Dacoits and thieves on the rampage in Gujar Khan

Our correspondent
GUJAR KHAN: Incidents of dacoity and thefts are alarmingly on the increase in the areas of police
station, Jatli. Recently, there is an unprecedented surge in the ghastly incidents. Constantly deteriorating situation of law and order in the area has gone into a tailspin. People of the area have
called upon the city police officer (CPO) to direct Jatli police to shed laziness and inaction. Daylight robbery on Sunday morning near a village on the eastern side of police station, Jatli, has further shoved the residents in the grip of panic and insecurity. Three unidentified armed robbers looted a motorist, snatched rupees 22 thousand cash, one mobile phone, one ATM card, an identity card and
other documents and made off on their motorbike towards village Guliana side. Jatli police reached the site of incident after the robbers had comfortably made good their escape. According to details, Yasir Ali son of Muhammad Akhtar, resident of village Jand Gujran told Jatli police in a written application that he was going to village Theekrian with his maternal uncle Chaudary Muhammad Nazir in his Alto car (AKA - 42) at about 9:15 am on Sunday. When they were crossing a low-lying
nullah on a makeshift unpaved path near village Dera Muslim, as the bridge across the nullah was collapsed, a motorcyclist coming from the opposite side stopped in front of their car, thus intercepting their way. In the meantime, two more men appeared on the scene all of a sudden and pulled out their revolvers at them, the applicant told the police. The three dacoits demanded of them to hand over all the cash and other valuables to them. The applicant Yasir who was driving his car further said that the looters took rupees five thousand cash and rupees 17 thousand from his uncle at gunpoint. They also snatched one mobile phone set, an ATM card, an Identity Card and other documents from them, he added. After taking these valuables and cash, they made off towards village Guliana on their 125 Honda motorcycle which was without Number plate, he divulged. The applicant further told the police that the three looters were speaking local language and were aged between 25-30. It is pertinent to mention here that four incidents of theft also occurred in the same village ( Dera Muslim) about three weeks ago. Unidentified thieves deprived Ameer Ahmed of cash and cloths, Sajjad of two cell phones, broke two back walls of the house of one Ameer Afzal Kiani in a failed attempt to steal during nighttime in three separate incidents. The locals have called upon the CPO Moravet Hussain Shah to rectify the situation.

 

Partiality reigns supreme in police station, Jatli
Our correspondent
GUJAR KHAN: Jatli police have arrested a complainant/applicant of an FIR in another case which was registered against him on behalf of the relatives of the accused, 12 days after he got an FIR registered against the accused. According to details, Habibur Rehman, resident of Dera Muslim, situated in the jurisdiction of police station, Jatli, had lodged a complaint against five persons of his village on 11th May. According to the FIR which was registered on 15th May, four days after it was lodged, the complainant told the Jatli police that five persons Noor Ahmed, Mrs. Farzand and her
three sons Khurshid (drunk), Yasir and Babar entered his house at about 10:30 at night, by breaking the door of his grocery shop which is adjacent to his house. First they ransacked the shop, damaged shop commodities and then trespassing on their house, they started thrashing him and his children. Hearing the noise and shrieks, the villagers came to their rescue and intervened in the night brawl.
Jatli police was immediately informed about the happening and duty officer ASI Khalil Ahmed visited
the site of the incident, saw circumstantial & material evidence of the happening. After listening to
the complainant Habibur Rehman in the presence of Union Council Nazim, advocate Yahya Faiz, the police officer assured him (complainant) that those guilty would be brought to book. Registration of an FIR was delayed malafide for about four days, thereby giving the accused some time to force reconciliation on the complainant. When efforts for reconciliation failed, an FIR was registered on 15th May under sections 452and 427. The police went to the house of the accused only once in
16 days to “see” them. The Investigation Officer (IO) ASI Khalil Ahmed had been reportedly threatening the complainant, saying he (complainant) had got a false case registered against the accused. And no arrest was made during the aforesaid 16 days. Then on 27th May, things worsened for Habibur Rehman when an FIR was registered with Jatli police against him on the application of close relatives of the accused. Charges of misappropriation and theft were leveled against him under sections 406 and 380. On 7th June, Habibur Rehman was arrested by Jatli police while his accused are still at large. Jatli police arrested the accused on a second FIR but nothing was done regarding the FIR which was registered about 12 days before it. Jatli police ‘visit’ the house of the accused and come back ‘satisfied’.

