SANGHAR, Feb 13: It took more than two weeks for a letter to reach here from Karachi. As a result of the delay, a candidate could not appear in written test for employment in a bank.

Mohammad Raza had applied for a job in the Allied Bank. After short-listing the candidates, the bank, through a letter sent to him by post, called him to appear in the test on February 4 at the Public School, Hyderabad.

According to the postal stamps, the letter was dispatched on January 27 but it reached Sanghar on February 12.

VEGETABLE PRICES: Prices of vegetables, except onion, have touched rock bottom in the district as a result the farmers can not get even the cost of transportation.

A 14kg crate of tomatoes can hardly get Rs20, carrots are being sold at Rs2 per kg and a 30kg bag of brinjals at Rs50.

The farmers say that the prices are not enough to pay transportation charges, leave aside the cost incurred on inputs like fertilizer, seed, labour, pesticide and ploughing.

General Secretary, Small Growers Association, Hassan Askari, told Dawn that the benefit of low prices would not reach consumers and it was the middleman who was fleecing farmers and consumers.

In retail market, the vegetables are still sold at higher prices.

ARREST CHALLENGED: A man, Rasheed Marri, has said that the police have detained his son, Fareed Marri, in Mannu Bheel case without any reason.

He told Dawn that Farid Marri was a hepatitis-C patient.

Rasheed Marri alleged that the police had indiscriminately arrested more than 30 innocent persons in this case because, like the accused in Mannu Bheel case, Abdul Rehman, they belonged to Marri clan.