DERA GHAZI KHAN: Civil Lines police have registered a case against 40 unidentified people, including three nominated contractors of building department for hurling life threat at the media person covering a tender opening event at the building department.

The police registered the case on the complaint of media person who stated that contractors tried to forcibly bar them from covering the opening of tenders and hurled life threat at them.

Civil Lines Station House Officer Iftikhar Malkani said the case against the three contarctors and their accomplices had been registered under section 356 and 506 of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC).

Published in Dawn, December 9th, 2019