presently detained by US authorities. She is receiving medical treatment, according to the comments. The Ministry of Defence denied any nexus with her arrest or detention. As the counsel for petitioner Intikhab Alam Suri, represented by Iqbal Aqeel Advocate sought time to go through the comments, the court adjourned the hearing till March 13. The petitioner maintained that Dr Aafia was illegally detained and should be repatriated to Pakistan with her son.



KESC opens new grid station in Korangi



Staff Report



KARACHI: The Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) has opened a new grid, Korangi South Grid Station (KSGS), as a part of its plan to improve the power transmission and distribution system of the city.

The grid station was jointly inaugurated by Karachi Nazim Mustafa Kamal and KESC CEO Naveed Ismail. It was announced on the occasion that KESC would observe 2009 as an energy conservation year for Karachi, in partnership with the City District Government Karachi (CDGK). The KSGS is one of the eight grid station projects being worked upon by the KESC and is the first one to be connected with the national grid. The company plans to bring three more grids for the city’s power distribution system by March to strengthen Karachi’s power grid and ensure a uniform power supply.

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