SARGODHA: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has divided into many groups for the by-poll in PP-34 and dissident group has fielded its candidate, weakening the position of the party candidate.
The PML-N awarded the party ticket to Tabraiz Gill while other 26 candidates were refused. The rebel group workers have alleged that Senior Advisor to Chief Minister Zulfiqar Khosa gave the ticket to Tabraiz on the basis of favouritism as he had no strong position in the constituency. They also alleged that Khosa had received money for giving the party ticket and they would not support Tabraiz Gill. “Tabraiz is the cousin of former MPA Rizwan Gill who was disqualified by the Supreme Court and the ticket was awarded to the same family.”
Meanwhile, all the angry groups of the PML-N are not campaigning for Tabraiz. They are candidly supporting the rebel group candidate, Ijaz Kahlon. PML-N city president Hamid Hameed was also refused the part ticket. He is very influential in the area and so far he is supporting Ijaz Kahloon. On the other hand, the Katchela group of New Satellite Town was also angry with the PML-N leaders and they are not supporting the party candidate openly.
Meanwhile, Anjuman-e-Tajran University Road president Malik Abid was also in race for the PML-N ticket, but he was refused the ticket. After the refusal, traders are still indecisive about supporting Tabraiz. Zil-e-Subhan, son of MPA Tayyaba Zameer, is also contesting but he has no influence in the area and he will not bag more than 1,000 votes.
Interestingly, the Jamaat-e-Islami which bagged approximately 10,000 votes in the constituency has not so far supported any candidate and announced to withdraw from the election. However, some JI office-bearers are canvassing for Ijaz Kahlon who seems to be a strong candidate as compared to PML-N candidate Tabraiz Gill. The JI has a good vote bank in the Satellite Town and New Satellite Town and it clinched the UC nazims seats from there. Though JI leaders are continuously saying that they have boycotted the election due to rigging in the by-polls in Lahore, but they are secretly supporting Ijaz Kahlon who is enjoying a good position in rural areas of the constituency.
Addressing a meeting at 87/NB, PML-N district leader Mumtaz Kahloon claimed that all the angry party factions were supporting them and they would not withdraw from the election. He alleged that Zulfiqar Khosa was destroying and dividing the party and party leaders were not informed about the award of the ticket.
He said that a large number of the General Council members had opposed the nomination of Tabraiz Gill. “Khosa awarded him ticket after receiving bribe from him,” he alleged. He said that they were bound to the party discipline, but the leadership should also respect the feelings of the workers. He said that he would give the seat to the party after his success. “Voters are supporting us as we are honest while our rival Tabriz does not enjoy good reputation. Our rivals resorted to aerial firing after getting the party ticket and their character is before the people,” he maintained.
Health Secy suspends hospital AMS, laboratory in-charge
From Our Correspondent
SARGODHA: Punjab Health Secretary Fawad Hassan on Tuesday paid a surprise visit to the district headquarters hospital and suspended the additional medical superintendent and the laboratory in-charge for corruption and poor cleanliness arrangements.
The health secretary inspected different wards of the hospital and expressed dissatisfaction over poor cleanliness. He found corruption in the laboratory affairs and suspended Additional Medical Superintendent Dr Khalil and Laboratory In-Charge Malik Aziz. He also ordered to remove nameplates of the doctors from the hospital rooms. Meanwhile, the visitors lodged their complaints to the health secretary against the doctors and said no qualified doctor attended patients at the hospital. They said the doctors often asked the patients to come to their private clinics and hospitals. On this, the secretary ordered the medical superintendent to make the situation better in six weeks, otherwise strict action would be taken against those staffers, who would be found involved in slackness.
PRISONER ATTEMPTS SUICIDE: A prisoner attempted suicide in the District Jail on Tuesday.
Reportedly, Shahid tried to end his life by striking his head against the wall. He was admitted to the jail hospital in a critical condition.
THREE INJURED: Three members of a family were injured in a gas cylinder explosion at Chak 45/SB on Tuesday.
Reportedly, a woman was cooking food in her house when the cylinder suddenly exploded. As a result, the labourer, his wife and their son received burns. They were rushed to the DHQ hospital from where the labourer was referred to a Lahore hospital due to his critical condition.
MAN ELECTROCUTED: A man was electrocuted at Kot Pehlwan on Tuesday.
Reportedly, tenant Asghar was operating a tube-well at the outhouse of landlord Amir when he received an electric shock. As a result, he died on the spot.
Woman burnt alive for giving birth to female baby
Police arrest husband, two others
From Our Correspondent
SARGODHA: The Bhalwal police on Tuesday arrested three people, who burnt a woman alive a woman at Zahoor Hayat Colony on Monday.
Those arrested are Irfan, his brother Amir and their sister. Irfan with the help of his brother and sister had allegedly burnt his wife Saima alive for giving birth to a female baby. The autopsy of Saima was conducted at the THQ hospital and its report will be prepared in five days. A case has been registered against the accused on the report of the deceased’s brother Arshad.
