Man kills trader, self for ‘honour’

LAHORE: A man killed a trader and left his friend injured for honour and later committed suicide by firing into his temple in Shahdra Town police limits on Monday.

Police have removed the bodies to morgue for autopsy and started investigations. The victim was identified as Asghar while the injured as Salman. The accused, identified as Javed, approached the victims at Loha (iron) Market near Old Ravi Bridge and opened firing at them. As a result, Asghar died on the spot while Salman was shifted to hospital.

Meanwhile, the accused Javed committed suicide. The incident created panic in the locality. Police reached the scene and collected evidences. They said initial investigations suggested that Asghar had developed illicit relations with Javed’s wife and wanted to marry her.

fire: A girl received burns when a fire erupted in a house in Khan Colony near Old Airport on Monday. Rescuers reached the scene, shifted the victim to hospital and controlled the fire. Valuables worth lakhs of rupees were also burnt in the incident.

pollution: National Highways & Motorway Police (NH&MP) and environment protection department will work together to control pollution emitted from the vehicles, said Punjab Environment Protection Minister Begum Zakia Shah Nawaz Khan during her talk at NH&MP Road Safety Programme "An Hour with the Guest” at Motorway Police Babu Sabu, here on Monday.

DIG Motorway Police Mirza Faran Baig, SSP Masroor Alam, male and lady police officers and a large number of officials were also present.

Addressing the officers, Minister Begum Zakia Shah said motorway police’s strict implementation of law on motorway and highways is the major reasons people observe law. She said motorway police and environment protection department would launch to sensitise people about reasons of environmental pollution from smoke emitted by the vehicles and importance of timely tuning of vehicles. She further said that law violators always fear from honest officers and for the same reasons people followed laws on motorways. She appreciated the role of motorway police being as most efficient department of the country. On this occasion DIG Mirza Faran Baig said that officers of NH&MP will launch a campaign through mobile education units to create awareness regarding environment protection.

ACCIDENTS: At least 925 road traffic crashes were reported in Provincial Monitoring Cell of the Punjab Emergency Service (Rescue 1122) in all 37 Districts of Punjab during the last 24 hours; in which 14 lives were lost and 687 serious injured were shifted to different hospitals of relevant districts & tehsils.

However, some 386 victims, who sustained minor injuries, were discharged on the spot after provision of first aid by Emergency Medical Teams.