CHINIOT: A man was killed allegedly by his brother over a property dispute in the city on Saturday.

Abu Talib who was residing in Murree came to attend an Iftar dinner in Chiniot where he was killed by his brother, Abdullah Khurshid. Both are sons of eminent lawyer Khurshidul Hassan.

Tehsin Fatima, widow of Abu Talib, said they were residing in Murree. She said she, along with her husband Abu Talib and father Ali Abbas, visited home to attend an Iftar dinner on Friday night. When they were returning home around midnight, she said, Abdullah Khurshid stopped them near Post Office and shot six fires at his brother over property dispute.

He was injured and taken to the DHQ hospital from where he was shifted to Faisalabad’s Allied Hospital in a critical condition.

The city police registered a case.

WHEAT: Ground work to achieve the procurement of 50,000 tonnes of wheat has started.

A meeting was held under the chairmanship of DC Asim Javed. Additional Deputy Commissioner General Muhammad Arshad, District Food Controller Fazal Shahid and officials of the line departments attended the meeting.

The meeting decided to establish 35 check posts at the exit and entry points of Chiniot to check wheat smuggling. Moreover, the wheat brokers were directed to purchase wheat only to resell it to the government. The brokers will not keep stocks of over 25 maund at any time.

The district administration has established wheat procurement centres at Lalian, Jamia Abad, Chenab Nagar, Chiniot and Bhowana which have started issuing gunny bags to farmers on a first come first serve basis.

The deputy commissioner has asked the farmers to avail themselves of the facility of official rate of Rs2,200 per maund wheat and sell their produce directly to government instead of being cheated by grain brokers and getting lower rates.

Published in Dawn, April 10th, 2022