JHANG City News

Non-arrest of killers of professor
PPLA warns of boycotting LG elections duty in Jhang
From Our Correspondent
JHANG: The Punjab Professors and Lecturers Association (PPLA) has warned of boycotting the LG elections duty in the district if the killers of Professor Azhar Sial are not arrested.
Talking to newsmen here on Friday, PPLA district president Mian Khalid Mehmood said that male and female staff of colleges of the district would continue boycott of classes because police had made zero progress in the murder case. He said that their colleague was killed on resistance by the dacoits some days ago.
Meanwhile, students of the Government Postgraduate College took out a rally against the murder of their professor. They bunt tyres and booked traffic at Ayub Chowk. They were demanding immediate arrest of the accused.
On the other hand, Deputy Director Colleges Sharif Khan Baloch said that demands of the PPLA had been communicated to the Punjab government high-ups and the district administration.
LG ELECTIONS ARRANGEMENTS: All the arrangements have been finalised for holding the LG elections in the district on December 5.
Talking to newsmen here, Assistant Commissioner Imran Asmat, who is also the Jhang tehsil returning officer, said that inspection of polling stations had been completed. He said that transport plan had also been finalised to provide polling material to the presiding officers timely. He said that the female presiding officers would be provided male helper/peon. He said that police and other law enforcement agencies had been advised to provide extra security at the sensitive polling stations.