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GUJRANWALA, Oct 21: Three people were killed while 25 others injured on Wednesday in a collision between a bus and a coaster on Sialkot Road near Buternwali village.
The speeding bus going to Sialkot from Lahore collided head-on with the oncoming coaster. As a result, Sughran Bibi of Chak Jagna, Muhammad Ayub and Allah Ditta died instantly while 25 others suffered injuries. The injured were rushed to the local DHQ Hospital.
Aroop police have registered a case against the crews of both vehicles and are investigating.
SHOPS DEMOLISHED: Landgrabbers demolished four shops in Bank Square bazaar after looting electronic goods here on Monday.
Imran, Ahsan Khan, Chaudhry Aftab and Pervaiz Ahmad bought these shops on lease from the defunct municipal corporation some 20 years ago.
Kotwali police have registered a case and are investigating.
Meanwhile, the shopkeepers closed their shops in protest and demanded stern action against the landgrabbers.
MMAP: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal will follow the recommendations of the Islamic Ideology Council (IIC) for implementing Islamic laws and providing prompt justice to the oppressed through Sharia courts.
This was stated by MMAP’s MNA-elect Maulana Qazi Hamidullah and MPA-elect Mufti Ghulam Farid Hazarvi while speaking at a religious moot in Civil Lines mosque.
They deplored that US and western media were propagating against the MMAP and depicting a wrong picture of Islam.
The US war against terrorism was actually a war against Islam and Muslims, they said.
Criticizing the double standard of western countries, they said that world powers never condemned the state terrorism against innocent Muslims in Palestine and the occupied Kashmir.
ARRESTED: The district police claim to have arrested nine proclaimed offenders, 12 court fugitives and several dacoits and robbers during a crackdown late Sunday night.
SSP Saud Aziz said police also recovered five pistols, a carbine, dozens of cartridges, a stolen car and three motorcycles from their possession.
WALK: The District Health Office organized an anti-polio walk here on Monday.
DHO Dr Saadullah Khan, EDO (revenue) Tahir Khursheed, EDO (Literacy) Ms Shahida Khan, DHQ Hospital MS Dr Muhammad Javed, other doctors and para-medical staff also joined the walk.
The walk started from Sheranwala Bagh on the GT Road and terminated at the Gondlanwala Chowk. The participants were carrying banners and placards inscribed with slogans about the polio awareness.
Speaking at the rally, the DHO said that around 700,000 children upto five years of age would be administered polio drops in the district. At least 1,400 mobile health teams had also been constituted for this purpose, he added.
