CHINIOT: The City police have registered a case against a citizen after his pet dog injured two persons and booked him for keeping the dog without a no objection certificate (NOC) from the Chiniot municipal committee.

As per details, on the complaint of Municipal Committee Enforcement Inspector Muhammad Saleem, the City police registered the case stating that suspect Nazim Ali, a resident of Mohallah Baqir Wali of Chiniot, was keeping a pet dog in his house without an NOC.

In the complaint, he claimed that his dog had bitten two passersby, Muhammad Usman and his father Abdul Raheem.

Police claimed the suspect managed to flee after hearing about the registration of the case against him.

ACCIDENT: A youth was critically injured after being hit by a Punjab government’s electric bus, which was allegedly plying on the wrong side of the Chiniot-Sargodha Road.

As per details, the e-bus was travelling towards Lalian when it went to the opposite side of the road to avoid traffic. The youth, identified as Muhammad Umar, a resident of Kot Muhammad Yar, was critically injured after he was hit by the bus. The bus driver, identified as Asghar Ali, left the vehicle on the road and fled from the scene.

Scores of people gathered at the scene and shifted the injured youth to the DHQ Hospital in critical condition.

The City police said that so far it had received no complaint from the victim for registration of a case.

Published in Dawn, November 12th, 2026