FAISALABAD, June 11: Eight-year-old daughter of a revenue office patwari was killed by kidnappers here on Tuesday.

Reports said Farzand Ali’s daughter Zunera was kidnapped by some people on Monday night when she was playing outside her house in Gulfishan Colony, in the Jhang Bazaar police station limits.

On Tuesday morning, her parents found the girl lying in pool of blood in the street. The body was shifted to the local Allied Hospital for postmortem.

Police have registered a case.

ARRESTED: The district police claimed to have arrested 136 proclaimed offenders with illicit weapons during a special campaign in May.

A police spokesman in a statement on Tuesday claimed the police launched the campaign on the orders of District Police Officer Tassaduq Husain.

He said the police also arrested 353 people with illicit arms and 247 pushers.

NOTICES: The local environment protection department has issued notices to 50 shopkeepers warning them against selling empty chemical barrels, it is learnt on Tuesday.

Opinion

Editorial

Doctor attacked
09 Jun, 2026

Doctor attacked

AN act of reprehensible violence has shaken the medical community. On Saturday, an employee of the Provincial Civil...
AJK flare-up
Updated 09 Jun, 2026

AJK flare-up

The situation started deteriorating after a trader affiliated with the JAAC was reportedly shot in an altercation with law-enforcers.
Fault lines
09 Jun, 2026

Fault lines

THE April 8 ceasefire that halted hostilities between Israel and Iran has encountered its most serious test yet....
Soft on traders
08 Jun, 2026

Soft on traders

THE Fixed Tax Asaan Scheme for traders with an annual turnover of up to Rs200m has been designed as a ‘pragmatic...
Ceasefire in name
Updated 08 Jun, 2026

Ceasefire in name

Both sides accuse the other of violating the truce that was supposed to halt the conflict in April, yet neither appears willing to abandon negotiations altogether.
Damaged childhoods
08 Jun, 2026

Damaged childhoods

CHILD abuse is so prevalent that the UN ranked Pakistan as the least safe country for children. Even so, more than...