FAISALABAD City News

Girl commits, three others attempt suicide
From Our Correspondent
FAISALABAD: A girl committed while three women attempted suicide here.
Farah Mushtaq of Chak 119/RB, Rasoolpura, ended her life by hanging with a ceiling fan at her house. It is learnt that Farah’s parents had arranged her marriage with a boy of the village without her consultation.
Meanwhile, Khadija Akbar Ali of Chak 215/RB, Humayun Town, Zaibun Nisa of Allama Iqbal Colony and Asma Javed of Dalowal, Samundri Road, attempted suicide over some domestic problems. It is learnt that Asma Javed attempted suicide due to poverty.

Fesco staff strike enters 7th day
From Our Correspondent
FAISALABAD: The strike of Fesco employees entered 7th day on Wednesday.
The employees staged a sit-in in support of their demands in front of the Fesco Headquarters. They locked all the offices and held a meeting against the company’s privatisation by the federal government. Addressing the meeting, APWHE Workers Union leaders Sarfraz Ahmad and Rana Abdur Rashid pledged that the employees would continue their strike till the acceptance of their just demand. They alleged that the government was trying to sale the profit-earning company at a through-away price to its favourites. “The employees would not allow the government to implement this unwarranted decision,” they maintained.
Meanwhile, the electricity bills for the month of October have not yet been printed and dispatched to consumers due to the week-long strike.