Two killed in Gujar Khan
Our correspondent
GUJAR KHAN: A married man was gunned down by his younger brother while a middle-aged married woman has killed herself on Monday. In the first incident, Asmat Farooq son of Aslat, resident of Pothi Bajnial, situated in the jurisdiction of police station, Mandra shot his elder brother Tariq Mehmood injured with 12-bore gun when the latter was going to his office at about 8 in the
morning. Injured Tariq was rushed to Holy Family Hospital, Rawalpindi but he could not survive too much bleeding. The motive behind the murder is stated to be a long standing land dispute between the two brothers. The killer managed to flee from the scene after murdering his brother. The slain was a married man with thee children. The Mandra police have registered an FIR against the run-away killer. In another incident, a middle-aged woman Zareeda Begum, wife of Liaquat Ali, resident of Arazi Awan, situated in the jurisdiction of police station, Gujar Khan, committed suicide at 2:30 on Monday by setting herself on fire. Zareeda aged 45 is stated to be unhinged, doused herself in kerosene and set alight. She was married with 6 children. The Gujar Khan police awrhave registered the incident .

Our correspondent
GUJAR KHAN: Three police officials of police station of Gujar khan including two assistant sub inspectors (ASIs) have been suspended for neglect of duty on Wednesday. According to detail three unidentified men lifted a car from District Gujranwala and made of towards Rawalpindi in the lifted car. Some of there companions were following them in another car. When they reached near village Bhai Khan on the GT Road, situated about two km away from police station Gujar khan, they met with an accident. As soon as the accident occurred, the people of the village rushed to the site for rescue. One of the car lifter was disabled, people thought he was injured in the accident and rushed towards him to help. When the other two saw the villagers coming, they fled in their own car leaving behind the lifted car and their third companion who was disabled. Seeing this, the villagers sensed something
suspicious and overpowered the disabled man and handed him over to Gujar khan police During the investigation conducting by the two assistant sub inspectors, Anwar Javed and Zarat at the police station, the disabled car lifter hoodwinked them and sneaked out of the police station. Taking immediate action Superintendent of Police (Sadar) Ahmed Hussian Chohan suspended the two ASIs, Anwar Javed and Zarat and one constable Sher Muhammad. The SP ordered the three suspended to immediately report to the Police Line, Rawalpindi.
 

Liaison between public and police is a
must for making society crime-free:CPO  Jamshaid Ali.
GUJAR KHAN: City Police Officer (CPO) Syed
Moravet Ali Shah said that the secret of the success of the police lies in a close liaison between the public and the police. Society could be made crime-free and the performance of the police could be improved as this bond is strengthened. He was addressing a huge gathering of the representatives of the local government including Union Council Nazims,
notables of the Tehsil and general public at police
station, Jatli on Tuesday afternoon.
The CPO said that after he assumed charge of
this newly created seat of CPO, he decided to hold public meetings at every police station in the
district in bid to apprise UC nazims& general public of the performance of the police in their respective areas. He said that earlier press conferences used to
be held in doors and the next day, it would get a good coverage in the press while the general public and representatives of the local government remained unaware of the first-hand knowledge of the performance of the police.
The officer further said that holding of public
meeting at the police stations also provides the
police with an opportunity to get suggestions &
proposals from the public, and with ideas how to
control serious crime in the society On this occasion, the CPO revealed that he and
District nazim Raja Javed Ikhlas are mulling over a strategy for enhancement of the performance of the police. The involvement and coordination of UC nazim is a part of the strategy which is on the anvil, he divulged.
The CPO lauded the efforts of chief minister
Punjab Chaudary Pervez Ilahi for welfare of the police in the province. He said that the provincial
government has provided the district police with more staff, modern equipment, buses, attractive salary packages, etc. Now the District Police is answerable to the chief minister for their performance in view of these fringe benefits.
Replying to a question, the CPO said that the
idea of dividing the area of police station, Gujar
Khan into two police stations was under consideration.
One would be called rural and the city, he added. He also revealed on this occasion that reconciliatory committees would soon be set up in the district. Earlier, district nazim Raja Javed Ikhlas addressed the gathering and said that Union Council Nazims are not only the representatives of the people but of the
government as well. They should help the police in
elimination of crime in the society, he said. The district Nazim further said that a strategy was being prepared to refer property/ land disputes to
Union Council so that the police should be enabled to divert their energies to controlling heinous crimes.
He hoped that peace would prevail in the society in this way. On this occasion, Town nazim Chaudary Muhammad Azeem asked the CPO to set up another police station in the territorial jurisdiction PS, Gujar Khan as the area was populous and large.
Those who attended the public meeting included SP (Sadder) Ahmed Hussain, DSP( Gujar Khan) Raja Taifoor Akhtar, station house officers ,police stations Mandra and Gujar Khan, nazims, councilors of the area.

