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TOBA TEK SINGH, July 16: A 90-foot breach in Khewra canal near Chak 385-JB inundated crops spreading over hundreds of acres of farmland late Monday night.Faisalabad irrigation department west circle superintending engineer Rana Rafiq Ahmad and Jhang executive engineer Abbas Shahid Cheema visited the spot and ordered a probe.
The affected growers demanded that the authorities concerned should write off their loans as compensation.
POLICEMAN RECOVERED: The district police claimed on Wednesday to have recovered a police constable who was ‘kidnapped’ the other day.
Eagle Squad’s Asghar Ali and Javed Iqbal had stopped a car on suspicion and demanded documents. As the occupants failed to produce papers, Asghar got into the car and asked the driver to wheel towards the city police station, but he instead sped to Jhang.
A police team traced the car in Jhang and recovered the constable from the suspects who were identified as Rashid and his son, Imran.
PTCL STRIKE: Employees of the local Pakistan Telecommuni-cation Company Limited on Wednesday locked all gates of the main exchange and demonstrated to condemn the police torture on officials in Islamabad.
