Widow, grandson murdered

Published December 13, 2001

SAHIWAL, Dec 12: A widow and her grandson were reported killed at ‘Sehr’ on Wednesday while her granddaughter injured seriously over a land dispute.

Zainab, widow of Muhammad Yaqoob, after the death of her husband leased out 12.5 acres of land to one Bashir Ahmad. Bashir occupied the land and stopped giving rent of the land a decade ago. On it, Zainab moved the court which ejected Bashir two years ago.

Zainab’s eldest son Ibrahim started cultivating the land and shifted his mother, his son Bilal and daughter Sadia along with his brother Hanif to Sahiwal.

Bashir along with two accomplices entered the house after Hanif had gone to the area mosque to say Fajr prayers and attacked Zainab, Bilal and Sadia with knives killing the former two on the spot and injuring the latter. Bilal was a class two student and Sadia a class six.

Sadia was admitted to hospital where her condition was stated to be serious.

Police have registered a case with no arrest.

ACCIDENTS: Three people were killed in two accidents here on Wednesday.

A woman, Mahmooda alias Moodan, was crushed by a speeding tractor (KS-3778) near Adda Chhabeel on the Sahiwal-Arifwala Road. She died on the spot.

A motorcycle (OKB-2965) rammed into a roadside tree while overtaking a donkey cart on the Noorshah-Faisalabad Road near Chak 45-GD as a result of which Muhammad Tufail and his wife Zubaida died on the spot.

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...