Youth shot dead

ATTOCK, Dec 5: A young cricket player was shot dead here on Monday.

Niaz Siddiqui of Sahdan village reported to the Hazro police that his nephew Ehsan Abass was playing cricket in the local cricket ground when two boys - Aqeel and Mehmood Ahmed - reached there and scuffled with him. Later, Mehmood Ahmed allegedly shot him with a pistol. The injured was taken to the tehsil headquarters hospital Hazro where he died.

The complainant said a few days back the deceased and the accused had quarreled over some issue but the matter was resolved by the local elders.

The relatives of the deceased also accused the THQ hospital administration of not providing timely medical treatment to the injured. — Correspondent

Site for shopping plaza

MURREE, Dec 5: On the directive of Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif, local authorities visited Jika Gali Bazaar to select a site for construction of a proposed shopping plaza for the traders whose shops were demolished to build a parking plaza.

It may be noted that due to negative reports by the soil testing agencies, the construction of the parking plaza was canceled but not before demolition of about 32 shops.

At that time, the shopkeepers were promised that they would be provided shops in the shopping plaza which was to be constructed at Lower Topa Road.

The affected shopkeepers approached the Murree Town Administration and their elected representatives but to no use.

Finally, their representatives met the PML-N chief during his recent visit to Murree and apprised him of their problems.

Mr Sharif asked the district administration and local party representatives to solve the issue of the shopkeepers in seven days.— Correspondent