SARGODHA: As many as five cases have been registered by the Sargodha Police during a special drive against illegal housing schemes in the city.

According to details, the Sargodha Urban Area Police, on the complaint of Enforcement Inspector Muhammad Asharf Munir, registered five separate cases under the Punjab Local Government Act against the owners of housing societies near Mujahid Colony, Chak 42-NB.

The accused include former MPA and leader of PML-N Tabraiz Gill, Syed Fawad Ali, Ansar Iqbal, Syed Mazaharul Haq and Zafar Iqbal. They had been charged for establishing illegal housing schemes and continuing sale and construction work without approval.

The complaint stated that several notices were issued to the owners to stop the construction work, but they did not comply.

The police were conducting raids to arrest the accused.

TORTURE: Armed men allegedly tortured a couple while they were cutting fodder for their cattle, stripped the husband naked at gunpoint and forced the wife to kneel, and made a video of the incident before fleeing on motorcycles.

According to the police, Adnan, Ramzan and Shahid Iqbal allegedly tortured their opponent Nawaz and his wife in Chak 74 NB of Sargodha. The assailants, allegedly humiliated the couple, recorded a video and posted it on social media.

The Jhal Chakian Police registered a case against the three accused on the complaint of victims’ son Riaz and were investigating.

SOLIDARITY DAY: An awareness walk was organised at the University of Sargodha by the Department of Economics in collaboration with the Riaz Shad Co-Curricular Forum to mark the Kashmir Solidarity Day on Wednesday.

The participants highlighted the ongoing human rights violations committed by the Indian forces in the Indian-occupied Jammu and Kashmir. They strongly condemned the atrocities against unarmed Kashmiri civilians and urged the international community to take practical steps to ensure the implementation of United Nations resolutions, granting the Kashmiri people their internationally-recognised right to self-determination.

Speakers emphasised that the Kashmir issue was not merely a political or territorial dispute, but a grave humanitarian crisis. They regretted the continued silence of the global community. They stressed that lasting peace in South Asia was not possible without a just and peaceful resolution of the Kashmir dispute in accordance with the aspirations of the Kashmiri people.

Published in Dawn, February 5th, 2026