SAHIWAL, May 18: A provincial assembly member of the PML-N was reportedly shifted to the central jail here on Tuesday. Ishtiaq Ahmed was arrested by the Lahore police on May 8 prior to the scheduled visit of Mian Shahbaz Sharif to Pakistan and detained him for three months.

Earlier, MPA Yawar Zaman, who was held on May 8 and awarded the same term of detention, was consigned to the Sahiwal jail. Mr Zaman is now reportedly being shifted to the Rawalpindi Adiala Jail.

BUS LOOTED: Four bandits on Monday night looted a passenger bus near Chak 118/9-L on the Sahiwal-Arifwala road. Reports said that dacoits boarded the Faisalabad-bound bus (GTR-8533), held up the passengers at gunpoint and took away cash, ornaments and other valuables.

Kamir police have registered a case under Section 392 PPC.

ARREST WARRANTS: Judicial magistrate Saqib Ali issued on Tuesday non-bailable arrest warrants for the market committee chief and two PML-Q leaders.

The warrants were issued under 16 MPO and the police ordered to produce them on July 5. Reports said Pervez Qayyum, Sheikh Intizar Husain and Muhammad Usman had taken out a protest procession on the death of a youth, Muhammad Farooq.

Opinion

Editorial

Centre vs provinces
Updated 10 Jun, 2026

Centre vs provinces

The reason the centre finds itself in this position is rooted in its failure to expand the tax net and boost revenues.
Party in crisis
10 Jun, 2026

Party in crisis

THE young KP chief minister must be starting to realise just how thorny a seat he occupies. There has been a flurry...
Varsity woes
10 Jun, 2026

Varsity woes

FINANCIAL crises affecting public sector universities across Pakistan are now having an impact on academic...
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....