NAROWAL: Six persons were injured in a collision between two speeding motorcycles near Salar Bangla, Khanqah Dogran, in Sheikhupura on Sunday.
Rescue 1122 Sheikhupura spokesperson Rana Tajammul Hussain said a phone call was received about the accident and as soon as the call was received, the rescuers immediately reached the spot. In the accident, 40-year-old Maqbool Bibi, 20-year-old Muhammad Zain, 22-year-old Asim Ali, 14-year-old Muhammad Usman, 20-year-old Irfan Ali and 18-year-old Muhammad Akash were seriously injured. The rescuers provided first aid to the injured and shifted them to the public hospital.
The condition of one of the injured youths is critical.
TRAINING: Deputy Commissioner Sialkot Owais Mushtaq says making women skilled and economically independent is an important need of the time. He said the work was underway to find suitable land for the establishment of a labour colony for workers, adding that the Punjab government was active to resolve the problems of workers.
He stated this while distributing certificates among 40 women on successful completion of 60-day training courses in Digital and Social Media Marketing, Sewing and Embroidery, Beautician and Cooking, under a project for women’s economic self-reliance and promotion of sustainable development, organised in collaboration with the Leather Product Development Institute, Bedari and UN Women.
The ceremony was attended by Bedari Executive Director Arshad Mirza, Social Welfare Deputy Director Shahid Ishaq, former chairman Leather Product Development Institute Amjad Hussain Sheikh, Leather Product Development Authority Manager Rana Amjad Hussain, labour leader Abdul Shakoor Mirza, Hina Noreen, Ashfaq Nazar, Sajid Iqbal Khan, Director Pakistan Radio Ahmed Raza Cheema and Asif Raza, besides other participants.
The DC said training in digital and social media marketing held special importance in the present era. He said through digital marketing, women could get access to a wide market for the promotion and sale of their products while sitting at home.
He added that skills like sewing and embroidery, beautician and cooking could prove helpful in creating new opportunities for employment and business for women. Appreciating the quality of products made by women, he said that the products presented in the exhibition were of high quality. He said that it was his wish that the products made by women should also be presented in an exhibition at the Lahore Expo Centre and opportunities should also be created to introduce them at the international level.
Earlier, DC Mushtaq inaugurated the Meena Bazaar, comprising stalls of household and industrial handicrafts and various products made by women, and visited different stalls, showing keen interest in the products.
Published in Dawn, November 9th, 2026
