TOBA TEK SINGH, Nov 20: Seven people kidnapped a 12-year-old boy after snatching Rs50,000 in cash from his father on Saturday night.

Muhammad Yousaf, of Chak 486-JB, was going to Chak 320-JB from Toba along with his son Muhammad Mansha, a Class VI student. When they reached near the village, seven unidentified men took them on gunpoint, snatched a cellular phone and Rs50,000 in cash from Yousaf and took Mansha along with them.

The Sadar SHO said that the suspects had thrown the cellular phone before fleeing. The police, however, registered a case. SWINDLED:

A man took away cattle head worth over Rs3 million after cheating different villagers in Nawan Lahore area before Eidul Azha.

According to the police, Rana Muhammad Husain and several other farmers complained to them on Saturday that a man, who introduced himself as cattle trader with three fake names, Maqbool, Babar and Aslam, in different villages, had taken away dozens of sacrificial animals after making some advance payment with a promise to pay the remaining amount at Nawan Lahore after few hours. They said that they could not find the man when they went to receive the part payment.

Editorial

Ominous demands
Updated 18 May, 2024

Ominous demands

The federal government needs to boost its revenues to reduce future borrowing and pay back its existing debt.
Property leaks
18 May, 2024

Property leaks

THE leaked Dubai property data reported on by media organisations around the world earlier this week seems to have...
Heat warnings
18 May, 2024

Heat warnings

STARTING next week, the country must brace for brutal heatwaves. The NDMA warns of severe conditions with...
Dangerous law
Updated 17 May, 2024

Dangerous law

It must remember that the same law can be weaponised against it one day, just as Peca was when the PTI took power.
Uncalled for pressure
17 May, 2024

Uncalled for pressure

THE recent press conferences by Senators Faisal Vawda and Talal Chaudhry, where they demanded evidence from judges...
KP tussle
17 May, 2024

KP tussle

THE growing war of words between KP Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur and Governor Faisal Karim Kundi is affecting...