Two killed in land row

Published November 2, 2007

GUJRAT, Nov 1: Two men were shot dead and a woman was injured in a land dispute in Faizpur Qasba of Sara-e-Alamgir on Thursday.

Azhar Iqbal and Shabbir Ahmed quarrelled over 11 marla land. Later, Ahmed’s men opened fire, killing Iqbal and Muhammad Rafique and injuring Iqbal’s wife Rubina. She was taken to the district hospital, while the bodies of Iqbal and Rafique were handed to their families after their autopsies. — Correspondent

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