MIRPURKHAS, May 28: The district administration announced on Monday schedule of the 47th annual mango and summer fruit festival.

According to an official handout, the festival will begin on June 4 and continue till June 6 at Shaheed Benazir Bhutto mango festival hall. Sindh Minister for Agriculture Syed Ali Nawaz Shah will inaugurate the event.

A meena bazaar for women would be organised in the police ground, a cricket tournament would be held at the Satellite town ground, a Malakhra competition would be held in the evening at fruit farm and a wrestling competition would be held at Jinnah hall, it said.

It said that a seminar would be organised at state life building on June 5, a boxing competition at railway station at 8pm, football tournament at Gama stadium at 3pm, cycle race from Belaro Shakh to Jarwari Shakh at 8am, Kabaddi competition at Gama stadium at 4pm and a Wanjhwatti competition would be held at 9am at Gama stadium.

Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah would give away prizes among winners and runners-up at a ceremony at the Shaheed Benazir Bhutto mango exhibition hall.

BLAST: A gas cylinder exploded with a bang in a welding workshop near bus terminal on Sunday night. Luckily, no one was hurt.

A coaster parked in front of the shop caught fire because of the blast and burnt down completely. Fire fighters extinguished the fire after three hours hectic efforts.

YOUM-E-TAKBEER: PML-N local chapter observed Youm-i-Takbeer in Jhuddo town on Monday by taking out a rally from railway station chowk.

They marched on main roads before reaching the station roundabout where the leaders made speeches. They heaped praise on Nawaz Sharif who decided to carry out nuclear tests in 1998 despite tremendous pressure from the USA and other countries.