SIALKOT, April 24: The Daska city police on Thursday registered a case against the manager and two other men of a utility store for selling ghee at inflated rates at a private place. According to the first information report, the police have registered a case against store manager Naveed Ahmad and two others for selling ghee packs at a private place instead of the utility store.

They were selling each pack of 1kg ghee for Rs125 per pack instead of the utility store rate of Rs67 per pack. The police have seized 192 ghee packs and a mini truck on which these were being sold and are trying to arrest the accused.

FIA: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has arrested alleged human traffickers Waris Ali and Tariq Mehmood from the outskirts of Sialkot city. According to an official, the accused are involved in sending dozens of people abroad illegally.

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