TOBA TEK SINGH: The Faisalabad District Bar Association (DBA) observed a strike on Thursday against registration of a murder case against its former general secretary Rana Murtaza Hakeem by the Tandlianwala City police.
In his complaint, Zafar Iqbal claimed that he, Muhammad Zain and his son Muhammad Boota went to the Smart City Housing scheme in Chak 410 GB, Tandlianwala over a dispute of ownership of plots.
He had claimed that Murtaza and his 18 accomplices opened fire with a Kalashnikov on Muhammad Boota and killed him. Police registered a case and have started investigations.
Meanwhile, the Faisalabad DBA observed a strike on Thursday and condemned registration of the case and called it fake. The DBA demanded that the CPO direct the police to discharge the case against him.
HONOUR KILLING: A married woman was allegedly murdered in the name of honour by her brother in Chak 514 GB of Tandlianwala tehsil on Thursday.
According to the Mamukanjan police, the body of a woman, identified as Zahida Perveen (40), was recovered from the fields outside the village. Her father, Ghulam Ishaq, told the Mamukanjan police that she had returned to his house a week ago after quarrelling with her husband Akhtar Zaman of Chak 596 GB.
He claimed that his son Usman had suspected her of having a bad character and he strangled her to death when she went to the farmland with him. Police were conducting raids to arrest the suspect.
YOUTH HELD: A youth was arrested by a team of National Cybercrime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) on Thursday for allegedly blackmailing and harassing a woman.
The NCCIA team, led by investigation officer Sub-Inspector Umar Rehman, arrested Hussain Iqbal. The suspect had been accused of using a woman’s personal WhatsApp data for threatening, blackmailing and harassing her. The team claimed to have recovered his mobile phone and retrieved the complainant’s data from it.
A case has been registered against him and further investigations are ongoing.
OFFICIAL ARRESTED: An anti-corruption establishment (ACE) team led by ACE Deputy Director (Investigation) Muhammad Sarfraz Warraich arrested Jhang DPO office’s accountant Zeeshan Ahmad.
An ACE official claimed the suspect was an accused in a case registered against him by Faisalabad ACE for causing a loss of Rs1.7 million to the department’s exchequer by preparing fake honorarium bills.
PROJECT APPROVED: Gojra Galleria, the first project under the public-private partnership (PPP) model in Faisalabad division to be established on 4.5 acres in Gojra at a cost of Rs500 million, has been approved.
In this regard, a meeting of the divisional public-private partnership working party was held on Thursday with Commissioner Dr Imran Hamid Sheikh, in which Toba Tek Singh DC Maham Asif Malik informed him about the details of the project.
The commissioner said that this was a memorable day for the Faisalabad division. He said that as part of the project, private investors would be provided with various facilities including shops, banks, commercial market, parking plaza and food street.
He said this was the first project and such public welfare projects would also be implemented in other districts of Faisalabad division. He said steps were being taken under the PPP model to construct a parking plaza in Faisalabad.
ACHIEVEMENT: The University of Kamalia (UoK) has secured the third position and won a cash prize of Rs100,000 at the 6th Create2Inspire Student Design Competition, 2026.
A statement on Thursday said that the achievement was significant as UoK’s third semester students competed against participants from 12 other leading universities and design institutions across Pakistan, including final-year students. It said that the success reflected the dedicated efforts of Dr Mudassar, the head of the department of textile and fashion design, and his team.
UoK VC Dr Yasir Nawab congratulated the students and faculty on this achievement.
Published in Dawn, October 16th, 2026
