{"id":9002,"date":"2026-08-02T13:20:50","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T13:20:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=9002"},"modified":"2026-08-02T13:24:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T13:24:48","slug":"larkana-roundup-town-cleanup-drive-missing-girl-recovered-protests-public-health-initiatives-and-religious-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=9002","title":{"rendered":"Larkana Roundup: Town Cleanup Drive, Missing Girl Recovered, Protests, Public Health Initiatives, and Religious Events"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Larkana, August 2, 2026:<\/strong> Ahead of Pakistan&#8217;s Independence Day celebrations, Durri Town authorities, on the instructions of Chairman <strong>Shah Rukh Anwar Siyal<\/strong>, intensified sanitation efforts across multiple neighborhoods, including Resham Gali, Fish Market, Baqrani Road, Khaliq Colony, Allahabad, Bhains Colony, Rahmatpur, and Karman Bagh. Drains, streets, and roads were cleaned to ensure smooth arrangements for August 14 rallies and events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Police Recover Missing Girl<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Larkana Police claimed to have successfully traced and reunited a minor girl, <strong>Faiza<\/strong>, who had gone missing from the jurisdiction of Ali Goharabad Police Station. Acting on the directives of SSP <strong>Ahmed Faisal Chaudhry<\/strong>, police handed the child over to her father, <strong>Waqar Khokhar<\/strong>. The SSP also directed that commendation certificates be awarded to the officers involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Polling Held for AJK Legislative Assembly Elections<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A polling station was established at the District Election Commission Office in Larkana for the <strong>Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly elections<\/strong>. Polling began at 8:00 a.m. According to election officials, only two registered voters in the district\u2014<strong>Samia Parveen<\/strong> and <strong>Saira Bano<\/strong>\u2014were eligible to cast their votes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sindh Strengthens HIV Prevention and Treatment Services<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Sindh Health Department stated that significant progress has been achieved in HIV prevention, screening, treatment, and public awareness under the leadership of <strong>Kanwal Mustafa<\/strong>, Additional Director, CDC-I HIV\/AIDS. Screening facilities have been expanded across the province, while ART centers continue providing free medicines, laboratory tests, counseling, and follow-up services. Additional treatment support centers have also been established, with special emphasis on preventing mother-to-child transmission through timely screening and treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Religious Conference Scheduled in Larkana<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jamaat Ahle Sunnat Qasmia announced that a <strong>Zikr-e-Hussain (A.S.) Conference<\/strong> marking the <strong>150th Chehlum<\/strong> will be held on <strong>August 4<\/strong> at Jinnah Bagh. Religious scholars from Sindh and Punjab are expected to address the gathering. Organizers appealed to the local administration to ensure adequate security, uninterrupted electricity, drinking water, and other civic facilities during the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Scout Leader Departs for Arbaeen Pilgrimage<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prominent social leader and District Scouts Secretary <strong>Qazi Suhail Ali Qureshi<\/strong> departed for the <strong>Arbaeen pilgrimage<\/strong> to Iraq. Before leaving, he described the journey as a great spiritual blessing and prayed for peace, prosperity, and unity in Pakistan and Sindh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Family Protests Alleged Illegal Detention<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A family from Noor Colony staged a protest outside the Larkana Press Club, alleging that police had unlawfully detained and disappeared the woman&#8217;s husband and two sons following the registration of what they described as false criminal cases. The protesters appealed to the Inspector General of Police, DIG, and SSP Larkana to ensure their immediate release and withdraw the alleged fabricated cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Teacher Recruitment Candidates Continue Protest<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Candidates on the waiting list for <strong>PST and JEST teaching posts<\/strong> who had passed the IBA recruitment test continued their protest camp for the ninth consecutive day at Jinnah Bagh. Demonstrators staged a symbolic hanging protest, demanding recruitment of all eligible waiting candidates, an extension of the recruitment period, and amendments to the current placement policy. They warned of expanding their protest if the government fails to address their demands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Larkana, August 2, 2026: Ahead of Pakistan&#8217;s Independence Day celebrations, Durri Town authorities, on the instructions of Chairman Shah Rukh Anwar Siyal, intensified sanitation efforts..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9003,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-02-181947-1.png",835,310,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-02-181947-1-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-02-181947-1-300x111.png",300,111,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-02-181947-1-768x285.png",768,285,true],"large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-02-181947-1.png",835,310,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-02-181947-1.png",835,310,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-02-181947-1.png",835,310,false]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?cat=3\" rel=\"category\">Pakistan<\/a>","tag_info":"Pakistan","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9002"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9002\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9004,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9002\/revisions\/9004"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}