SIALKOT, March 2: The brother of a local councillor, Yousaf, and his friend, Zeeshan, were shot dead allegedly by six people over a petty dispute in Nai Abadi, Tariqabad, Sialkot city, on Sunday.

The police have registered a case against the accused, including Ali Raza, Sunny, his mother Farukh Sultana and Moazzam Shaikh.

ENTRY BANNED: The district government has banned the entry of 30 ulema into Sialkot district during Muharram.

The ulema are Qari Abdul Qadeer Khamosh (Lahore), Maulana Irfan Hyder Abidi (Sargodha), Maulana Attaullah Bundiyalwi (Sargodha), Maulana Ziaul Haq (Sargodha), Maulana Syed Shabeer Husain (Hafizabad), Maulana Manzoor Ahmad Chinioti (Chiniot), Maulana Ali Sher Hyderi (Toba Tek Singh), Maulana Mohammad Yahya Mohsin (Sanghtara-Narowal), Qazi Kafaiyatullah (Dinga-Gujrat), Maulana Syed Ahmad Multani (Multan), Maulana Ghulam Ahmad (Kabirwala-Khanewal), Maulana Abdul Sattar (Taunsa Sharif), MNA Maulana Azam Tariq (Jhang), Maulana Abdul Karim Jhangvi, Maulana Mohammad Hanif (Dinga-Gujrat), Maulana Abdullah Nisar, Maulana Abdul Rashid (Gujranwala), Taj Din Hyderi (Rahwali), Manzoor Husain (Sohdara-Wazirabad), Riaz Husain Hyderi (Gujranwala) and Syed Sajid Ali Naqvi.