BAHAWALPUR: Two men allegedly chopped off the nose of a young girl on Thursday night in Yazman, about 30km from here.

According to police, Shahid Baloch wanted to marry the girl, but she refused. An infuriated Baloch along with his accomplice, Nazik, allegedly confronted the girl, chopped off her nose and fled from the scene.

She was rushed to Bahawal Victoria Hospital where her condition was stated to be serious.

Yazman police registered a case against the suspects and were conducting raids for their arrest.

Balochistan: Girl killed in name of ‘honour’

CHOLISTAN: Taking serious notice of officials’ poor performance, negligence, inefficiency and slow pace of work in the implementation of various projects announced by the chief minister under the Cholistan Package, Commissioner Javed Akbar, a retired captain, ordered constitution of sub-committees to gear up work in the desert.

According to a handout, presiding over a meeting of Cholistan’s implementation committee on Friday, the commissioner directed that members of the sub-committees would inspect uplift projects in the desert and officials and employees found responsible for substandard work would be severely dealt with and taken to task.

He made it clear that transparent implementation on Cholistan Package projects was a challenge and the departments concerned should coordinate among themselves for its smooth implementation.

Cholistan Development Authority Managing Director Iqbal Husain claimed there was adequate drinking water and grass for livestock and Cholistanis did not move from their houses.

TOP STUDENTS: Punjab Minister for Industries Chaudhry Muhammad Shafiq, MNA Begum Parveen Masood Bhatti, MPA Begum Fauzia Ayub Qureshi and Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education Chairman Dr Mehmoodul Hasan on Friday distributed cash prizes, laptops, medals and commendation certificates among students securing top positions in the 2014 matriculation examination.

HIGH ALERT: Security was on high alert across the district on the occasion of Al-Quds Day and Jummatul Wida.

According to the DPO, as many as 1487 police personnel were deployed at 465 mosques and imambargahs.

The main rally was taken out under the auspices of Majlis-i-Wahdatul Muslimeen. The participants, led by Shia leader Mureed Husain and MPA Syed Waseem Akhtar, after marching through Circular Road reached Farid Gate where the leaders addressed them.

Speakers condemned Israel’s attacks on the people of Palestine and urged world nations to unite to rescue Palestinians.

Two other rallies were taken out from different imambargahs.

Published in Dawn, July 26th, 2014