 

Jatli police arrests 3 gangs of dacoits             our correspondent                                           
GUJAR KHAN: Station House Officer (SHO)
Sajid Gondal said that rebuke or appreciation on part of the city police officer (CPO) had always had positive effects on the police. Both spurred them into more and better performance, he added. He was speaking to a gathering of nazims, councilors, and notables of the area on the occasion of CPO’s public meeting held at police station, Jatli on Tuesday.
Giving a briefing to the gathering, the SHO said that 102 cases have been registered in first five month of the current year. Of them, 28 were registered against unlicensed arms holders, 16 against drugs, and 2 against gamblers. He said that the Jatli police nabbed three gangs, who were involved in muggings and burglaries. They also recovered 23 kilogram of charas and 18 bottles of liquor. Giving the details of the three gangs, the SHO said that 7-member gang looted passengers near Tahli Mor on Chakwal Road after blocking the road with boughs of trees. After intense investigation, the police was able to apprehend ring leader Jahanghir and his 7 companions. Another 4-member gang which snatched rupees 2500 from a taxi driver at gunpoint near village Datta Batt, was also apprehended by the police. The police have arrested Saqlain Shah, Azhar and Hameed while Masood is still at large.
A third gang which snatched taxi and rupees two
thousand from the driver was also rounded up by Jatli police. The police arrested Sajjad, Usman and AbidHussain and recovered the taxi from them.(SHO , Jatli, Sajid Gondal with outlaws whose headsare hooded)

CALLOUSNESS OF WAPDA EXPOSES SCHOOL CHILDERN TO HIGH
RISK OF ELECTROCUTION
By Our correspondent
GUJAR KHAN: A primary school completed at the cost of more than one million rupees remains closed due to the presence of high tension transmission lines passing over the school that being dangerously closer the building send noticeable electric charge at the students. A visit to Khabbal village located in Mankiala Muslim union council of tehsil Gujar Khan , revealed that the villagers had generously donated a piece of land for the construction of school building in their village and after their hectic efforts the school building could be constructed at the government funds amounting more than one million rupees. According to the villagers no sooner the building of the school was completed the Wapda men came and they started erecting high tension transmission line that was to surpass the school building with close proximity. The villager had raised hue and cry that it would expose the school children to the danger of electrocution but the Wapda
men insisted that the survey of this transmission line was conducted earlier and at that time it was not
possible for them to avert the situation and the engineers engaged by Wapda completed their project
without giving consideration to the safety of the children, the residents said. According to them the
transmission line was turned live and it was noticed that the iron made doors and windows of the school building was charged with the electric current during the cloudy days and on rain time the situation was aggravated and any body passing beneath the transmission lines suffered electric shocks. The terrified residents refused to send their children to this new building of the school and thus the school was temporarly shifted to the house of villager that according to the villagers in not a permanent solution Similarly the residents of Kauntrila village has also complained that a high transmission line was also passing over their houses and the concerned authorities of Iesco were not taking measures to remove the 11 kv line from close vicinity of their houses. It is pertinent to mention that the Kauntrila complaint was also pointed out by Dawn some months back but the Iesco authorities in Gujar Khan stopped short at preparing an estimate while no practical measures has yet been taken by SDO Guliana .The residents have urged upon the minister for Water and Power and the chairman Wapda to direct for averting the dangerous transmission line or pay damages to them
for the loss of school building so that they may get new school building for their girls and boys.The
Kauntrila residents also demanded for the removal of the dangerous lines from their houses.
 

