Punjab Food Department
By our correspondent
MALAKWAL: Several farmers and growers Thursday protested against the officials of Food Department over the issue of not purchasing their wheat crop. Dozens of protesters blocked traffic for four hours by parking their tractor trolleys on Motorway link road near Nawaz Sharif park and raised slogans against the officials of the department. Talking to The News, Kisan Board leaders Akram Gondal and Mian Ghulam Sarwar Chadharr alleged that the government had issued gunny bags to them but the Food Department had refused to purchase their wheat. They urged Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif to take a strict note of the situation and order the relevant authorities to purchase the wheat from every grower. Later, the farmers ended their protest when DSP Malakwal Rana Muhammad Islam negotiated with them.
Two imposters held in Okara
By our correspondent
OKARA: The city B-division police Thursday arrested two imposters who tried to extort money from a man. On a tip-off, the police raided a locality and arrested imposters Asghar and Irshad, who posed themselves as secretaries to the Punjab Chief Minister and the IGP (Punjab). They were present at the Palace Chowk to receive Rs 2 lakh from Javed of Harappa. They had promised with Javed to provide him a job of junior clerk. The police recovered visiting cards printed with pictures of the Prime Minister and the Chief Minister from them. ‘
Man kills sister for ‘honour’
By our correspondent
MALAKWAL: A man shot his married sister dead for honour at Mamdana locality on Wednesday night in the limits of Miana Gondal police. Riaz of Mamdana locality suspected his sister (S) was having illicit relations with of youth of the same locality.On the day of incident, Riaz shot her dead when she was at her parents’ house. She was mother of two children.
Girl kidnapped in Pakpattan
By our correspondent
PAKPATTAN: A girl was kidnapped on Thursday. Accused Robina Bibi visited house of Mubarik Ali of Gobindpur locality and took his 14-year-old daughter (L) to fields from where Ziaul Haq and his accomplices abducted the girl.
Two shot dead in Charsadda
By our correspondent
CHARSADDA: Two persons, including a cop, were killed in two separate incidents in the district on Thursday, official sources said. They said that Nobat Khan, Izzat Khan, Irfan and Niamat Khan allegedly fired at a policeman Fawad in the limits of Tarnab Police Station, killing him on the spot. Motive behind the killing was stated to be an old enmity.Meanwhile, Saqib reported to the police that Salman, Abbas Ali and Ismail allegedly shot dead his brother Faizullah in Angar Killay in the limits of City Police Station over domestic issue. The police registered separate cases and started investigation.