SAHIWAL: A member of the Arifwala Tehsil Bar Council was shot dead over a land dispute in village 71/EB, Dhag Sharif, on Friday.

Reports said Syed Tanvir Shah, practicing lawyer and village lumberdar, was also affiliated with a shrine seat in Dhag Sharif.

He was gunned down in his fields by a man identified as Sultan, alias Chana, of village 73/EB.

According to Saddar Station House Officer Ashiq Abid, the two were involved in a court case over a two-acre land dispute.

Police took Shah’s body for forensic examination, and a postmortem was conducted at Arifwala Tehsil Headquarters Hospital.

CTD: The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) arrested a suspected militant affiliated with a banned outfit near the Passco office, Ghala Mandi, on Friday.

CTD officials said the suspect, Hamza, a resident of Basti Shado Khan in district Layyah, was linked to the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan and Al-Kharij Fitna. He was reportedly on a mission when arrested.

Explosive materials including detonators, prima cards, wires, dry batteries, electric circuits, and an improvised explosive device were recovered from his shoulder bag. A bomb disposal squad defused the device.

A case has been registered under sections 4 and 5 of the Explosive Act and Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act on the complaint of a CTD inspector.

ENCOUNTER: A suspected outlaw was killed while two of his accomplices escaped during an alleged police encounter near 52/GD, Kacha Paka Road, on Thursday night.

According to reports, the Crime Control Department (CCD) tried to stop three motorcyclists at a checkpoint. The suspects allegedly opened fire, prompting police to retaliate. One of the suspects was later found dead in a maize field.

Police claimed he was shot by his own accomplices during the crossfire.

Unable to identify the body, CCD handed it over to Edhi Foundation for burial at Mai Shah Graveyard. A case was registered against unknown suspects under sections 34, 427, 186, 353, 324, and 302 of the PPC on the complaint of CCD Inspector Muhammad Ashraf.

Separately, CCD identified another dacoit killed in a May 15 encounter near village 91/6-R Bypass as Chitta, alias Muzaffar Ali from Batapur, Lahore.

Chitta, an absconder, was wanted in a murder and motorcycle-snatching case registered at Matawain Police Station.

Published in Dawn, May 24th, 2025