Teachers to boycott examination duty
Our correspondent
       GUJAR KHAN: Teachers of Tehsil Gujar Khan have announced their support to the call of boycott made by Muttehida Mahz Asatza ( United Teachers Front), Pakistan. A meeting of Punjab Teachers Union ( District Rawalpindi) was held under the chairmanship of  Chaudary Saghir Alam at  Govt Higher Secondary School, Murree Road and it was unanimously decided that the tecahers  would boycott the examinations starting  on 25th May and 2nd June.  The meeting also deciede that the tecahers would take out a protest rally  at Aabpara and would march to Parliament House
.Chaudary Saghir Alam, Abrar Hussain Shah and others addressed the meeting . Chaudary Saghir Alam said that they would boycott the duty of invigilation during the forthcoming examinations. During the meeting, the teachers  of Gujar Khan pledged their full support  and coperation to the cause of tecahers . It was also decided thta  protests will comntine till their demands are met.

Dead body found

Our correspondent

Gujar Khan: 60- year old Mazhar , resident of Dhamial, near Dhoke Panah went to water his buffalo on 9th May. The buffalo came back home but he did not return. His relatives searched for him since then but failed to discover him. on 22nd may, his dead body was found in a remote deserted place near hsi village. The body was badly damaged as it was reportedly eaten by beasts and wild animals. His relatives said that the deceased had enmity with anyone. He was not mentally sound, they added. The dead body was handed over to the relatives after autopsy was performed on it.


 

Two men killed in a road accident

Our correspondent
GUJAR KHAN: Two men were killed in an accident as a truck veered into a roadside ravine on the Grand Trunk Road during the wee hours of Tuesday morning while a mangled dead body of a 60-year old man was found after a desperate search of about two weeks .According to details, a speeding truck ( LHO 9030) coming from Lahore side at about 3:30 on night bewteen Monday and Tuesday went of control of driver Waqr Ahmed , resident of Mohallah Amarpura, Rawalpindi when it was near Bhai Khan bridge and ploughed into a roadside gorge. Twp helpers of the drivers Touqir Ahmed , son of Ghulam Nabi and Nadeem Shakir, son of Akhtar Mehmood ,residents of Malik Pura, District Jhelum, sustained serious injuries which they could not survive. The local police have registered an FIR against teh driver under sections 427, 279, 320 and 330.

Robbers at large in Gujar Khan
Our correspondent
GUJAR KHAN: Armed robbers hit at a different places in eastern part of Tehsil and decamped with
valuables including cash, mobile phones , wrist watches and gold ornaments the other day. In the first incident, four unidentified masked dacoits blocked a link road near village Batala situated in Union Council Thathi at about 8 in the evening and looted passengers. The dacoits intercepted a marriage procession and deprived women of gold ornaments. They damged a motorcycle and after looting the passengers , made off on another snatched motorbike. The dacoits abandoned the motorcycle near
village Khan Pur. In another incident , five unidentified dacoits blocked Hayal -Pindora Road and deprived two brothers Mehmood Hussain and Muhammad Asif of 50 thousand cash, two mobile sets, one gold chain, and wrist. They looted a tailer Muhammad Asghar, resident of Dera Kaniyal and deprived him of three thousand rupees.

 

Jamshaid Ali
GUJAR KHAN: Education is a must for the young
generations of the present times which out which
success is not possible. The students should devoteall their energies to achieving this end so that theymay be able to make their life easier and comfortable.This was stated by First Secretary (Political),British High Commission, Islamabad, Philip Stewart while addressing students of a private college in a village here on Monday evening. Philip Stewart said that he was really
impressed by the performance of the students’ standard of the institution and quality of education which was being imparted to the students. The first secretary called upon the students of the institution to work more and hard.Anwar-e-Madina Model College held annual results declaration ceremony in its campus which is situated in village Narali Jabbar, about 20 kilometres from here. The college was established by a British Pakistani and President PML (UK) Raja Ishtiaq Hussain
who is Community Welfare Advisor to the Govt of
Pakistan (UK). It provides education, books, uniform,etc free of cost to the students. To equip the have-nots with modern education and training, to provide the students training in Information and
Technology, to offer a combination of Islamic and
worldly education, to extend free health care
facilities to the students as well their parents are
some of its major objectives.
On this occasion Barrister Rasheed Mirza also
addressed the gathering which included teachers,
parents, lawyers, and general public and said that
establishment of the college was a difficult decision and the result of untiring efforts of overseas Pakistanis whose services for their homeland have always been great and grand .Although they live abroad, yet they always think about and feel for Pakistan, he added. He gave some pieces of advice to the management of the college to bring about more improvements.
While addressing the gathering, Community
Welfare Advisor to the Govt of Pakistan Raja Ishtiaq Hussain said that the only objective that he had in his mind when he thought of establishing a college in this rural area of tehsil Gujar Khan was the betterment and welfare of the poor people of the area. He said that the college offers an opportunity to  learn and get educated to those children who otherwise might not have got education; it attracts those parents for whom the educational expenses for their children’s schooling are unaffordable. In his address, Town Nazim Chaudary Muhammad Azeem commended the efforts of Raja Ishtiaq and said that setting up the college and priding free education to the people of the area was an act of piety which  will earn him reward not only in this world but in the Hereafter, too. Professor Saeed highlighted the importance of education on this occasion. Among others, the function was attended by Major Iqbal Jadoon, colonel Iftikhar who is chief security officer to prime minister, Malik Ghazanfar who is the chairman Ilford Islamic Centre (England), and Union Council Nazims. In the end, the speakers also gave away prizes to the students of the college for their brilliant academic performances in curricular and co-curricular activities.
 

