TOBA TEK SINGH: A man from Chak 202-RB in Faisalabad, missing since Jan 24, was found burned in Islamabad’s B17 sector.

According to the Millat Town police FIR registered on Wednesday under sections 302 and 365 of the Pakistan Penal Code, complainant Javed Iqbal said his brother, Zahid Iqbal Zia, contracted a love marriage with Summan Bibi and they had three children.

He said the whole family was kidnapped by unidentified persons on Jan 24 from their house. He went on to say that the burnt body of Zahid had been recovered from Islamabad, but other family members were still missing. Police are investigating.

DIES: On Wednesday, a labourer was crushed to death in a fabric processing machine in Faisalabad at a mill near the toll plaza on Satiana Road.

Rescue 1122 said Shaukat Ali of Mamoon Kanjun was working on a machine in the factory when his hand unexpectedly got entangled in it, causing the machine to crush him to death.

COMMISSIONER: Commissioner Silwat Saeed says that with the support of philanthropists, the medical emergency services of the Allied Hospital will be expanded.

She said this at a meeting on Wednesday that was attended by Punjab Medical University VC Prof Dr Zafar Ali Chaudhry, Allied Hospital Medical Superintendent Dr Arshad Cheema, industrialists Syed Umar Nazar Shah, Shahid Javed, Shoaib Mukhtar, Farooq Ahmed Sheikh and Ahmed Shafi.

She appreciated the support of the business community in the development of the city. She appreciated the establishment of Ehsan Dastarkhan and said the divisional and district administration will provide all possible support for this public initiative.

A Jashan Baharan will be planned with the government and private schools and colleges, in which industrialists will be involved.

Syed Umar Nazar Shah informed about the steps taken in the field of development, education and health of the city from the forum of Faisalabad Development Trust.

Published in Dawn, February 2nd, 2023