CHINIOT, March 9: The local Sheikh community will contest the next elections.

This was decided at a meeting of the Sheikh community here on Saturday with Qaiser A Sheikh, former MNA, in chair.

Addressed by businessmen SM Munir, Mian Muhammad Mansha, Sheikh Aftab Alam and Iqbal Sheikh, the meeting decided to field candidates against different seats.

COLLEGE: The Chiniot Educational Scholarship Society (CESS) will set up a new girls college with an estimated cost of Rs 15 million in Chiniot, says Mian Saleem Omer, CESS president and former chief of the Chiniot Shiekh Biradri.

According to APP. he was addressing a function in connection with the Women’s Day in Faisalabad on Saturday.

He land worth Rs 2 million had already been purchased on Pindi Bhattian road, just 2 km away from the town.

MURDER: Two people were killed over old enmity during a marriage ceremony here on Saturday.

Participants were dancing to drum beat in Chak 15-JB when accused Azhar, Saleem, Jaffar, Nasir, Nawaz and Zakir opened indiscriminate fire. As a result, Jaffar and Ahmed Morha died on the spot.

Sadar police are after the accused.

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