Two killed over land dispute

TAXILA, July 3: Two persons were killed over land dispute in village Wanni in limits of Taxila police station on Sunday.

Police sources said that Mohammad Sher and Mohammad Afsar had a land dispute with some farmers of the area. On Sunday, when their rival Mohammad Arif along with Ghulam Fareed, Nawazish Ali, Mohammad Shahzad and Mohammad Bashrat tried to plough the disputed land, they resisted them. Resultantly, they attacked Mohammad Sher and Mohammad Afsar with iron rods and wooden sticks and fled the scene leaving both of them in the pool of blood.

The injured were taken to THQ hospital but they could not survive. The police registered a case against the accused and started further investigation. — Correspondent

Couple dies in accident

CHAKWAL, July 3: A couple was killed and their son and daughter were injured in a road accident here on Sunday.

Mohammad Hafeez, a resident of Faisalabad, was going to Islamabad with his family. When the family’s car was passing through the Salt Range near Kallar Kahar, it rammed into a truck parked on the road.

Hafeez and his wife Nuzhat were killed on the spot while their son Noman, 22, and Quratul Ain, daughter, were injured. The brother and the sister were rushed to the District Headquarters Hospital. Investigation Officer Mohammad Ajaib told Dawn that the truck was standing on a slope road as it was being repaired by a mechanic. “Hafeez could not control his Cultus (FDA-254) due to hilly and slippery road.

He said the children and heirs of the couple did not opt for any further legal proceedings. “Bodies were handed over to heirs,” the IO said, adding that the injured brother and sister were also shifted to Faisalabad. — Correspondent

Anti-social elements

ATTOCK, July 3: The district administration is devising a strategy on the directives of the Punjab government to launch a special drive against the anti-social elements allegedly involved in land grabbing, encroachments, hoarding, adulteration, profiteering and other such activities.

In a press release, District Coordination Officer (DCO) Shakeel Ahmed said that the anti-social elements were posing threat to the society and the masses interests. He said these elements had been given a deadline of July 5 to mend their ways voluntarily.

After the deadline, the district administration with the assistance of police, special branch, health, labour departments and TMAs of all the six tehsils of the district would jointly launch drive against such elements.

He said that local social circles, traders, political and religious figures would also be taken on board in this regard. — Correspondent

‘BISP scheme apolitical’

ISLAMABAD, July 3: Lashing out at the critics of the social security net, Chairperson Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) Farzana Raja on Sunday said it was purely apolitical scheme initiated for the welfare of the poor without any discrimination.

She said that the PPP’s opponents had been trying in vain to target this welfare programme. “PML-N and especially its leader Nawaz Sharif have been pointing fingers at this programme to avenge defeat in the AJK elections. This shows their negative and anti-poor mentality”, Ms Farzana said while speaking at a press conference here at the BISP Secretariat on Sunday.

She said that Mian Nawaz Sharif dubbed the AJK people as “saleable commodity” adding it was a big insult for the AJK people.

“His remarks regarding BISP, ‘used to win over voters’ reflects his ignorance,” she said. “BISP is completely non-political scheme which is serving the poorest of the poor irrespective of caste, creed or political affiliations,” she claimed. — Staff Reporter