Sub-inspector deprived of car

Published December 11, 2001

KASUR, Dec 10: A sub-inspector was deprived of car reportedly by four dacoits near Ada Dina Nath, Phool Nagar, on Monday.

SI Abdul Majid of the Okara police was going to Lahore by a car (MNX-6324) when he was intercepted by four armed men near Dina Nath. The interceptors snatched the car from him and fled.

Fatal crash: Two jeep riders were killed in a road accident on the Lahore-Kasur Road near here on Monday.

The jeep (5692-LOX) was going to Lahore from Kasur. Near Mustafaabad, it overturned after failing of its tie-rod. Farhan Shoaib and Umar Yousaf of Lahore died on the spot. Heirs of the deceased persons however refused to get the case registered.

KIDNAPPED: A contractor and his father were kidnapped near Babaliana, Raiwind, on Monday.

Ghulam Haider borrowed an amount of Rs300,000 from one Hadayat some time back but could not return the same. On Monday, five armed men, including Saleem, Khalil and Amin, kidnapped Haider and his father at the behest of Hadayat and took them to Lahore.

Opinion

Editorial

Debt trap
Updated 30 May, 2024

Debt trap

The task before the government is to boost its tax-to-GDP ratio to the global average by taxing the economy’s untaxed and undertaxed sectors.
Foregone times
30 May, 2024

Foregone times

THE past, as they say, is a foreign country. It seems that the PML-N’s leadership has chosen to live there. Nawaz...
Margalla fires
30 May, 2024

Margalla fires

THE Margalla Hills — the sprawling 12,605-hectare national park — were once again engulfed in flames, with 15...
First steps
Updated 29 May, 2024

First steps

One hopes that this small change will pave the way for bigger things.
Rafah inferno
29 May, 2024

Rafah inferno

THE level of barbarity witnessed in Sunday’s Israeli air strike targeting a refugee camp in Rafah is shocking even...
On a whim
29 May, 2024

On a whim

THE sudden declaration of May 28 as a public holiday to observe Youm-i-Takbeer — the anniversary of Pakistan’s...