Woman tortured by husband dies in hospital

LAHORE

A woman expired in a local hospital on Sunday six days after she was subjected to severe torture by her husband. 

The victim was identified as Asiya, wife of Manzoor of Sattukatla village. Police said accused Manzoor had severely beaten his wife six days back over the issue of not giving birth to a baby boy. The injured woman was admitted to a local hospital where she succumbed to her injuries. Police shifted the body to morgue for autopsy and registered a case against the murderer.

PHP: Punjab Highway Patrol arrested 23 criminals including 12 proclaimed offenders. 

PHP teams arrested 12 proclaimed offenders who were later identified as Abdul Rauf Khan, M Yasin, Husnain Amir Maovia, Abdul Rasheed, M Ibrahim, Mukhtar Hussain, Ghulam Akbar, Mudasir Ashfaq, Asif, Karim Baksh, Haq Nawaz, Jafir and M Ali. PHP teams arrested 11 criminals who were identified as M Khawar, M Kashif, Nasir, Mudassar, Irfan, M Nadeem, Zahoor Ahmad, Amjid, Ramzan, M Khalid and Ashraf and recovered 300-gram chars, 34-litre liquor and seven pistols from their possession. The PHP team reunited five children Waqas, Shahid Nawaz, Saeedur Rehman, Shafeequr Rehman and Mukhtar Ahmad with their families. The PHP team recovered fake currency from M Iqbal, a resident of Shorkot of District Jhang.