NAWABSHAH, Nov 23: A man shot dead his sister and cousin in the Dhando Bhand village, Nawabshah taluka, on Monday night. Ameer Bux Bhand shot dead his sister, Badshazadi, 15, and his cousin, Gulistan , 16, daughter of Haji Karim Bhand, in the Dhando Bhand village, in the jurisdiction of taluka police station on Monday night.

The accused managed to escape from the spot. The motive behind the gruesome killing could not be ascertained. An FIR was lodged at the taluka police station.

DIE OF SNAKEBITE: One person died of snakebite in the Ali Jan Brohi village, near here on Tuesday. Ghulam Mustafa Brohi was bitten by a snake and was brought to the People's Medical College Hospital where he died. It may be mentioned here that anti-snake vaccine was not available in government hospitals and health centres since last few months.

INJURED: Some armed men fired at and injured a person Mohammad Hayat Unnar in Qazi Ahmed town near here on Monday. The Qazi Ahmed police on the complaint of Mohammad Safak, brother of injured Mohammad Hayat, have lodged an FIR against Ali Nawaz, Abdul Aziz, Abdul Rasheed, Abdul Fatah, Rahim Bux, Khamiso, Sojhro and Khariro.

PPP-SB: The Pakistan People's Party (Shaheed Bhutto) has denounced the release of former senator Asif Ali Zardari. PPP-SB provincial president Mian Khan Rind and coordination secretary Ali Mohammad Jamali, said that their party would not accept the release of Mr Zardari.

Mr Zardari's release was the outcome of an arrangement between the PPP and the government aimed at gaining support for the uniform of President General Pervez Musharraf, they alleged. Alleging that Mr Zardari was involved in the murder of Murtaza Bhutto and had squandered public money, they termed his release enmity with the nation.

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