OKARA: After an exchange of harsh words between an official of the district administration in Dipalpur and a lawyer, both sides went on a strike including district officials in Okara, Renala and Dipalpur.

As per details, Advocate Sibtain Bhatti’s request related to a case was denied by Dipalpur Assistant Commissioner Faisal Walid and hot words were exchanged between the two. Afterwards, the lawyer asked Dipalpur Tehsil Bar Association (TBA) President Syed Israr Shah Gilani to reach the office of the AC.

However, things further escalated and Diplapur City police SHO was called, who managed to get the AC safely out of the office.

Protesting against the alleged behaviour of the lawyers, the revenue department officials along with patwaris went on a strike.

In response, the Dipalpur TBA also announced to go on a strike along with the lawyers of the District Bar Association (DBA) and Renala TBA.

DBA President Muhammad Asghar Khan and Renala TBA President Fahad Zaman Khan Bhatti announced a complete strike on Friday (today) against the district administration.

ENCOUNTERS: An alleged gunman was killed in an encounter with the Crime Control Department (CCD), while in a separate incident an attacker was arrested in injured condition.

As per the police, a CCD team came under attack by unknown gunmen on Wednesday night in the rural area of Dhool Faqir near Basirpur. The CCD patrolling team retaliated and claimed to find the dead body of one of the attackers after the guns went silent. The CCD claimed that the man was killed by the bullets of his two accomplices who had managed to escape from the scene.

The CCD also claimed to have recovered a stolen rickshaw and a weapon with bullets from the scene.

The deceased was identified as Zulifqar alias Intizar, a resident of village Akbar in Okara tehsil.

Police claimed that he was involved in 39 cases of heinous crimes.

In another alleged shootout, a gunman later identified as Nabeel alias Nabeeli was nabbed in injured condition by a CCD team near Kissan Adda on GT Road.

According to a CCD spokesperson, a weapon with bullets was recovered from the suspect and he was also found to be involved in 12 heinous crimes.

Published in Dawn, October 10th, 2025