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Karachi: Funeral prayers of Sindh governor to be offered on Friday
KARACHI (News92World) –
Governor of Sindh, Justice (r) Saeed-uz-Zaman Siddiqui has died on Wednesday at
age of 78 while under treatment in a private hospital.
Funeral prayers of Sindh governor will be offered
at Polo Ground in Karachi tomorrow (Friday).
On the other hand, Sindh Bar Council has suspended
judicial matters.
Siddiqui was earlier shifted to a private hospital
over ailment. He is regarded as the 31st Governor of Sindh who was sworn in on
November 11, 2016. He served as the Governor of Sindh for two months.
The federation had appointed the late Zaman last
year after Dr Ishratul Ibad was relieved of his services.
Dr Ibad, belonging to Muttahida Qaumi Movement
(MQM) was relieved from the post last year after he served for at least 15
years in capacity of governor.
In his recent move as the governor of Sindh,
Justice (r) Siddiqui refused to approve Criminal Law (Protection of Minorities)
Bill following Chief Minister (CM) of Sindh, Murad Ali Shah s recommendation.
CM Shah had recommended the late governor to disapprove the bill
as the language was needed to be revised.
Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif and President
Mamnoon Hussain have expressed sorrow over the demise while leaders of various
political parties have acknowledged his contribution to national politics in
his career.
Late Zaman also served as 15th Chief Justice of
Pakistan (CJP) for nearly six months from July 1, 1999 to January 26, 2000. Prior
to assuming office of CJP, he had served as the Chief Justice (CJ) of Sindh
High Court (SHC)
from November 5, 1990 to May 21, 1992.
Besides this, he served as a member of Election
Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and as Chairman of Sindh Zakat Council and Chairman of
Rule Committee of SHC in his career.
Born in Lucknow of British India, late Saeed
uz-Zaman Siddiqui educated himself at University of Dhaka and University of
Karachi.
George Lucas' $1 billion 'Star Wars' museum finds Los Angeles home
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Star Wars" filmmaker George
Lucas has settled on Los Angeles for the home of his $1 billion storytelling
museum, after pulling the
project from
Chicago last year.
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said Tuesday that the Lucas
Museum of Narrative Art will be located in Exposition Park in downtown Los
Angeles.
"I
believed in the vision for the Lucas Museum, and we went after it with
everything we have — because I know that L.A. is the ideal place for making
sure that it touches the widest possible audience," Garcetti said in a
statement, thanking Lucas and his wife, Mellody Hobson.
The museum was initially planned for Chicago, but Lucas ran into
legal challenges from an open-spaces group and pulled the project. Garcetti immediately
moved to woo the filmmaker to house the museum in Los Angeles.
The proposed museum, valued at $1 billion and funded by Lucas,
would feature exhibitions of Lucas’ collection of paintings, illustrations and
digital art from the blockbuster "Star Wars" movie franchise he
started in 1977.
"South Los Angeles’s Promise Zone best
positions the
museum to have the greatest impact on the broader community, fulfilling our
goal of inspiring, engaging and educating a broad and diverse
visitorship," the museum’s board
of directors said
in a statement.
The proposed site for the museum is next to the University of
Southern California, where Lucas studied film and met future collaborators
including Steven Spielberg.
Lucas sold his "Star Wars" franchise to Walt Disney
Co. in 2012 for $4 billion.
Disney rebooted the franchise with six new films, including a
new trilogy in the space saga commencing with 2015’s "The Force
Awakens," and standalone stories such as December’s "Rogue One: A
Star Wars Story."
