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| May 6, 2002 | Monday | Safar 22, 1423 |
Farmers for provision of gunny bags
GUJRANWALA, May 5: Farmers have protested against the food department for not providing them gunny bags for wheat supply.
Some farmers of Naushera Virkan, Kamoki and Wahando areas told newsmen here on Sunday that the government had issued directives that gunny bags should be provided to landlords and farmers instead of commission agents. But food officials were supplying the same to commission agents without any justification.
They alleged that food officials and commission agents were causing a loss to growers by purchasing wheat at low price. They said the food department had not set up any procurement centre in Wahando and commission agents were purchasing wheat from them for Rs250 to Rs260 per 40kg instead of Rs300.
They demanded that gunny bags should be provided to them through one-window operation.
ARRESTED: Five alleged dacoits were caught by the Satellite Town police while planning a dacoity here on Sunday.
Those arrested are Younas, Ashraf, Amanat Ali, Mehtab Ahmad and Rashid.
A rifle, two pistols and three revolvers were recovered from their possession.
INJURED: Three members of a family were injured by dacoits on resistance in People’s Colony here on Sunday.
Five armed men forced their entry into the house of Ghulzar and held up the inmates. On resistance, they opened indiscriminate fire, injuring Ghulzar, his mother Ghulam Fatima and son Abdul Qudus.
The injured were rushed to the local Civil Hospital where the condition of Ghulzar was stated to be critical.
FIVE DIE ON ROAD: Five people, including two brothers, were killed while two dozen others were injured in separate road accidents in and around the city on Sunday.
Two brothers, Naveed and Tanvir, were on their way home in Kamoki when a tractor-trolley crushed them. Naveed died on the spot, while Tanvir succumbed to his injuries at the local Civil Hospital.
Police have arrested tractor driver Shafiq.
One Basharat was killed and 24 others injured when a bus rammed into a roadside tree on Sheikhupura Road near Tetley village. The injured were rushed to hospitals in Kamoki and Naushera Virkan.
Boota of Daska Road was knocked down by a wagon at the Sialkot Bypass Intersection. He died on the spot.
Akram of Rahwali was run over by a coaster while crossing the GT Road.
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