TOBA TEK SINGH: An autopsy report confirmed the murder of a woman 12 days after her death in the Tirkhani police area of Samundri tehsil.

Complainant Muhammad Shoaib, a resident of Chak 41/GB, claimed in the first information report that his sister, Tahira Yasmin, and her husband, Ghulam Murtaza, had strained relations and he strangled her on Dec 21.

On his complaint, police shifted her body to the Tehsil Headquarters Hospital, Samundri, where her autopsy was conducted. The autopsy report confirmed that Tahira was strangled.

The report was received by the police on Thursday and they registered a case against Tahira’s husband.

In another case, a man was strangled by his own shawl when it got entangled in the rear wheel of a motorcycle-rickshaw on Patton-Chenab Bridge Road in Shorkot.

The deceased was identified as Afzal (35) who was going to Jhang. After he became unconscious, he was shifted to Shorkot THQ Hospital where he expired.

FCCI: The National Economic Transformation Plan (Uraan Pakistan) will help the government achieve the new economic targets in order to make Pakistan a trillion-dollar economy by 2035, said Rehan Naseem Bharara, president of the Faisalabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry.

In a statement, he termed Uraan Pakistan as a breakthrough in economic stalemate as it would switch over from the import dependence to export-centric strategies, which was a must to get rid of poverty in addition to putting the country on the road to prosperity.

He stressed the need for consultation with the business community to make the government’s economic framework productive, result-oriented and sustained.

Mr Rehan said that no government policy could yield desired results within a given timeline unless it was owned by the real stakeholders. He said there was no dearth of resources and we must take appropriate measures to fully exploit the untapped potential of different sectors.

He underlined the importance of the textile sector, saying at least 16 subsectors of this value-added chain were still under-utilised.

He said if only one percent growth target was fixed for each segment starting from ginning, spinning, weaving, dyeing and calendaring up to finished garments, the government must ensure continuity of policies in addition to providing conducive business climate to get maximum share from this services sector.

PROFESSOR RETIRES: Prof Dr Muhammad Jalal Arif, chairman of the Department of Entomology, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, retired upon reaching the age of superannuation.

He served the university for 34 years in various positions. He has been replaced by Dr Muhammad Tayyab from the Department of Entomology.

Dr Arif joined the university in January 1990 as a lecturer. He also served as Entomology Department chairman for three terms, and worked as the principal officer of Public Relations and Publications for 14 years.

Published in Dawn, January 3rd, 2025