Two brothers die in Sialkot road accident

SIALKOT: Two brothers died in a road accident when a tractor-trolley hit a motorbike near Khoi Stop on Pasrur Road on Sunday.

According to police, Amjad and Safdar were on their way on a motorbike when they were hit by a speeding tractor-trolley. As a result, both died on the spot. The locals brought the dead bodies to nearby hospital. The driver of the tractor-trolley managed to flee the scene. Police have registered a case.

‘SCCI to form council to solve business community problems’: Sialkot Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) president Muhammad Ashraf Malik has disclosed that a council will be set up soon to solve problems confronted by the business community of Sialkot, Gujranwala and Gujrat, known as the golden economic triangle.

Talking here on Sunday, he said that the proposed council would consist of members of Sialkot, Gujranwala and Gujrat chambers, adding that a memorandum of understanding (MoU) had already been signed in that regard. A committee comprising members of Sialkot, Gujranwala and Gujrat chambers would soon be constituted for ascertaining problems of the business community and suggest ways for solving them, he added.