 Iesco official thrashed
Our correspondent

GUJAR KHAN: An Iesco official was thrashed by a shopkeeper who was allegedly getting electricity
illegally in a village situated in Tehsil Sohawa. Gujar Khan police registered an FIR against the shopkeeper. Line Superintendent Atif Shehzad of Sohawa Subdivision told the police that Haq Nawaz 
resident of village Ghareeba situated in tehsil Sohawa was found guilty of power pilfrage and was using eelctricity illegally for his shop. He said that he went with his colleague Line Man Khalid Mehmood to hand his a notice about his power thef on 4th May. He further said that he told Haq Nawaz that he should apply for a commercial connection for his shop. But teh accused started abusing and manhandling him. Later, he started thrashing him and Line Man Khalid Mehmood intervened and separated them. The police registered an FIR under sections 353 and 379 against
the accused.


 

Youth commits suicide
Our correspondent

GUJAR KHAN: A youth committed suicide on Saturday night out of frustrataion over not being able to get job. Altaf Hussain, resident of Mohra Nakial near Ckakrali Budhal told Gujar Khan police that he had two sons Amir Altaf and Muhammad Ahsan. Muhammad Ahsan aged 25 was jobless for the last four years . On the night between Saturday and Sunday at applicant told the police. On search, his dead body was found hanging from a ceiling fan.He further told the police that the motive behind the suicide was his son's frustration over not being able to get a job. He alos told the police that hsi son wanted to go abroad but again his desire did not materialise and he was depressed.

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Chief Justice of Pakistan accorded a warm andenthusiastic welcome In Gujar Khan on Saturday.            Jamshaid Ali.
GUJAR KHAN: Chief Justice of Pakistan was
accorded a warm and enthusiastic welcome here on
Saturday while he was on his way to Lahore by road. Carrying petals of roses & garlands, waving banners with words glorifying the daring stand of the chief
justice inscribed on them, people from almost all
walks of life began to pour onto the Grand Trunk Road
in the early morning. Breaking down all sorts of
barricades & blockades, and cordon of police, chanting slogans in favour of the CJ and against the            government
& the president, they thronged at different junctions
on the dual carriageway to welcome the CJ. People which included lawyers from Gujar Khan, Chakwal, Talagang and Abbotabad, political leaders
and workers of opposition parties, especially of PML
(N) and PPP, members of local religious and commercial
organisations, general public gathered at four main
places on the G. To Road within the territorial
jurisdiction of Tehsil Gujar Khan. Even though , a
railway crossing on the Mandra- Chakwal was closed and
there were three police pickets on the road to stop
the people from approaching G. T. road, lawyers from
Chakwal were still able to barge their way through the
obstacles and , gathered at Chakwal More near Mandra,
leaders and workers of PML (N) gathered near the
residence of former provincial minister and senior
vice president, PML (N), Punjab,Chaudary Muhammad
Riaz, and those of PPP near a railway bridge and
lawyers from Gujar Khan gathered near an overhead
bridge in front of building of Gujar Khan Bar
Association office.
As the chief justice’s motorcade reached
at the Chakwal More, the waiting but enthusiastic
crowd rushed to the car of the chief justice to catch
a glimpse of him. They shouted full-throated slogans,
and scattered petals on his van. Because of strict
security measure taken by the law-enforcing agencies,
the people were not allowed to shake hands with the
CJ. The emotional and out-of-hand mob which included
lawyers from Chakwal even kissed the car of the chief
justice and some of them climbed on the roof the car.
The caravan stopped there for about 20 minutes and
then moved on towards Gujar Khan.
Outside the residence of former provincial
minister Chaudary Muhammad Riaz, a sizeable crowd of
the PML (N) workers received the chief justice. Those
who received the chief justice at the point included
Chaudary Muhammad Riaz himself, his brother and former
PML(N) MNA Chaudary Khurshid Zaman, Tehsil President
PML(N) Mirza Saleem Akram. The workers and leaders
strew petals and garlands on the car of the chief
justice and chanted slogans in favour of the chief
justice and against General Pervez Musharraf.
Another group of PPPP workers led by PPP
leaders Secretary General PPPP Raja Pervez Ashraf, two
local PPP MPAs Raja Traiq Kiani and Brigadier (retd)
Hassan , received the caravan at a railway bridge near
Sarwar Shaheed (N.H) Govt. College , Gujar Khan.
There, fighting erupted between the workers of PML (N)
and PPP when a PPP worker hit at the car of Tehsil
President PML (N) Mirza Saleem Akram and the glass of
the car. About five persons were injured in this
brawl.
As the caravan marched on, it snowballed
until it reached near the office of Gujar Kahn Bar
Association (GBA), it had swelled into a mammoth
gathering. There were people and people everywhere.
The people had even climbed on the two overhead
bridges to catch glimpse of the chief justice from
above there. There, lawyers of GBA headed by general
secretary GBA Syed Tayyab Raza Kazmi were waiting for
the chief justice. They chanted slogans: “Move a step
forward Iftikhar Chaudary, We are with you” ( Qadim
Barao Iftikhar Chaudary, ham tumarey sath hain), and
“Go, Musharraf, Go”.
The caravan of the chief justice
stayed for about 30 minutes near GBA office. And then
it marched on towards Sohawa where the lawyers were
awaiting the arrival of the chief justice impatiently.

