MUZAFFARGARH: Three women vaccinators were injured in an attack at Sarwar Shaheed Chowk on Saturday when they were vaccinating children against typhoid.
The vaccinators’ team, consisting of three lady health visitors (LHVs) and one lady health supervisor (LHS), was busy in typhoid vaccination campaign at the Bhutta Public School when four men and a woman attacked them and tortured them with sticks. Three LHVs were injured in the incident.
Other locals gathered and saved them from the attackers.
The attackers issued death threats to the team and warned it against visiting their area again.
Police reached the spot and registered a case against the suspects, namely Muhammad Sajjad, Abida Parveen, Raju Shah and Mohiuddin.
No arrest has been made till the filing of this report.
SENTENCED: Kot Addu Additional District and Sessions Judge awarded a man seven-year jail term and Rs0.5m fine for contracting a second marriage without permission of his first wife.
ADSJ Asma Tahseen Malik gave the order in a case filed by Muhammad Maqsood, the father of Balqees Bibi, of the Dera Din Pannah area six years back.
He said the convict, Muhammad Arshad, had contracted a second marriage while his daughter had not given him permission to do that.
Published in Dawn, June 27th, 2021
