Briefs...

Police approached for identification of
second lynched person
By our correspondent
LAHORE: A family approached police Tuesday fearing the other person lynched by an angry mob after twin church bombings in Lahore was their missing relative. Sources quoted one of the members of a family from Sargodha as saying Babar Noman was in Lahore on the day of twin blasts in Youhanabad. On Monday, a person named Saleem had approached Nishtar Colony police that the other victim was his brother Hafiz Naeem, a resident of Lalyani, Kasur. He worked as a glass-cutter. Police have also recovered his motorbike from the site. However, DNA test will finally ascertain identity of the two victims lynched by mob.

PAF chief visits Joint Staff Headquarters on farewell call
RAWALPINDI: Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Tahir Rafique Butt, paid a visit to Joint Staff Headquarters for farewell call to Gen Rashad Mahmood, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC).According to ISPR, the CJCSC appreciated the services rendered by the Chief of Air Staff, especially his efforts in transforming Pakistan Air Force into a vibrant and more potent force, and cementing inter-services cooperation, which is being amply displayed during the ongoing operations.

Strike observed against terror attacks on churches
By our correspondent
ARIFWALA: The Arifwala Bar on the call of the Punjab Bar Council Tuesday observed a complete strike against the Lahore churches attacks. The litigants suffered as no lawyer appeared before any court. Bar president Chaudhry Nasrullah Nasir Bhango in a meeting passed a resolution unanimously, seeking severe action against terrorists. Secretary general Syed Ghulam Mujtaba Gilani said it was an international conspiracy to incite terrorism in Pakistan.

Theft accused commits suicide
in Gujranwala Central Jail
By our correspondent
GUJRANWALA: An under trial prisoner committed suicide in the Central Jail here on Tuesday. Javed, 30, of Lahore committed suicide by strangling himself in the jail. Hafizabad City police had arrested him in a theft case and shifted him to the jail on Monday. The jail officials have handed over the body of Javed to his family for burial. Meanwhile, in his suicide note, accused Javed said that his in-laws had implicated him in a case. He said that he had gone to Hafizabad to bring his estranged wife back but his in-laws refused.

Death warrants for two murder convicts issued in Pakpattan
By our correspondent
PAKPATTAN: The district and sessions judge on Tuesday issued death warrants for two murder convicts after rejection of their appeals from the high court. The D&SJ issued death warrants for Ejaz of Mohallah Taliwala for killing a schoolteacher in 2009 and Ahmad Ali for murdering his sons Waqar Ahmad and Faraz Ahmad after a quarrel with his wife Safia Bibi.

Former MNA Warraich released
By our correspondent
TOBA TEK SINGH: Former MNA Amjad Warraich, who was arrested for threatening to take out a rally during the PM Nawaz Sharif’s visit to Gojra on Sunday, was released here on Tuesday. Amjad Warraich had threatened to take out a rally over transport fares issue. Amjad’s brother MPA Bilal Warraich and his other supporters took him to Gojra in a rally from where he was taken to his residence where he thanked his supporters. Amjad said that he would continue struggle for the rights of Gojra citizens.

Girl found dead in Bahawalpur
By our correspondent
BAHAWALPUR: A girl was found dead in her house at Chak 3/BC on Tuesday. Natasha was found dead in her house. Later, her body was shifted to the Bahawal Victoria Hospital by her family. When the hospital’s emergency ward doctors asked her brother how she died, he said that she committed suicide by shooting herself. The body was sent to the RHC Lal Sohanra for post-mortem.

Three-year-old boy killed in accident
By our correspondent
FAISALABAD: A three-year-old boy was killed while his parents sustained injuries in an accident on Chiniot-Faisalabad Road on Tuesday. Yawar Abbas, his wife Sughran Bibi and son Ali Abbas were on their way by a bike when a speeding car hit their bike. As a result, Ali died on the spot while Yawar and Sughran Bibi sustained injuries. The injured were shifted to the Allied Hospital.

Girl dies in roof collapse incident
By our correspondent
SIALKOT: A 15-year-old girl died while her younger sister sustained injuries when the roof of their mud house caved in at Kot Mandia village on Tuesday. Munazza and Laiba, daughters of Muhammad Boota, were sleeping when the roof of their mud house collapsed.
As a result, Munazza died on the spot while Laiba sustained injuries. The injured girl was shifted to a hospital.

Man shot dead in Jamrud
By our correspondent
JAMRUD: Unidentified gunmen shot dead a man in Shodani area in Jamrud tehsil in Khyber Agency on Tuesday, official sources said. They said that one Shah Muhammad was on his way home when unidentified gunmen fired at him in Shodani area, killing him on the spot. Motive behind the killing could not be ascertained. The Khassadar force registered the case.

LHC drops disciplinary proceedings against sessions judges
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court has dropped disciplinary proceedings against additional district and sessions judges, including Muhammad Taimur Hayat and Sadaqatullah Khan, senior civil judge Malik Abid Hussain and civil judge class-1 Muhammad Akram Nawab. Disciplinary proceedings against former civil judge Muhammad Younas Awan have also been abated as the LHC Chief Justice accepted his resignation.

Court moved for probe into Youhanabad
lynching of two innocent men
By our correspondent
LAHORE: A writ petition has been filed in the Lahore High Court seeking a judicial inquiry into the lynching of two ‘innocent’ men by protesters outside Youhanabad. A local lawyer filed the petition and stated that the lynching of the two men was terrorism and no religion or law allowed that kind of brutality. He said the law gave right to citizens to hold peaceful protest only. The petitioner said the incident not only tarnished the image of Pakistan but also caused harassment. He asked the court to order a judicial inquiry into the matter so that the culprits could be brought to justice. The petitioner also asked the CM and chief secretary to order a judicial inquiry into the suicide attacks on Youhanabad churches.

Open sale of lethal tablets banned in Punjab
By our correspondent
LAHORE: The Punjab Ombudsman has taken notice of open sale of aluminium phosphide, a lethal tablet, in the province, according to a handout issued here on Tuesday. As per a spokesman of provincial Agriculture Department, only outlets established by the department were authorised to sell the tablets which is used against insects present in the stored wheat and rice. He said that open sale of this tablet was strictly prohibited. The ombudsman has issued instructions in this regard following use of these tablets by people for committing suicide.

‘1,700 Punjab schools without heads’
By our correspondent
LAHORE: Punjab Teachers Union (PTU) has strongly criticised Secretary School Education Department for poor administration observing that around 1,700 schools are being run without heads across the province. According to a press release, a joint meeting of PTU office-bearers held here Tuesday, in which the participants expressed strong concerns over indifferent attitude of the secretary schools towards schoolteachers in Punjab. They said teachers were being victimised while services of over 50,000 schoolteachers were not being regularised. The PTU meeting decided that if the department did not address the issues being faced by the teachers by March 31, they would be forced to launch a movement against the Punjab government.

Govt has failed to deliver: PTI
By our correspondent
LAHORE: District President of Central Region Punjab Teheek-e-Insaf held a meeting with Vice-Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi and discussed issues related to the local body elections in the Punjab. Shah Mahmood Qureshi, speaking on the occasion, said there was no doubt in failure of the present government which was adding to the miseries of masses. He said that on all the national issues Imran Khan had taken principled a stand.