Islamabad: Afghan President Hamid Karzai will visit Pakistan on Monday in the first visit after the formation of the new government in Pakistan. He will meet the political and military leadership to strengthen relations and discuss regional issues. Karzai had visited India in October 2011 where both countries signed an agreement which allows Afghanistan to buy aircraft, missiles and field-guns.
Missing scribe found dead
KARACHI: A body found dumped on the outskirts of Karachi was yesterday identified as that of a journalist who went missing in a restive part of the city five months ago. Two bodies were found on Tuesday in the west of the city, and a piece of paper found on one suggested he was journalist Haji Abdul Razzaq Baluch. But the body, which bore torture marks, was so disfigured that relatives needed visits to the mortuary to identify him. “His face was not recognisable but his arms and feet made us recognise his body,” Saeeda Sarbazi, Razzaq’s sister, said. Razzaq, an ethnic Baluch, was a sub editor at the daily Tawar (Voice), a Baluchi daily, who went missing in March. Family sources said he was abducted in Lyari Town in the district of Karachi. Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Memon said authorities were “trying to collect information” on the case.
Floods destroy crops in Punjab
LAHORE: Recent floods have damaged standing crops on more than 0.5 million acres of land in Punjab with Basmati paddy being one of the most heavily affected, said Hamid Malhi, president of Basmati Growers Association. “This will cause great setback to the country’s export earnings and farmers’ income. Many farmers have lost their investment and have no hopes of recovery till next year,” he said.
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