HYDERABAD, Nov 8: Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has sent a telegram to Rasool Bux Palijo, the Awami Tehrik chief, and his son Ayaz Latif Palijo, expressing her heartfelt condolences on the passing away of renowned folk artiste Jiji Zarina Baloch. She said that the demise of Zarina Baloch was not only an irreparable loss for her family but also a great loss for the whole of Pakistan, especially Sindh.

Former MNA Shabbir Ahmed Shah, Balochistan Chief Secretary K.B. Rind and Pir Abdul Rehman Sarhandi also visited the Palijo House on Tuesday and expressed condolences on the passing away of Jiji Zarina Baloch. Criticized: Rela-tives of the deceased Khuda Bux Lund, a resident of the Gullan Khan Lund village, have criticized delay in arrest of murderers of Khuda Bux and threatened to hold a demonstration on Nov 11 if the accused are not arrested by then.

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