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MIRPURKHAS Dec 4. Thar express train was reached over 3 hours late from Karachi here after derailing its two bogies near Dhabeji on Saturday. Report said that owing to bomb explosion at track between Karachi and Hyderabad the two bogies of Thar express train out of total 11 bogies were derailed near Dhabeji as result railway traffic was suspended. The time of arrival of Thar express train at Mirpurkhas railway station was 3.15 AM early morning but it was arrived here at 6.50 AM. However, 39 passengers were boarded in the train from Mirpurkhas and such it left the Mirpurkhas for Zero point railway station with total 205 passengers on board. Local passengers have faced hardships due to late reaching the above train while security personnels and officers remained also deployed in surrounding of the railway station even in severe cold wave. 

MIRPURKHAS Dec 4. Different political parties, organizations and district government have celebrated Sindh cultural day here on Saturday as various rallies were taken out from railway station roundabout by district government, JSQM, PPP different wings, STPP, Awami Tehreek, Awami national party ANP, Baloch Ittihad, Soomra Ittihad etc, participators including women and children wearing Sindhi cap and Ajrak dancing on the songs and marched through main roads. On behalf of MQM Mirpurkhas zone a ceremony was held in Jinnah hall presided by provincial minister Zubair Ahmed in which Ajrak and Sindhi caps were distributed among the participators while speakers said that MQM and its leader Altaf Hussain has been paid vital role for peace , brotherhood and prosperity of the Sindh province . They further said that all the people living in Sindh province as united like a family members and they loved with their land and culture. Main rally was taken out by district government led by DCO Mirpurkhas Ghulam Hussain Memon while those participated including DIG Mirpurkhas Rasool Bux Sand, DPO Mirpurkhas Zulfikar Maher, district officers of different departments , NGOs and citizens . All the participators wearing Sindhi cap and Ajrak, marched through main roads and reached at local press club where speakers stressed need to celebrate the culture and love with land and human being. Mostly participators made dances on Sindhi songs. On behalf of district cultural association, tablos and Sindhi and national songs were presented by students in Gulistan e Baldia Lawn. Ceremonies were also held in different schools and colleges in this regard. 

MIRPURKHAS Dec 4. Chief justice of Supreme Court of Pakistan Iftikhar Mohammad Chohadhry has taken notice of the complaint of journalist Sajjad Rind and others of Mirpurkhas against the criminal gang comprising Abdul Nasir Khan, Saleem Malik alias Shuai, Saleem Arain, Naeem Arain, Waseem Arain and Nadeem Arain and ordered the provincial police officer PPO to submit the report incase of the above complaint. Report said that SHO town Abid Kaim Khani through proper channel has been received the order of PPO to conduct the inquiry and take statements of the complainants and report furnish him soon. In this connection SHO town has recorded the statements of complainants including Sajjad Rind, Riazuddin, Afaq Ahmed , Syed Azam Ali , Ms Nasreen, Dr Syed Jahangeer , Ali Jan Bhatti and others here on Saturday . It may be recalled that above complainants had been furnished their joint application to chief justice of apex court in which they alleged that accused Abdul Nasir Khan, Saleem Malik alias Shuai, Saleem Arain, Naeem Arain, Waseem Arain and Nadeem Arain had been made a criminal gang and they had disturbed them even blackmailing them after which they had been lodged over a dozen cases against them at different police stations and they had been challaned but the accused were issuing threats of dire consequences them and their witnesses even had tried to kidnap them on gun point. They revealed that accused hatched a conspiracy to implicate them in false cases through hired persons. They demanded the chief justice supreme court of Pakistan to take suo moto notice and punish the accused exemplary.