KASUR, Jan 13: Terrorists are the mutual enemies of Muslims and Christians who earlier targeted mosques and Imambargahs.

This was stated by Foreign Minister Mian Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri while speaking to a gathering of Christians at a village near Kasur on Monday.

He said we should unite ourselves against the terrorists who were out to create a rift among us to achieve their ulterior motives.

MPAs Sardar Hassan Akhtar Moakal, Javed Iqbal, Chaudhry Abdullah, Dr Saleem and others also spoke on the occasion.

45 held: Irrigation officials caught red-handed 45 water thieves here on Monday.

The SDO canal, Chhanga Manga, raided various villages of the district and got registered cases against 45 water thieves in different police stations.

SHOT DEAD: A man was shot dead by three people over a money dispute in Rajowal Nau Khudian here on Monday.

Police said Ismail and two accomplices went to the house of Talib Husain and Abdul Sattar and called them out. Following an exchange of hot words, they opened fire killing Talib Husain on the spot.

Khudian police have registered a case.

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