Gujranwala: Raw material worth millions of rupee was burnt to ashes as a result of two fires erupting suddenly here on Sunday.
The first incident occurred at Sultan Pura where fire suddenly erupted in a cooking range manufacturing factory, while the second incident occurred at a cotton factory at Shaheen Abad due to a short circuit and as a material millions of rupees worth of stock was burnt ashes.
Court grants 5 days additional remand to 1122 Officials: Court has extended the physical remand of ten rescue 1122 officials for five more days.
It was told that police produced the accused involved in the lawyer’s torture case before a judicial magistrate Asif Iqbal, while the court granted five days more physical remand of the accused.
It was also reported that a large number of lawyers were gathered there and chanted slogans against rescue officials.
To avoid any incident by the lawyers, all the accused were brought there in a bullet proof van while the police force was present was deployed in large numbers at the court.
Human traffickers arrested: FIA authorities have arrested four human traffickers involved in Libya incident, here from Gujranwala, Gujrat and Mandi Baha ud Din.
Deputy Director Mufakhir Adeel said that after a migrant’s boat drowned off the coast of Libya, crackdown against human traffickers has been geared up and FIA teams as a result of different raids have arrested four accused including Nisar, Safdar, Kamran and Aslam. All the accused were involved in sending the youth abroad illegally.
Published in Daily Times, February 5th 2018.