There were heavy contingents of police including
traffic police were escorting the caravan of the
chief justice. City police officer &, superintendent
of police, Rawalpindi , deputy superintend of police,
Gujar Khan, station house officers of the all the
three police stations of Gujar Khan Police Circle were
present on the occasion of this road journey.

 

 GUJAR KHAN: Pakistani and British people work for the betterment and welfare of the humanity. The
liaison between the two countries is growing on that
ground. This was stated by British High Commissioner
Robert Brinkley while addressing a gathering as a chief guest on the occasion of inaugural ceremony of
Al-Mustafa Trust Medical Centre in a village her on
Tuesday. The British High Commissioner said that he
was pleased with the fact that both the countries are
committed to serving humanity.
The chief guest further said their religion is against hatred, extremism and terrorism. It preaches love and tolerance. He said to love man is to love God. “God is Love and that who abides in love, in fact, abides in God” He spoke highly of the developing partnership between the two countries. He said that Pakistan has become come up second as receipt in the domain of British development. The Prime Minister Tony Blair doubled the amount of aid to the government of Pakistan.
The British High Commissioner deplored the suicide bomb attack in Charsadda on the interior minister which killed about 30 men. He said four Pakistani Britons were convicted of life imprisonment in a terror plot after making thorough and hectic investigations which spanned over a year.
Al-Mustafa Trust Medical Centre was established in a small village Dhoke Syedan, situated about 25  kilometres away from here. The initiative of establishing the Trust was taken by Syed Munawar
Hussain Shah Gilani who is a resident of the village
and a British national.
Lt. General (retired) Ghulam Muhammad Malik who is
the chairman of the Al-Mustafa Trust Medical Centre
also addressed the audience on this occasion and said Talking to reporters, he said that health and
education are the most important fields of human life.
Western countries made progress and became advanced only after they gave top priority to these two areas.
He was hopeful that the Trust would progress by leaps and bounds in the days to come.
While speaking to the gathering on this occasion, Community Welfare Advisor to Government of Pakistan & President PML (UK) said that Pakistani expatriates in the UK are focusing their attention on and helping to solve the basic problems related to health and education being faced by peoples of Pakistan. He expressed happiness that the British prime minister‘s last tour to Pakistan was very fruitful in bringing the two countries together. The two premiers inked a 10-year agreement of cooperation and aid which will strengthen the relation between the two countries.
Town nazim Chaudary Muhammad Azeem also addressed the gathering and said that the government was committed to solving the basic problems of the common people. He assured that residents that he would solve their problems related to construction of a link road and provision of water supply to their village.
In his address earlier, the host Munawar Hussain
Shah Gilani asked the government representatives Town nazim Chaudary Muhammad Azeem and Community Welfare Advisor to Government of Pakistan to get the link road which leads to their village and the Trust constructed. He also said that the underground water in the premises of the Trust was saltish and therefore not drinkable. He demanded of the town nazim for a water supply scheme.
Earlier on his arrival, the chief guest was accorded
a splendid reception. National flags of both the
countries were hoisted and national anthems of both
countries were played. Lt. General (retired) Ghulam
Muhammad Malik hoisted the Pakistani flag whereas
British High Commissioner Robert Brinkley hoisted
Union Jack. National anthem of Pakistan and of Briton
were sung by boys and girls of a local school
respectively.
 

