SAHIWAL: Kalyana police of Pakpattan district recovered the beheaded body of a woman packed in a sack from Khadar Canal near Pull Warseen on Wednesday.

Police said they retrieved the body after being informed about a sack floating in the canal, adding the unidentified murdered woman appears to be around 30 years of age.

According to a policeman, the killers apparently beheaded the woman to conceal her identity.

The police shifted the body to morgue for an autopsy and were trying to identify the deceased woman.

ROAD SAFETY WEEK: Local Rescue 1122 staff and traffic police on Wednesday jointly launched activities to commemorate the Global Road Safety Week in the city to create awareness about traffic rules and safe driving.

District Emergency Officer (DEO) Dr Khalid Abdulla said in Pakistan 83 percent of the road accidents involved motorcyclists as they mostly run bikes above 50km per hour speed without wearing helmet.

He said the number of such accidents could be brought down by more than 60pc if the motorcyclists wore helmets, use side mirrors and keep their speed around 50km per hour. He said underage driving was another major factor in motorcycle accidents.

During the road safety week, the Rescue 1122 will hold seminars, roadshows, awareness walk, distribute pamphlets, directly communicate with young motorcyclists and share road safety tips with the drivers and public transport owners.

APPLICATIONS: Local revenue department received 4,755 applications for 143 posts of patwaris.

According to Additional Deputy Commissioner (revnue) Awais Mushtaq, of the total 143 seats, 83 belong to Sahiwal tehsil, while the remaining 60 are for Chichwawatni tehsil.

The ADC gave these figures during a briefing given to Commissioner Nadir Chattha at the latter’s office, saying the induction would be on transparent and on merit.

Published in Dawn, May 20th, 2021