GUJRAT: An Anti Corruption Establishment (ACE) team arrested highways department Mandi Bahauddin executive engineer on corruption and bribery charges on Wednesday.

An ACE official said a team led by Mandi Bahauddin assistant director raided the office of highways department and arrested Executive Engineer Faez Shabbir, with Rs100,000 bribe money.

A case has been lodged against the officer at the Mandi Bahauddin ACE police station.

FIVE INJURED: Five workers of the National Highways Authority (NHA) were injured while painting a median on the GT Road when a speeding car hit them near Deona Mandi Stop on Wednesday.

The injured workers were identified as Fareed, Muhammad Boota, Bashir, Imran Nawaz and Murtaza Bakhsh.

Published in Dawn, October 8th, 2026