SAHIWAL: A youth allegedly shot dead his married sister in the name of honour here on Saturday at Gobindpura.

Reports said Rani Bibi had contracted marriage with Jamil. The couple had six children. The woman quarreled with her husband and shifted to the house of her younger brother Sarfraz. Some time back, Sarfraz suspected that she had loose morals.

On Saturday, he brought his sister from his house at Jalian Wala Kho to her husband’s house at Gobandpura, shot her dead and managed his escape.

Pakpattan District Police Office Tariq Valaay visited the spot and supervised officials in collecting forensic evidence.

Rescue 1122 shifted the body to the DHQ hospital for autopsy. The DPO has formed a three-member team, led by the Saddar DSP, to arrest the suspect.

ROADS: The highway department will complete four under-construction main roads in Okara district at a cost of Rs4.12 billion under the ongoing Annual Development Programme.

This was stated at a high-level meeting with Commissioner Shoaib Iqbal in the chair on Saturday morning. The commissioner said the roads had been under-construction for the last two years as the required funds could not be released as per the schedule.

Highway SE Arshad Nadeem told the participants that 24-km Depalpur-Haveli Lakha road, 19-km Depalpur-Basirpur road, 27-km Hujra Shah Muqeem road via Shergarth and 16-km Renala Khurd-Shergarth road would be completed in coming three to four months. “Now the cost has increased and another Rs400 million are needed to accomplish the work.”

Meanwhile, in a video-link meeting with the commissioner, Punjab caretaker chief minister Mohsin Naqvi gave the go ahead for reconstruction of 6-km Sahiwal Bypass at Lahore-Khanewal national highway at a cost of Rs1.5bn.

Published in Dawn, July 9th, 2023