Two killed, as many injured in firing

LAHORE

Two people including a vendor were killed and two others received injures in firing by some unidentified people in Kot Lakhpat police limits on Monday.

Police removed the bodies to morgue for autopsy and started investigations. Victim Farman was accused in a murder case and was on bail. On the day of the incident, he was going to court for the case hearing. As he reached Chandrai Pind with his relative Aqeel, some unidentified suspects intercepted them and opened an indiscriminate firing.  As result, Farman, Aqeel and two vendors Boota, son of Muhammad Din, and Iqbal, son of Muhammad Din, received bullet injuries. They were shifted to Lahore General Hospital where doctors pronounced Farman and Boota as brought dead. Other two victims were admitted to the hospital.

The condition of Iqbal was stated to be critical.

Families of the victims placed the bodies on Ferozpur Road and staged a protest. They chanted slogans against the suspects and demanded justice. They ended protest after senior police officers held negotiations with them. The protest resulted into traffic mess. 

BODY FOUND: Body of an unidentified victim tied with a rope and with marks of torture was recovered from a drain in Lytton Road.

A passerby spotted the body in the drain and informed the police. A police team reached the spot and fished out the body. Police said circumstantial evidences suggested that the victim might have been tortured before being murdered. 

OPC: On the instructions of Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, the Overseas Pakistanis Commission (OPC) Punjab has so far successfully held Road Shows in five different countries including United Kingdom, Bahrain, Qatar, Dubai and Saudi Arabia. The purpose of these Road Shows was to sensitise overseas Pakistanis about investment opportunities in the Punjab as well as establishment of institutional mechanism for solving their problems at the earliest. Director General OPC Syed Javed Iqbal Bokhari while giving details in this regard informed that a large number of expatriate Pakistanis had participated in these Road Shows and hailed the establishment of OPC. During these Road Shows, OPC team briefed Overseas Pakistanis, how they can contact OPC for redressing of their complaints relating to government agencies of Punjab.