FAISALABAD City News

Murder of PTI worker
Former SP among 62 accused to be indicted on 25th
From Our Correspondent
FAISALABAD: Anti-Terrorism Court Special Judge Raja Pervaiz Akhtar will indict 62 accused in the murder case of a PTI worker on November 25.
The accused include former SP Iqbal Town Zulfiqar Hameed and DSP Factory Area Malik Khalid. The ATC judge handed over the copies of challan and statements of witnesses to the accused persons. The PTI worker, Haq Nawaz, was killed in a clash between the PTI and the PML-N workers at Novelty Bridge about two months ago.
It is worth mentioning that Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah, State Minister for Water and Power Abid Sher Ali, MPA Mian Tahir Jameel and Rana Sheheryar, son-in-law of the law minister, were also nominated in the murder case by complainant Attaur Rehman Khan, but they were declared innocent during the police investigation.
MAN CONVICTED IN FIRING CASE: Anti-Terrorism Court Special Judge Raja Pervaiz Akhtar on Wednesday awarded 20-year imprisonment and Rs 600,000 fine to Tauqeer Ahmad of New Lahore in a firing case.
The judge, however, acquitted two other accused giving them the benefit of the doubt. The prosecution said that the convict had demanded extortion from Atif Ali. On refusal to pay the amount, the convict had opened indiscriminate firing at his house, the prosecution added.

Bhola Gujjar murder case
Statements of four more witnesses recorded
From Our Correspondent
FAISALABAD: SSP Operations Hafiz Irfanullah Khan on Wednesday recorded statements of four more witnesses in the Bhola Gujjar murder case.
They are SSP CIA Farooq Hundal, Superintendent Central Jail Rana Raza Nasrullah, Mian Furqan Ahmad and Rana Sheheryar Khan. The re-investigation of the murder case was being conducted on the orders of ATC Special Judge Raja Pervaiz Akhtar in the light of a confessional statement of convict Naveed Commando.