OKARA, Aug 15: A convict, who has been undergoing sentence at the Sahiwal central jail after being awarded death penalty, reconciled with the aggrieved party on Friday with a pledge to pay it Rs200,000 compensatory amount.

Manzoor Ahmad, the father of convict Hafiz Ihsanul Haq, has appealed to the philanthropists to extend financial help to them. He has asked them to contact him through Advocate Chaudhry Ghulam Abbas Tammana, Deepalpur tehsil kutchery, or on telephone number 04441-540124.

GANG-RAPE: Three men gang-raped a schoolteacher’s daughter at Attari village in Deepalpur on Friday.

Reports said the three men, identified as Kalay Khan, Muhammad Azam and Muhammad Hassan, entered the schoolteacher’s house in his absence and took his daughter to a deserted place at Attari village, Deepalpur. One of them guarded while the other two raped the girl at gunpoint.

Police have registered a case.

PRESS CLUB POLLS: Zafar Iqbal Chaudhry was elected president of the Okara press club for 2003-04 here on Friday.

The other officials are Dr Sabir Shaheen (vice-president), Tariq Ali Bhutto (secretary-general), Hafiz Masood Ahmad (additional secretary-general, Waris Haidri (secretary information) and Tariq Khan (secretary finance).

Shafiq Rahman and Rao Muhammad Tufail will serve as office secretaries.

Opinion

Editorial

Centre vs provinces
Updated 10 Jun, 2026

Centre vs provinces

The reason the centre finds itself in this position is rooted in its failure to expand the tax net and boost revenues.
Party in crisis
10 Jun, 2026

Party in crisis

THE young KP chief minister must be starting to realise just how thorny a seat he occupies. There has been a flurry...
Varsity woes
10 Jun, 2026

Varsity woes

FINANCIAL crises affecting public sector universities across Pakistan are now having an impact on academic...
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....