NHMP begins camp in Gujar Khan
Our correspondent
GUJAR KHAN: Observance of traffic laws is a must for
the safety of commuters & road travelers . This was
said by Mr Shahid Yar Khan deputy inspector general of National Highway &Motorway Police (NHMP) northern region while expressing on the occasion of the infusing general awareness among the public about the traffic laws on Wednesday.
The officer said that NH&MP was not a revenue
generating organization by imposing fines at the road
users. He said that mass awareness on traffic laws was being emphasized to minimize the accidents and the fine as well.
The NH&MP has set up a camp at the main road crossing here in a bid to express solidarity with the United Nations Organization. The camp is scheduled to continue till 29th April. The speakers on this
occasion said that NH&MP has set a new trend of rule
of law on the roads , which should be emulated by
other organizations as well.
On this occasion, City District Nazim Raja Jawaid Ikhlas spoke highly of the performance of the
National highway and motorway police in ensuring safe and smooth traffic flow at the highways under its
jurisdiction.
Ch Muhammad Azeem town nazim while speaking
to the public said that the safe journey can be
possible by observing the traffic laws. The town nazim
said that over speeding, reckless driving, and
wheeling usually result in road.

Residents of village Bewal have asked for
rectification of faulty transformer.
Our correspondent
GUJAR KHAN: Residents of a village have express outrage over inaction and delay on part of an SDO to
              repair /replace a faulty transformer. The residens of village Islampura Jabbar said that an electricity
              transformer installed near Govertnment High School,Bewal had been out of order for the last many    days.  They said that in the sweltering heat, it is extremely difficult to live without electricity and
             their nights are plagued with onslaught of mosquitoes. They are spending sleepless nights these days wothout supply of electricity, they added.When asked, the SDO ( Bewal Subdivision) said
that "No need to hurry, the transformer will be repaired." The residents of Islamabad Jabbar have
called upon the chairman , WAPDA to order rectification of a faulty transformer.

Education a must for advancement of country

Jamshaid Ali
      GUJAR KHAN: Youths should devote all their efforts to getting education as the future of our country lies in their hands. Educated people can provide the country with clean, honest, pure and unsullied leadership and politician. This was stated by PPP MPA Raja Tariq Kiani while addressing the students on the occasion of declaration of annual results of a private college Al-Sardar Foundation here on Sunday.
The MPA quoted an example of Sparta where people sacrificed their wealth, treasures, and ornaments to be able give education to their children. As result of this crusade which needs to be carried in favour of getting more and more education, the state can become prosperous and democratically advanced, he added.
Raja Tariq Kiani remarked that four persons---law-maker, politician, a general and a (religious) scholar----play a pivotal role in developing a society. They are instrumental in bringing about betterment of the public. They the intelligentsia of a civil society; the fate and future, that is, destruction or improvement, of a society lies in their ken. The PPP MPA deplored that the situation in almost all the Muslim countries was not far different and the intelligentsia in the respective countries is responsible for the degradation and deterioration of political, democratic, social, economic, and educational norms. He accused them that they have suppressed the futuristic potential in their countries. He observed that Pakistan is no exception in this regard. And the same group has usurped our country, he said.
Raja Kiani remarked that this quadruple group has hatched a conspiracy against the poor but the intelligent of the country and are being kept away from the helms of the state affairs on purpose and by plot. He said that politics is considered to a form of worship and service in the west but in the developing countries like Pakistan, it is looked down upon.
Suggesting the solution of the quagmire, the MPA said that the students of low and middle classes should concentrate only and only on their education. They should get education at every cost and they can bring about a revolution which will bring then down those who are up and up who are down. The panacea of our ills whatsoever lies only in getting education which will sound the death-knell of ignorance, poverty, corruption, oppression, injustice cruelty and exploitation, the MPA maintained.
On this occasion, the chief guest, MPA Raja Tariq Kiani and other guests including local educationists gave away prizes to the students of the college who brilliantly during the recently concluded academic year. Syed Zain was declared the best student of the year.
Zafar Pagaora, a UK based-Pakistani and a leader of PML (Q) announced that he would donate five computers and 100 chairs for the college. While speaking to the audience, the Principal of the college spoke highly of the skills and diligence of his teachers and threw light on the achievements of the students and the college.

