BAHAWALPUR: A girl travelling by Green Express was critically injured on Saturday when she fell from the platform on the track on which the train had started moving.

According to eyewitnesses, Areeba (20) travelling along with her brother from Karachi to Lahore disembarked from the train to drink water. She attempted to board the moving train but failed and fell between the platform and the track. Her legs got chopped off.

The girl was removed to local hospital where she was stated to be critical.

SHOPKEEPERS HELD: The price control magistrates have arrested as many as 303 shopkeepers, got 76 first information reports registered and imposed a fine of Rs2.1 million during a week-long surprise raids in three districts of Bahawalpur division.

This was stated by Commissioner retired Capt Muhammad Zafar Iqbal while chairing a high-level meeting to review the situation in connection with the rising prices, ongoing vaccination campaigns of measles and Covid and the availability of fertilisers in the division here on Saturday. The deputy commissioners of three district participated in the meeting via video link.

The commissioner directed the officials to ensure supply of fertilisers on controlled prices as there was adequate stock available in the market. He also directed payment from sugar mills to growers in accordance with the rate fixed by the Punjab government.

POULTRY MEDICINES: The Federal Investigation Agency claimed on Saturday to have arrested two people on charges of selling spurious poultry medicines worth hundreds of thousands of rupees.

According to FIA Deputy Director Sarfraz Ali, a team [on a tip-off] raided a motorcycle-rickshaw and recovered substandard poultry medicines.

Rickshaw driver Abbas said he was going to deliver medicines to a poultry farm owned by Muhammad Asim. The FIA conducted a raid and arrested the owner. Further investigation is under way.

Published in Dawn, November 28th, 2021