TOBA TEK SINGH: Robbers took away cash, gold ornaments and other valuables worth more than Rs10 million from the house of a landlord of village Nawab Bhooti located in tehsil Pirmahal.
Reports said four robbers broke into the house of Mehr Ajmal Sargana by scaling its wall and took away cash, gold and other valuables at gunpoint.
Arrouti SHO Mehr Jeewan Khan said Sargana’s family members were at Lahore. They returned in the afternoon when the motorway (M-3), which remained closed due to fog, was opened. He added police were yet to make an estimate of the loss and the case would be registered after receiving application from house owner.
DIRECTIVE: Faisalabad Deputy Commissioner Imran Hamid Sheikh directed the local government department officials to vacate the rooms being used as their office in the building of the Faisalabad Human Rights Centre for Women at Islamnagar.
During his visit to the building, the DC came to know about the use of some rooms of the centre by the local government officials.
12 Injured: Twelve people were injured when a bus and a truck collided due to dense fog at Jhang on Faisalabad Road near Gojra Road Chowk on Monday.
Rescue 1122 said six seriously injured people were shifted to Jhang DHQ Hospital. They were identified as Shahnaz Bibi, 40, her daughters -- Maham, 20, and Sehrish, 16 -- Sana Shahid, 30, Sughran Bibi, 45, and Mumtaz Hussain, 27.
In another accident, a tractor-trolley hit a van near Shah Jeewna located on Sargodha Road as a result Muzaffar Abbas, 50, and Sarfraz, 45, were critically injured and were shifted to the DHQ Hospital.
Published in Dawn, December 27th, 2022
