Youth kills self over failure in love

LAHORE: A 17-year-old boy committed suicide over failure in love affair in the Qila Gujjar Singh police limits here on Wednesday.

Police handed over the body to the victim's family after completing legal formalities. The victim has been identified as Suhail Qaisar of Okara. He worked on a mobile shop on Hall Road. On the day of incident, he hanged himself with a ceiling fan which resulted into his instant death. Police reached the scene after being informed and collected forensic evidence.

ACCIDENT: At least seven people sustained injuries when a passenger bus collided with a truck in the Manga Mundi police limits. The injured victims were shifted to a local hospital. They were identified as Khaleel, Zahid Ali, Azam, Tariq, Ashfaq and Samiullah.

Police anti-riot course: Punjab Inspector General Police Amjad Javed Saleemi’s vision is being implemented to transform police as a public friendly police by equipping it with modern training and replacing traditional police system, this is not British era where incidents like Jallianwala Bagh can be allowed.

This is why police is being equipped with latest anti-riot course training to control protests and other law & order related situations.

Punjab Additional IG Training Tariq Masood Yasin, opined these views while addressing passing-out parade of training of trainers of anti-riot course at Police Training College Chung, Lahore. Police College Commandant DIG Mirza Faran Baig, ASP Muhammad Arsalan and other officers were also present. The course was delivered by experts from Turkey.

Around 119 selected trainers from Head Constable Rank to Sub-Inspector hailing from all districts of Punjab including two lady officers were imparted training.

The newly trained officers exercised their practical skills to disperse protesters and protection of peaceful citizens while facing stone pelting. The training was aimed to control any untoward situation without disturbing the function of local police station and ensuring timely provision of justice to citizens.

The course was delivered by experts from Turkey.

After successful completion, all the trainers will impart trainings to police officials in their respective districts and after this basic training selected officials will be further trained in police training college to complete the training cycle.

concern: Civil society organisations from across South Asia have expressed their concern over the recent tensions between Pakistan and India.

The recent escalation of the long-standing conflict between India and Pakistan is another stark reminder of the urgent need to return to the dialogue table and restart the peace process, particularly when it comes to Kashmir. The confrontation last week was triggered by a suicide attack in Pulwama, which killed 40 Indian soldiers.

They condemned the suicide attack and said that the response from the Indian authorities did not contribute to finding a sustainable solution to the conflict in Kashmir. Issues of mistrust, political struggle and self-determination need to be addressed through political dialogue and not through suppression and military might.

To further ensure a region favourable and supportive of a peace process between Pakistan and India, they implored both the governments, with the support of others in the region, to revitalise and restore the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), and work towards the establishment of a South Asian Human Rights Charter and mechanism to ensure human rights, democracy and sustainable development across South Asia.