Attempt to smuggle wheat foiled

Published July 30, 2008

MIANWALI, July 29: Police claimed on Tuesday to have foiled a bid to smuggle wheat to the NWFP from Dara Tang which is located in Isakhel tehsil (75 kilometres from here).

A Dara Tang check post team stopped a truck (PRE-1910) on suspicion, and found 230 sacks of wheat hidden under the fodder. The police arrested driver Ghulam Bashir who claimed that he was carrying wheat from Punjab to the NWFP.

The police instituted a case against the driver.

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
09 Jun, 2026

AJK flare-up

MATTERS have worsened in the stand-off between the Azad Kashmir government and the Joint Awami Action Committee,...
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...