CHINIOT: Seven people were feared drowned in the river Chenab as a boat carrying 13 picnickers capsized on Friday night.
Rescue workers found one dead body while search for the remaining people was going on. Rescue spokesperson Abid Ali said the dead body of 18-year-old Amina Bibi, daughter of Bashir Ahmad, had been recovered and handed over to the family. Efforts were being made to fish out the bodies of others, he said.
Thirteen people boarded a boat near Adda Kalri bank of the river in Lalian tehsil to enjoy Eid festivities despite a ban on boating and gathering around the river bank and at other recreational spots due to strict observance of Covid-19 SOPs. When the boat reached deep waters, some children tried to take selfies while standing on the edge of the boat which capsized.
Blind murder case solved, three held in Hangu
July 2, 2021
HANGU: The police claimed to have traced and arrested three accused involved in the murder of an 11-year old child in the limits of Tall Police Station.
Speaking at a press conference on Thursday, Superintendent of Police (investigation) Arshad Mahmood and others said that Muhammad Asim, a grade-III student, went missing from Afghan Refugee Camp area some two weeks ago.
They said that Amina Bibi, own mother, came to the police station and registered a case about the disappearance of her child.
The SP added that District Police Officer Ikramullah Khan constituted a team soon after the occurrence to trace the child and his kidnappers.
The Peshawar High Court on Thursday stopped the Pakistan Medical Commission from cancelling the recent admissions to five private medical colleges in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. APP/File
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Thursday stopped the Pakistan Medical Commission from cancelling the recent admissions to five private medical colleges in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and sought admission records.
A bench consisting of Chief Justice Qaiser Rashid Khan and Justice Lal Jan Khattak also expressed displeasure with the long delay in the formulation of rules for the medical tribunal set up under the Medical Tribunal Act, 2020, and directed the law division to notify the same before May 27.
Valuables, cash snatched in Kasur
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KASUR: Several people were deprived of cash and other valuables on Wednesday.
Five bandits barged into the house of Afzal near Chiriwan village, Mustafaabad and took away five toal gold jewellery, Rs 50,000 and other valuables. Six gunmen entered the house of Amina Bibi near Raja Jang and took away 15 tola gold jewellery, Rs 35,000 and other valuables. Four robbers snatched Rs 65,000, a mobile phone and other valuables from Shaukat Ali near Nooh Fateh Dhaba in Phoolnagar City.
MOTORCYCLIST DIES IN ROAD ACCIDENT: A motorcyclist died in a road accident near Shamkot village, Kanganpur. Muhammad Aslam, 50, was travelling on a motorcycle when a speeding truck hit him, leaving him dead on the spot.