Jamshaid Ali
       GUJAR KHAN:  A bridge on one of the major
roads in the western part of Tehsil Gujar Khan has
caved in on 26th March, dividing the western part of
the Tehsil in two parts and cutting off transport
service. Almost a month has passed but neither Town
Municipal Administration (TMA) nor District Government
has done anything to repair /reconstruct the collapse
bridge. The residents and commuters are facing
injuries and inconvenience due to the collapse. They
have appealed to the district government to get it
reconstructed on emergency basis and thus restore road link as early as possible.
    A small bridge on   Guliana-to-Bhangali link road
near village Dera Muslim has collapsed as the recent
rains softened the foundations of the bridge and the
supportive wall of the bridge has given way, bringing
the bridge down. The collapse has cut off the road
links due to which the residents and travellers of the
areas are facing a lot of convenience.
     On Tuesday, a motorcyclist who plunged into the
collapsed bridge, sustained serious head injuries
while his wife also injured. Chaudary Muhammad Gulzar, resident of Mohra Gujran was coming back home along with his wife Munawar Sultana on his motorbike (RLE-8339) and they fell headlong into the collapsed bridge as they were not aware of missing bridge. As a result of the fall, Chaudary Muhammad Gulzar received critical head injuries and became unconscious while his wife’s leg was fractured. They were rushed to Tehsil Headquarter Hospital here. The condition of Chaudary Muhammad Gulzar was so critical that he was hifted to District Headquarters Hospital, Rawalpindi. He had not regained consciousness till the filing of this report.
      The commuters and residents of the area have
asked the district government to get the bridge
reconstructed at the earliest as it is a major and
busy road of the area. It links Guliana Road (which
branches off from Grand Trunk Road) to Chakwal Road
connecting almost all the major villages of the area.

Jamshaid Ali
GUJAR KHAN: A crossing on the dual carriageway at Guliana More here has virtually become an accident black spot as it caused many road fatalities. A labyrinth of five roads dividing into at least seven lanes converges and diverges here. Two lanes of dual carriageway coming from Lahore go to Rawalpindi and again two lanes on the other side of the dual carriageway lead to Lahore from Rawalpindi.
The dual carriageway is flanked by service roads on
either side. A subway coming from Guliana town also
crosses all these roads and lanes at this turn
/junction (Guliana More).
A majority of victims of accidents so far occurred here were rickshaw-drivers & their passengers, motorcyclists and cyclists. Not caring to slow down in the residential areas, traffic on the dual carriageway moves at a breakneck speed. And these road crossers fail to judge the distance and speed of the coming vehicles on the dual carriageway and as they attempt to cross the road, they meet with accident. These accidents have often resulted in death. Last year, a motorcyclist named Usman son of Raza met with accident right at this crossing when a speedy car coming from Sohawa side ploughed head-on into side of his motorbike when he was crossing the dual carriageway. A few months ago, a rickshaw loaded
with passengers was hit by speedy car. The passengers of the rickshaw were seriously injured, although the rickshaw was badly damaged. A cyclist named Ali son of Ulfat Hussain,was also killed here about three years back when a passenger van crashed into his bicycle when he was in the act of crossing the road.

National Highway Authority (NHA) did not make a U-turn at the main city Chowk here, showing good sense to avert any road mishap. Instead, it made two U-turns a little away from the main Chowk on both
sides of it. But it showed the opposite of the same
while making a fatal road-crossing at Guliana More. A
similar plan could have easily been executed here
which not only had filtered the G.T. road traffic but
had saved many lives by averting traffic accidents.
The project would not have cost more, to boot.
There is a dire need to close this death-trap and construct two U-turns a few yards away both to the left and right of the present crossing.

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