OKARA: Late on Wednesday, unidentified assailants shot dead a man in Basirpur.
According to Shaukat Ali, he visited his brother Ghulam Nabi at the farmhouse on the outskirts of Jamalkot village. Nabi went outside at midnight to hear barking dogs, and after a while, the family heard gunfire. Nabi was found in a pool of blood when the complainant and others went outside.
A case was filed by the Basirpur police against unidentified suspects.
LIEF TERM: An additional session judge’s court sentenced a narcotics peddler to life in prison and fined him Rs300,000.
About 18 months ago, the City A-division police detained Nazir Ahmad and found 19kg charas and opium on him.
On Thursday, ASJ Akhtar Hussain Bhangu made the verdict public.
Published in Dawn, December 2nd, 2022
