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SHIKARPUR, Dec 7: Police arrested 18 Jatoi tribesmen for setting a paddy field on fire and stealing crops near Garhi Yasin on Friday.
Nisar Ahmed Jatoi lodged an FIR against his uncle, Advocate Habibullah Jatoi, cousin Zafar Iqbal Jatoi, and 18 other relatives saying that they had set his field on fire and stolen crops which were growing on 50 acres.
Police arrested Habibullah Jatoi, his son Zafar Iqbal Jatoi, and other people nominated in the FIR.
SALARIES DEMANDED: The employees of the public health engineering department took out a rally on Friday against the non-payment of their salaries.
The protesters marched on Station Road and staged a demonstration in front of the press club. They demanded that they be provided their salaries, which remain outstanding since the last 17 months.
They also urged authorities to regularize the services of those employees who had been working for five years or more on daily wages.
