FAISALABAD, Feb 8: Three people, including an officer of the National Savings Centre, were killed and as many injured when their jeep hit a roadside tree near Khurrianwala on Sunday.

Reportedly, NSC officer Abdul Sattar Khalid, along with some of his colleagues and friends, was on way to Lahore by a car. Besides him, Bashir Ahmed and Jawed Ahmed died on the spot while Asghar, Shahbaz and Raja Khan sustained serious injuries. The condition of injured Asghar is stated to be critical.

DEMO: Hundreds of religious workers held a demonstration against the arrest and detention of three MMA leaders here at the Clock Tower Chowk on Sunday.

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