TOBA TEK SINGH: The Faisalabad police on Tuesday arrested the owner of a double-storey hotel at the general bus stand a day after its roof caved in and resulted in two deaths.

The Sargodha Road police registered a case against hotel owner Shakeel Ahmed under section 322 of PPC for negligence by ignoring the dilapidated building.

PROTEST: On the call of the Labour Qaumi Movement, hundreds of workers of more than 30 powerlooms of Faisalabad’s Sadhar industrial area blocked traffic on Jhang Road by staging a protest for their demands to increase their wages.

They also staged a sit-in at Airport Chowk for more than one hour.

FESCO: Officials of the Faisalabad Electric Supply Company (Fesco) have worked day in and day out to fix the faults in the transmission system badly affected by heavy rain during the last six days, says a press release.

Power supply remained suspended in several feeders of Faisalabad, Jhang, Sargodha and Mianwali circles.

CEO Engrr Bashir Ahmed, General Manager Operations Muhammad Saleem and Chief Engineer Operation Muhammad Nazar Dub visited the Distribution Control Centre (DCC) and stayed there till complete restoration of power.

Poles, hoardings and trees which fell on the lines were removed with the help of cranes and electricity was restored. Eight electricity poles fell in Muslim Town sub-division were re-installed by the staff with the help of cranes.

Published in Dawn, July 27th, 2022