Nawabshah’s aid for quake victims

Published October 31, 2008

NAWABSHAH, Oct 30: The district government announced Rs500,000 grant for the earthquake victims of Balochistan on Thursday on the directives of MNA Faryal Talpur.

Relief camps had been set up by the district government as well as PPP Nawabshah at various places to collect relief goods for the quake victims.

BOOKED: Nawabshah police on Thursday booked six people on charges of kidnapping a woman and her two daughters on Thursday.

Ali Hassan Zardari of Shahmir Khan Zardari village lodged an FIR at Jam Saheb police station, accusing six men of barging into his house and kidnapping his wife Mahjabeen, 45, and daughters Nazish alias Nazi, 16, and Norina alias Noni, 10, at gunpoint.

Police booked Hassan Ali, Raza Mohammad, Zulfiqar Ali, Niaz Hussain, Bhan Khan and Khalil Ahmed but did not make any arrest till the filing of this report.

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