TOBA TEK SINGH, June 27: Armed robbers in police uniform looted passengers of a bus on the Toba-Faisalabad Road in Gojra area on Sunday.

The bus (5895-JA) was going to Multan from Faisalabad. Near Chak 282-JB, a car overtook the bus and three armed men in police uniform stopped the vehicle.

Taking the driver and passengers at pistol point, they took the bus to a link road in a deserted area and looted cash, ornaments and other valuables worth Rs1 million from passengers. The outlaws also reportedly tortured some of the passengers on resistance.

CONDEMNED: Various religious and political leaders have condemned the murder of PML-N leader Pir Binyamin Rizvi.

The Tanzeem Ulema Ahle Sunnah held a condolence meeting here on Sunday with its president Sahibzada Faiz Rasool Siddiqui in the chair. It passed a resolution and held the provincial government responsible for the murder of the former provincial minister.

JUI district secretary-general Maulana Lutfullah, PML-N central leader Mian Asadur Rehman and former MNA M Hamza also condemned the murder of Binyamin.

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