SHEIKHUPURA: Three men set on fire the house of their alleged rival in Kalsian Bhattian village early on Wednesday.

Azam and his associates allegedly had an old enmity with Riaz. On Wednesday morning, they barged into Riaz’s house and set it on fire. The entire house was reduced to ashes. However, Riaz’s family escaped unhurt.

Khanqah Dogran police started an investigation.

ELECTED: Annual elections of the District Media Forum were held here on Wednesday.

According to a notification, Rana Sarwar was elected chairman and Shahid Aslam Jallandhry president.

Samar Iqbal was elected general secretary, Sheikh Nasir Mahmood senior vice chairman, Muhammad Shafique vice chairman, Ghulam Abbas and Waqas Ali vice presidents, Rana Zahid Husain joint secretary, Rana Akram, Mian Younas and Amanat Ali information secretary, finance secretary and office secretary, respectively.

Published in Dawn, April 7th, 2016

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