SAHIWAL: Afarm worker faced public humiliation when his head and moustache were shaved off by a landlord who had a dispute with the victim’s employer at village Ferozepur Chishtian, tehsil Pakpattan.

According to reports, Ali Raza, 25, worked as a farmhand for landlord Muhammad Sardar who had a land dispute with neighbouring landlords Shahzad and Ashfaq, residents of Chak 6/KB. Two days ago, Ali Raza was resting near a paddy harvest after work when Shahzad, accompanied by two armed men, arrived there and allegedly tortured him before shaving half of his head and moustache with a blade.

Witnesses Muhammad Hanif and Muhammad Iqbal alerted the police through 15. Kalyana Police registered a case on complaint of the victim’s brother, Allah Rakha, two days after the incident and arrested Shahzad.

Published in Dawn, October 19th, 2026