Police have succeeded in arresting the suspects who were producing blasphemous literature and creating anarchy in Khokarki locality where Christian community has been residing along with Muslims.
City Police Officer (CPO) Ghulam Mahmood Dogar said a foreign hand created riots between the two communities and vowed to send all the responsible plotters behind the bars. The riots which erupted three days before had forced more than one hundred Christian families to migrate from the area while some 32 agitators had been sent to jail under the anti terrorist act. A meeting of both communities, convened by the CPO, resulted in a consensus to calm down the situation as well as to rehabilitate the affected people besides stern punishment for the culprits of blasphemy.
The CPO, after the meeting, told journalists that the foreign hand involved in creating anarchy in the area had been exposed and the police had reached the conclusion of the case. He said the situation was created in a planned manner and added that later on many stake holders including land-mafia jumped into it to grab the houses and properties of the affected people on nominal prices. Joint committees of Muslim and Christian youths would voluntarily work to rehabilitate the affected people to settle back their homes and to create interfaith harmony, he said. He further said that two people who were responsible of blasphemy in Khokharki had been arrested and they were not Christians.
SESSIONS COURTS COMPLEX DEFAULTS ON RS 2.1 M: The Sessions Courts Complex Gujranwala is defaulter of Rs 2.1 million of Gujranwala Electric Power Company (GEPCO) and the company has requested the complex to deposit the outstanding amount to avoid any unpleasant situation. GEPCO Director Mahboob Alam sent a letter to the Gujranwala district and sessions judge revealing that the liabilities against the courts situated in the complex had risen to Rs 2.1 million till March 31, 2011 and the GEPCO could be forced to take any departmental action if the outstanding amount was not deposited without any further delay.
The bills from October 2010 to March 2011 complex have been reported to be outstanding and the complex sources said it would get budget during last week of May to pay all the outstanding liabilities.
MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH: The additional sessions judge has awarded death sentence, fine of Rs 50,000 and three-year imprisonment to Sana Ullah for killing ex-husband of his sister over a divorce issue.
According to prosecution, Sana Ullah killed Zafar Iqbal on October 6, 2009 for divorcing his sister Gulshan Bibi in the jurisdiction of Kot Ladha Police Station.
WOMAN COMMITS SUICIDE: A 40-year-old poor woman committed suicide by drinking acid and breathed her last in a hospital soon after. Reportedly, Naseera Bibi, a resident of Aujala, has been leading life in a bitter disappointment owing to the unemployment of her husband. She took acid and was brought to district headquarters (DHQ) hospital where she could not survive.
