September 16, 2008	Tuesday	Ramazan 15, 1429

HYDERABAD, Sept 15: Vice President Sindh Abadgar Board, Dr Zulfiqar Yousfani has expressed concern over import of onion from India and demanded its immediate ban.

In a statement issued here on Monday, he said that the onion crop in lower Sindh was ready to be harvested while in some areas it had already been. Onion growers will suffer huge losses if its import was not stopped forthwith, Dr Yousfani said.

He said last year also, onion growers suffered huge losses as they failed to get fair price for their crop cultivated on thousands of acres. He feared that if onion import from India was not stopped, growers will suffer the same fate.

He claimed that bumper crop was expected in Sindh this year and there will be surplus for export. He regretted that whenever any crop was ready, the government allowed import at the cost of its own growers.

Villager’s Appeal: A villager of Goth Ghulam Mohammad Nizamani, taluka Tando Mohammad Khan, has appealed to authorities to order arrest of the accused who robbed him of Rs50,000 cash after torture.

Speaking at a news conference at the press club here on Monday, Photo Nizamani s/o of Ghulam Mohammad Nizamani, said that on August 5, Hatim Nizamani along with three armed persons barged into his house and after torture deprived him of Rs50,000 cash.

He said people of the locality informed Tando Mohammad Khan police, which visited the scene of offence and registered an FIR.

He said one of the accused Hatim Nizamani was later arrested in Badin and brought to Tando Mohammad Khan police station.

He said that the accused was being provided VIP treatment by police while it was doing nothing to arrest the remaining three accused.

He said he was also being threatened with dire consequences if he did not withdraw the case and added that police was in league with the accused. He appealed for justice.