KARACHI: The Sindh Minister for Prisons, AntiCorruption and Mines and Minerals, Manzoor Wasan, termed on Friday `false and misleading` news reports about an inquiry said to have been conducted by him regarding the drought in Tharparkar district.

In a statement released by media cell of the PPP, Mr Wasan described news items about the `inquiry` report as `a heinous conspiracy agalnst PPP and the Sindh government` He said the documents characterised by media as an inquiry report were fake. `I will carry out an investigation to expose the elements behind the fake inquiry,` the minister asserted.

He said Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah`s efforts aimed at mitigating the effects of the drought in Tharparkar district were laudable.