SIALKOT, Aug 12: On the orders of special Anti-Terrorism Court judge Iftikhar Husain, the Sialkot jail’s arrested assistant superintendents Akhtar Iqbal, Raja Mushtaq and Ghulam Sarwar were sent to the district jail on a judicial remand.

These officials had earlier been detained at the jail where they used to command before the July 25 incident.

Sources told this correspondent that the three suspects had been detained in separate barracks where security had been heightened.

CONDOLENCE: A condolence reference for the four slain judges was held at the District Bar Association’s hall here on Tuesday.

District and Sessions judge Chaudhry Zafar Husain, civil judges and the DBA members prayed for the departed souls.

ELECTROCUTED: Two persons were electrocuted in different parts of the district here 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...