MIANWALI, April 27: Gas supply to DHQ Hospital disconnected for non-payment of bills worth Rs225,000.

The hospital management told Dawn on Friday that they have no funds to pay the bill.

It said they have been requesting the authorities concerned but none of them paid any heed to their problem.

The patients and social circles have demanded an inquiry that why funds were not allocated to the hospital to pay the bills.

DEATH SENTENCE: The Mianwali additional district and session’s judge has handed down death sentence with Rs100,000 fine to a murder convict.

Ghulam Mustafa shot dead his brother-in-law Qutabuddin on April 20, 2006, over the distribution of inherited house in Isakhel.

LAWYERS’ STRIKE: The lawyers observed an hour’s token strike and boycotted court proceedings to express solidarity with the suspended Chief Justice of Pakistan on Friday.

Liaquat Ali Malik and Aslam Khan sat in a hunger strike camp on the occasion. Punjab Bar Council member Akram Awan said a complete strike would be observed on May 2 throughout the country according to the instructions of Pakistan Bar Council.