25pc quota to be allotted to labourers in Landi medical college.

KARACHI -- Sindh Minister for Labour and Human Resources Ghulam Murtaza Baloch has said that a medical college is being established in Landhi in which 25 percent quota will be reserved for the children of labourers to help them get higher education free of cost.

The provincial minister was speaking at the inauguration of CT Scan machine here at Valika Hospital. On this occasion, Sindh Secretary Labour Rasheed Ahmed Solangi, MNA Agha Rafeeullah, Secretary Welfare Board Dr Ghulam Mustafa Suhag, Commissioner SESSI Kashif Gulzar, president SITE Association Saleem Pareekh and others were also present.

Mr Baloch informed that the state-of-the art CT Scan machine has been imported from Japan at a cost of Rs70 million, expressing his hope that it benefit the labourers across the province. He said that this facility would be provided to labourers and their families free of cost. Murtaza Baloch said that very soon Burns Ward, Cardiac Ward, ultrasound facilities, ICU beds and other healthcare facilities would also be provided in Social Security Hospitals. 'The PPP leadership...