700 health officials denied salaries

Published October 28, 2005

SADIQABAD, Oct 27: As many as 700 paramedical staffers have been facing a crunch time just ahead of Eid, as they have not been paid their salaries for the last two months.

This was alleged by Mr Farooq Kashif, the paramedical staff president in Rahim Yar Khan.

MURDER: A mentally retarded person allegedly killed his cousin and injured another near Khanpur the other day.

According to reports, Jameel Korai, who resides at a place near Khanpur, clubbed his cousins — Muhammad Ilyas and Munawar Husain. The former died while the latter suffered injuries and was hospitalized.

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