GUJRANWALA, Oct 23: Prayer leaders in remote areas have rejected the honorarium offer for the promotion of population welfare programme on loudspeakers in mosques.

The proposal was put forth by the Population Welfare Department, but prayer leaders termed it against Islam.

At a meeting held here on Sunday presided over by Maulana Qari Tanvirul Hasan, the participants said the government wanted to hire prayer leaders for the promotion of un-Islamic culture.

They said the government should abolish the department as it had no room in the Islamic society.

Three killed: Three people, including two truck conductors, were killed while a driver suffered injuries on Sunday in an accident on GT Road in Ghakkhar Town.

Reports said a truck was on its way to Rawalpindi from Lahore when one of its tyres got punctured. Conductor Ismail Khan was replacing the tyre along the road when another truck rammed into it from the rear. As a result, conductors Ismail, Noor Muzammil and helper Shahbaz Khan died instantly while driver Inayat received injuries. He was rushed to the Wazirabad THQ Hospital in critical condition.

SHOT DEAD: A landlord was shot dead over an enmity in Naushera Virkan on Sunday.

Ashraf was on his way home from fields when Mushtaq, Abbas and their accomplices opened fire on him near Sheikhupura Road. He died on the spot.

It was stated that accused Mushtaq suspected that the deceased had a hand in the mysterious disappearance of his brother Iqbal from the village.

SENTENCE: A court handed over one Muhammad Arshed to the Federal Investigation Agency’s passport cell for his alleged involvement in a human smuggling case while two others were sent to jail on judicial remand.

INJURED: Two addict constables tortured and fractured one of the arms of a passerby for forbidding them from smoking heroin-mixed cigarettes here on Sunday.