Father of three murdered

LAHORE

A father of three was killed by his guest in the Chung area on Friday.

The victim was identified as Muhammad Munsha of Abpara Scheme. His guest Tanveer exchanged harsh words with him over an unknown issue in his house. The victim’s wife, who was asleep in another room, woke up and allegedly spotted the guest slitting open the throat of her husband. Police have removed the body to morgue.

arrested: Teams of City District Government Lahore (CDGL) arrested 113 profiteers on Friday.

Officials said raids were conducted on 984 places. Fine was imposed on 12 shopkeepers. They said 113 shopkeepers were arrested for overcharging, and 28 of them were sent to jail. 

The DCO directed the field teams to continue indiscriminate action against profiteers across the city.

accidents: Total 716 road accidents were reported to the Provincial Monitoring Cell of Punjab Emergency Service, Rescue 1122, from all 36 districts of Punjab during the last 24 hours.

Five people were killed and 588 critically injured in the accidents. The injured were removed to hospitals. However, some 236 victims, who sustained minor injuries, were provided with first aid by the emergency medical teams.

sacked: The chief traffic officer on Friday dismissed two traffic wardens from service for dereliction of duty.

The wardens were Azam and Tariq. CTO also announced cash prizes and commendation certificate for a traffic warden, Tariq, who had caught a robber and handed him over him to Shahdara police.

Meanwhile, Traffic Education Unit delivered lectures on road safety and traffic awareness in five colleges and distributed pamphlets among the students. The city traffic police set up traffic awareness camp at Bhatti Chowk to discourage wheelie. 

found dead: Two persons were found dead in different parts of the city on Friday.

A 45-year-old man was found dead in the Bhatti Gate police jurisdiction. A 70-year-old man was found dead in the area of Millat Park police. 

Police suspected both might have died at the hands of some unidentified swindlers. The bodies have been removed to morgue.

conference: A 'Strategic Communication Conference' was held at Punjab Emergency Service, Rescue 1122, headquarters on Friday.

The media coordinators from all districts of Punjab participated in the conference.

The Rescue 1122 DG, addressing the participants, said that the media coordinators were trained to take pictures of emergencies to monitor the working of the staff. He said that visual monitoring was essential for strategic communication. He also informed the participants about the new initiatives of Rescue 1122 in the field of strategic communication and welfare of the staff.

He said that all available measures to be taken to improve the centralised communication system of the service and establish a purpose-based strategic communication and research cell of the service.

Rescue: The Punjab Emergency Service, Rescue 1122,  director general has asked all the district emergency officers to mark World First Aid Day and arrange awareness walks with zeal to promote the culture of prevention of emergencies. 

Rescue 1122 observes this day to creates awareness among the people about how first aid can prevent injuries and save lives in everyday and crisis situations. World First Aid Day, observed globally on the second Saturday of September, was instituted by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) in 2000.

The term 'first aid' refers to the assistance given to anyone suffering a sudden injury or illness. Its main goals are to preserve life and prevent the condition from worsening. It is not always performed by medical personnel. In emergency situations, ordinary people often have to perform first aid to save someone's life.

First aid does not necessarily require any prior knowledge and can involve improvisation. However, if the person performing first aid doesn't know what they are doing, they might hurt the victim instead of helping them.