TOBA TEK SINGH: Cotton bales worth millions of rupees were burnt after a fire broke out at a textile spinning mill on Khumanawala Road on Saturday.

The fire, intensified by string winds, spread over one acre.

Several Rescue 1122 fire tenders took part in the firefighting operation.

The cause of the fire has yet to be ascertained.

The mill is owned by the family of former MNA from Faisalabad, Mian Asim Nazir.

COURT: Faisalabad Additional District and Sessions Judge Rao Mubashir Hassan sentenced a man to life imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs1 million in a murder case on Saturday.

Convict Noor Ahmad Cheema of Chak Jhumra tehsil killed Amer Mahmood Bajwa, an inspector of the Faisalabad market committee, four years ago over a monetary dispute.

The case was registered by FIEDMC police. Two co-accused were acquitted due to lack of evidence.

ACCIDENT: A youth was killed in a road accident near Chak 420 JB on Mochiwala Road on Saturday.

Joseph Masih was riding his motorcycle when a tractor-trolley carrying a wheat thresher entered the road from a side link road leading to the accident.

He was on his way to Chak 424-JB from Gojra.

BODY EXHUMED: The body of a man was exhumed in Chak 338-JB on Saturday under the supervision of Judicial Magistrate Muhammad Shafiq Vaince.

Muhammad Asif had died 10 months ago at his maternal uncle’s house in Mauza Sadhar in Faisalabad.

On a petition by his father Muhammad Yasin, who alleged that Asif was poisoned by his maternal uncle Zahid Farooq, a medical board from Gojra THQ Hospital conducted post-mortem.

Samples from the stomach and intestines were dispatched to the Lahore Forensic Science Laboratory for further analysis.

PROTEST: Employees of the Utility Stores Corporation staged a protest and sit-in in Gojra on Saturday.

They condemned the federal government’s decision to shut down utility stores.

Union leaders, addressing the protesters, demanded that urged the prime minister ensure the adjustment of terminated employees into other government departments.

FIA: The anti-money laundering wing of the FIA arrested proclaimed offender Shoaib Talib in the Ghulam Muhammadabad area on Saturday.

According to officials, Talib was involved in illegally sending people abroad without an overseas employment promoter license. He extorted Rs5.8 million from various victims.

A case was registered against him, and after repeated failure to arrest him, the court had declared him a proclaimed offender.

Published in Dawn, May 4th, 2025