TOBA TEK SINGH: A police constable was booked for harassing a female official of a private bank in Nankana Sahib.

The complainant stated in her FIR, registered under Section 509 of the Pakistan Penal Code and Section 155-C of the Police Order by the Nankana Sahib City police, that as she came out of the bank to go home, the suspect in police uniform began following her and pressured her to give him her mobile phone number.

When she snubbed him, the cop threatened her with consequences.

As she boarded a van, he shouted at her through the window. In response, she also shouted back. When bystanders took notice, the suspect fled the scene.

HELD: Millat Town police on Monday arrested Abdul Qadeer Kaka, wanted in an eight-year-old murder case.

According to police, the accused had been declared a proclaimed offender by a court for allegedly shooting dead a cable operator on Ghonna Road in 2017 over a business rivalry.

CASE: The Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) on Monday registered a fraud case against Shorkot tehsil revenue patwari Attiqur Rehman and six accomplices for allegedly transferring land belonging to the complainant, Waseem Hassan Shahzad, to other people.

In his FIR, registered under sections 420, 478, and 471 of the PPC and sections 161 and 5/2/47 of the Prevention of Corruption Act (PCA), Waseem said he had bought land for Rs1.5 million from one of the accused. However, instead of transferring the land to him, the patwari transferred it to another person after allegedly taking a bribe.

PROTEST: Relatives of a deceased woman blocked traffic on Jhang-Multan Road at Shorkot on Monday, demanding the arrest of her alleged killer.

The parents of Samina Bibi told reporters that her husband Mazhar Abbas had poisoned her to death after contracting a second marriage, as she had no children.

The suspect, however, claimed that Samina had died by suicide by taking poison.

Waryamwala police said the autopsy report was awaited from the Toba Tek Singh DHQ Hospital, after which a legal action would be taken.

SAFDAR: Retired Capt Muhammad Safdar visited Khanewal on Monday to offer condolences to the family of former PML-N MPA Haji Muhammad Irfan Daha.

He told reporters he had been sent by PML-N Quaid Nawaz Sharif and Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz to deliver their condolence message to the bereaved family.

He said he also facilitated a phone call between Maryam and the widow of the late Daha, during which Maryam acknowledged the family’s loyalty to the party over the past four decades.

Published in Dawn, June 17th, 2025