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SARGODHA, July 12: The proposed venue of ARD’s public meeting on July 16 has been declared a security risk amid ‘inter-party tension’.
Dawn learnt on Friday various government agencies had reported to their respective heads that Sharbat Chowk was a potential spot for clash.
Pakistan People’s Party and Pakistan Muslim League (N) workers had reportedly developed differences over collecting funds for the meeting.
Analysts term the alliance ‘unnatural’ and believe leaders of both the parties have not accepted each other. They claim both the parties are optimistic about victory in the general election through solo flight.
An insider told Dawn that the PPP and PML(N) leaders and workers had decided they would spend self-collected amount on their parties’ strategies.
Scuffles among workers of each party reportedly took place a couple of days back. Chaudhry Hameed group and Muhammad Asiam Katchela group of the PML(N) blamed each other at the press conference on July 11.
BUS STAND: Eight transporters, plying their vehicles on Bhalwal, Bhera and Phularwan routes, have alleged tehsil Nazim Mian Naseer Ahmad has awarded the General Bus Stand’s contracts to his blue-eyed.
Talking to newsmen on Friday, they said the contractor’s representatives had been extorting Rs90 from each bus and Rs60 from each wagon at the bus stand. The transporters said they had withdrawn their strike call for the convenience of commuters. If the authorities concerned did not stop taking illegal taxes, they threatened they would go on strike for an indefinite period.
They said they demanded a copy of terms of auction and agreement between the contractor and the tehsil Nazim and the proceedings of the minute book, but the officials had bluntly denied.
KILLED: A man was killed while over 10 labourers injured when a wagon collided head-on with a coaster near Remount depot on the Jhang-Sargodha Road on Thursday night.
Reports said a wagon (6949-Karachi-J) was on its way to Chak 84-NB when Sargodha-bound coach (GA-3232) collided with it.
One Ghulam Abbas died on the spot while over 10 labourers were injured. They were admitted to the District Headquarters Hospital.
