SUKKUR, June 22: A case was registered against three office- bearers and some workers of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement on Monday for allegedly attacking the house of a People's Party Parliamentarian leader.

The Kandhkot police also conducted raids to arrest Sikandar Shah, Subhan Nasirani and Ghulam Rasool Nasirani and others but in vain. PPP Jacobabad president Dr Fida Mirani, a resident of Kandhkot town, had led a protest rally against the murder of Munawar Suharwardi.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr Mirani had referred to the statement of Benazir Bhutto in which she had alleged that activists of the MQM were involved in the murder of Munawar Suharwardi. On this Muttahida leaders and their workers attacked his house and tried to kill him but he was not in the house.

CASE REGISTRED: The Rohri police on Monday on the complain of Abdul Nabi registered a case against three persons for criminally assaulting a boy. Lakhmir, son of Abdul Nabi, 12, was on his way to home when Ali Hassan Shaikh, Rafiq Shaikh and Kakoo Shaikh kidnapped him and took him into a house. They criminally assaulted the boy throughout the night and released him in the morning.

Opinion

Editorial

On press freedoms
Updated 03 May, 2026

On press freedoms

THE citizenry forgets, to its own peril, how important a free and independent media is in the preservation of their...
Inflation strain
03 May, 2026

Inflation strain

PAKISTAN’S return to double-digit inflation after 21 months signals renewed economic strain where external shocks...
Troubled waters
03 May, 2026

Troubled waters

PAKISTAN’S water crisis is often framed in terms of scarcity. Increasingly, it is also a crisis of contamination....
Iran stalemate
Updated 02 May, 2026

Iran stalemate

THE US and Iran are currently somewhere between war and peace. While a tenuous ceasefire — extended largely due to...
Tax shortfall
02 May, 2026

Tax shortfall

THE Rs684bn shortfall in tax collection during the first 10 months of the fiscal year is a continuation of a...
Teaching inclusion
02 May, 2026

Teaching inclusion

DISCRIMINATORY and exclusionary content in Punjab’s textbooks has been flagged in Inclusive Education for a United...