GUJRANWALA, Nov 18: Motorists and transporters have demanded the re-surfacing of GT Road from Kharian to Lahore. The present condition of the road, according to them, is costing them heavily in terms of wear and tear.

"With so many potholes on the dual carriageway, the travelling is not only problematic but dangerous too," says a local transporter.

He said the government earned a huge sum in the shape of toll collection and traffic challan by the Motorway police but the public was not being extended any relief.

LOCAL POLLS: The government will induct municipal administrators at district and tehsil level by dissolving local bodies before their elections.This was stated by Punjab Minister for Food Chaudhry Muhammad Iqbal while talking to journalists here on Thursday. The provincial minister said that there was no shortage of flour in the province.

MURDER: A man, father of four children, was brutally tortured to death by his former brothers-in-law in Ladhewala Warrich when he came there to see his children on Thursday. According to reports reaching here, Khalil Ahmad of Phalora (Sialkot) divorced his wife Nasim Akhter a year ago and handed over two children to her and kept the custody of another two with him.

He visited Nasim's village after getting permission from her to give some gifts to his children. His 'courtesy call' however annoyed Muhammad Ashraf and Younas, his brothers-in-law, who beat him with clubs ruthlessly. Khalil died on the spot.