Khader who saved Congress' honour in Karavali gets ministership
Mangaluru: MLA UT Khader has been appointed as a minister in the Congress-JDS coalition government. Among the ministers who sworn-in today, UT Khader is one who took the oath for the second consecutive term for the state cabinet.
U.T. Khader, who was interested in politics since studenthood, was trained by his father UT Fareed. Soon after completing BA (LLB), he started building rapo with the people of Mangaluru (Ullal) constituency and tried to address their problems.
In his 30-year political carreer, he held various responsibilities in the party and state government. Khader served as an elected member of Mangalore University Senate, district secretary of NSUI DK, President, State Vice President and Ullal Block Congress President, KPCC Secretary, Party North Karnataka in-charge, and trainer of the All India Seva dal, and as the chief organiser of the State Seva Dal.
Khader, after the death of his father UT Fareed, won the 2007 assembly elections from Ullal (Mangalore) constituency in the first attempt and continued winning even in 2008 and 2013 elections with a considerable margin. He served as health minister for three years and as Food and Civil Supplies Minister for two years in the Siddaramaiah-led Congress government. He was awarded the 'Sadanvira' award for asking the most questions in the House. UT Khader, the only minister from the minority community to serve for a five-year term in Siddaramaiah's government, has won two national-level achievement awards in both the ministerships he served.
He has an honour of being alone Congress MLA in 13 constituencies of undivided DK district in the recently held assembly polls. Khader, who has accepted the ministership in the JDS-Congress coalition government, is likely to get the district-incharge minister post for Udupi or Kodagu district. Earlier, Khader has also worked as a minister in the Kolar and Chamarajanagar districts.
UTK, who is a passionate bike rider, actively participated in Scouts and Guides in student life. He has a happy family consisting of wife Lamees Khader and the only daughter Hawa Naseem. Daughter Hawa Naseem, who is a Hafiza, is currently studying Class 9 at an Educational Institute in Kerala.
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Pakistan reports two more polio cases; Total tally now 52
ISLAMABAD: At least two more cases of poliovirus were reported in Pakistan, taking the number of infections to 52 so far this year, a report said on Friday.
“The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health has confirmed the detection of two more wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases in Pakistan," an official statement said.
The fresh infections — a boy and a girl — were reported from the Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.
“Genetic sequencing of the samples collected from the children is underway," the statement read. Dera Ismail Khan, one of the seven polio-endemic districts of southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, has reported five polio cases so far this year.
Of the 52 cases in the country this year, 24 are from Balochistan, 13 from Sindh, 13 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and one each from Punjab and Islamabad.
There is no cure for polio. Only multiple doses of the oral polio vaccine and completion of the routine vaccination schedule for all children under the age of five can keep them protected.
