Landlady kills maid for not cleaning house properly

FAISALABAD: A 20-yaer-old maid was allegedly clubbed to death by her landlady at Chak 413/GB, Tandlianwala, on Monday.

Reportedly, Musarrat Bibi was allegedly clubbed to death by Uzma Bibi, wife of Pir Syed Rizwan Ali Shah, for not cleaning the house properly. The body of Musarrat Bibi was allegedly being shifted for disposal in an ambulance a police party deputed at Mari Pattan searched the ambulance and found the body.

The police informed the Tandlianwala police about the matter and they took the body in custody. Sadar police have registered a case on the report of Sarfraz Ahmad, brother of Musarrat Bibi. Meanwhile, CM Sardar Usman Buzdar has taken notice of the incident and directed RPO Rifat Mukhtar to depute a senior police officer to launch an investigation of the case.

UAF produces 13 more PhD scholars: The UAF has produced more 13 PhD scholars raising the total number of doctorates to 1,878 from the varsity. Bushra Akhtar from the Institute of Pharmacy, Physiology and Pharmacology, M Asad-ur-Rehman Naseer from the Institute of Agricultural and Resource Economics; Ali Hassan from the National Institute of Food Science and Technology, M Ashfaq from Department of Entomology, M Asif from the Department of Forestry and Range Management, Sajeela Akram from National Institute of Food Science and Technology, Aisha from the Department of Biochemistry, Muneeb Khan from the National Institute of Food Science and Technology, Amjad Rehman from the Department of Rural Sociology, Shazia Batool from Department of Botany, Nabila Rashid and Sabiha from the National Institute of Food Science and Technology and Sobia Kanwwal from the Department of Zoology, Wildlife and Fisheries, have passed their final examination for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (2019). The titles of their thesis are “Formulation, characterisation and pharmacokinetics of nanoparticle based gentamicin preparations”, “Farmers’ efficiency, inclusiveness, and competitiveness of citrus supply chain of Pakistan”, “Development and optimization of ultraviolet treatment and its effects on safety & quality aspects of milk”, “Loss assessment and management of fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) in citrus orchards”, “Exploring the growth response of major agro-forest trees against soil compaction in Central Punjab”, “Microencapsulation of edible oils through spray drying”, “In vivo anti-leukemic activity of plant L-Asparaginase immobilized on iron oxide nano-particles”, “Assessing authenticity of meat and meat products by applying spectroscopic and molecular techniques”, “Socio-economic and cultural factors affecting the health status of elderly men in rural Punjab, Pakistan”, “Comparative effectiveness of plant growth regulators in etiolation/de-etiolation response of maize: elucidation of possible mechanism”, “Induction of heat tolerance in Quinoa with exogenous use of ascorbic acid, hydrogen peroxide and plant extracts”, “Probing the nutritive and therapeutic potential of Pakistani sesame cultivars for school going children”, “Impact of water pollution on the existence of soil macro-fauna among cauliflower and tomato fields”, respectively.