Karachi, Dec 25: A team of international observers has arrived in Pakistan to monitor the January 8, 2008 general election.

The team sent by Washington-based International Republican Institute (IRI) started its scheduled visits to Sindh starting from Jamshoro district on Monday.

Initially the team met with Nawab Abdul Ghani Talpur, the Pakistan People's Party candidate for NA-231, Sehwan-Kotri, who briefed them about upcoming polls.

Talpur told the foreign observers that the PPP welcomed the most recent steps taken by Musharraf, especially giving up the uniform and removing emergency, and added that the PPP expected he would also hold free and fair elections.

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Karachi, Dec 20: Justice Rana Bhagwandas, who was retired

Karachi, Dec 20: Pakistan is likely to lose between 1.2 billion dollars to 1.5 billion dollar

Karachi, Dec. 19: Renowned Pakistani artist Ismail Gulgee, his wife Zarine and their maid were found murdered at their residence here on Wednesday.

According to The News, initial investigations reveal that they were killed two to three days ago.

Ismail Gulgee was an award-winning, world famous artist. Born in Peshawar on October 25, 1926, Ismail was a qualified engineer from the U. S and a self-taught abstract and portrait painter.

He held his first art exhibition in 1950. One of his most famous works was a portrait of Afghanistan’s Shah Zahir Shah that was painted in 1957.

He also had the honour of making portraits of Prince Karim Agha Khan, former princess of Iran, Deeba and former president of Pakistan, Ayub Khan.