Girl kidnapped

Published October 18, 2002

SHIKARPUR, Oct 17: Four armed men kidnapped a young girl sleeping in her home in the jurisdiction of Lakhi Gate police station.

Ahsanullah Jhulan, the brother of the kidnapped girl, Noor Jehan, has lodged an FIR against Ghulm Sarwar Jhulan, Ghulam Qadir Jhulan, Shahid Lakho and Mir Bhutto.

KILLED: A man was killed as a 15-member bandit gang attempted to rob a truck on Shikarpur-Kandhkot road on Wednesday night.

The truck driver refused to slow down his vehicle despite the bandits’ firing. Khanpur police have registered a case.

HESCO: The chief executive of Hesco, Brig Tariq Arshad, held an open katchehry here at the district council hall on Thursday.

He disposed off some of the public complaints regarding excessive billing, removal of meters, detection bills and other problems faced by the consumers.

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