Who let the dog out? This Pakistani town went in a tizzy looking for commissionerâs lost pet
In a video that went viral, an autorickshaw mounted with a loudspeaker can be seen making announcements, asking people to return the dog to the commissioner.
Tenzin Zompa 29 July, 2021 12:01 pm IST Text Size:
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New Delhi: There was an intense city-wide search on in Pakistanâs Gujranwala. Door-to-door searches, loudspeakers mounted on auto rickshaws and featured as the âbreaking news bulletinâ on TV channels. The town was looking for Gujranwala commissionerâs pet dog. Commissioner Zulfiqar Ahmed Ghuman ordered that the dog be found within 24 hours. All police officers and municipal officials left their respective duties and became busy looking for the dog. The German Shepherd, worth Rs 4 lakh, is now a âVIP dogâ.
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An auto-rickshaw was asked to join the efforts to look for the pet dog that had apparently escaped the commissioner s residence because the gates were open .
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‘Kutta gum ho gaya’ [dog went missing] blared the street-to-street public announcement in Pakistan’s Gujranwala city after the division commissioner s pet dog couldn’t be located anywhere on Tuesday. In an incident that brewed controversy from all quarters, the authorities in Pakistan’s city on July 27 utilized the state machinery and resources to launch a search. This included an auto-rickshaw, whose driver was asked to join the efforts, willingly or unwillingly, to look for the pet that had apparently escaped the Gujranwala Commissioner Zulfiqar Ghuman’s residence because “the gates were wide open,” Pakistan s broadcaster Dawn reported.
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