FAISALABAD: A man was killed over a property dispute in the limits of Sadar Sammundri police.

The police said that accused Babar and his accomplices opened fire on Khadim Hussain, a resident of Chak No 165-GB, over an old property dispute. As a result, he was killed on the spot. The police took the body into custody and started investigation.

Man who killed two over property dispute executed

Meanwhile, the police claimed to have arrested 399 outlaws from the district during the last two weeks of October 2017.

A police spokesperson Amir Waheed said that the arrested criminals included 185 proclaimed offenders, 85 illegal weapon holders, 76 drug peddlers, 42 target offenders and 11 court absconders.

20-year-old shot dead over property dispute

The police also seized 70 pistols, five guns, five rifles, two Kalashnikovs, two carbines, a knife, rounds, 32.605 kilogrammes of hashish and 808 litres of liquor from them.

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MULTAN: A man was killed in a road accident near Pull Ranghu on Sunday. Rescue 1122 officials said Shaukat and his friend Adnan were going to Khanewal on a motorcycle when a speedy truck hit them.

When a car accident happened just in time

As a result, Shaukat died on the spot while Adnan suffered injuries. The Rescue 1122 shifted the body and injured to the Nishtar Hospital.

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SIALKOT: The district police claimed to have arrested an alleged killer of a doctor in Sialkot.

Senior officials said the police arrested dispenser Ali Zar, who arrest. The accused tried to give the murder the colour of a sectarian killing.

Doctor shot dead in Lyari 

Rangpura police had registered a murder case against Ali Zar on the report of Syed Ali Raza Naqvi, the son of slain Dr Mohsin Naqvi. The deceased was laid to rest in his native area graveyard on October 14. A large number of people attended his funeral prayers.

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FAISALABAD: Department of Entomology, University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF) will be elevated to the status of Institute of Entomology by keeping in view of  its performance and importance.

This was said by UAF Vice-Chancellor Dr Muhammad Iqbal Zafar while addressing a seminar arranged by Department of Entomology in connection with the Higher Education Commission the other day. The vice-chancellor said that degree awarding institutes were mandated to create knowledge and sharing to build economies and leadership at all levels.

Pesticide fast becoming a pest for the environment

He added the HEC had played a pivotal role in bringing reforms in the higher education sector. He said the HEC started its services in 2002 and with a committed and dedicated mission, accomplished a huge series of success within 15 years.

He maintained the department of entomology was playing a role in the uplift of the agriculture sector by overcoming the attacks of insects on the field.

Cotton crop hit by severe pest attack in South Punjab

He praised the entomology department for conducting a survey on the directives of the Punjab government in the cotton belt regarding record decline in cotton production in 2015. He said that it was a matter of pride for the university that entomology department had won two projects on pink bollworm and whitefly from the Punjab Agricultural Research Board (PARB).

Entomology Department Chairperson Dr Jalal Arif said that HEC had awarded 26 projects worth Rs67 million and of them, 12 had been completed whereas 14 projects were under way.

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RAHIM YAR KHAN: Minister of State and Chairperson Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) Marvi Memon said that the BISP is taking lead in war against stunting.

She said this while speaking to the officials during her visit to Rahim Yar Khan. On the occasion, she was briefed on research on the effectiveness of a nutrition programme under way in the district.

NAB completes probe: BISP to disburse millions in payments to service providers soon

She said that research would provide a sustainable model for integrating nutrition specific and sensitive approaches to BISP, the premier national social safety net of the country, thus furthering the gains in curbing malnutrition.

Marvi added that food insecurity was a matter of high concern as 44% of children in Pakistan, 39% in Punjab and 42% in Rahim Yar Khan, less than five years of age, were stunted. “This alarming situation needs to be tackled at the earliest,” she said.

The BISP chairperson held meetings with all four groups of BISP beneficiaries enrolled in the research, where she was briefed by the field team on process of identification of beneficiaries for research.

The officials told Marvi Memon that the beneficiaries were divided into four groups.

The first group receives cash grant only, the second was provided with cash grant along with Specialised Nutritious Foods (SNF), the third one was getting cash assistance along with enhanced Behavior Change Communication (BCC), while the fourth group was being provided cash assistance, SNF and enhanced BCC.

BISP cash transfers and empowerment

Marvi Memon also visited the homes of enrolled BISP beneficiaries where she inspected the follow-up and data recording mechanism. The BISP head reiterated that the results of the research would highlight the best nutrition sensitive approach and would help in addressing malnutrition, stunting and low IQ levels.

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FAISALABAD: District Education Authority Chief Executive Officer Dr Javed Iqbal Chishti removed heads of two high schools over poor performance and negligence.

He also suspended four schoolteachers for their absence from duty. The CEO visited various schools in the district and observed that computer labs were not activated in Government High School Raza Abad and Millat Islamia High School Ghulam Muhammad Abad. Therefore, the CEO immediately removed heads of the schools identified as Abdul Ghaffar and Malik Hamid.

Surprise visits: 24 teachers suspended over absenteeism

Meanwhile, Javed Iqbal also took notice of absence and suspended Nia Madrassa High School Head Maqsood and three teachers of MC High School Raza Abad, including Hafiz Munir, Irfan and Bushra. The CEO education said the government was spending billions of rupees on the provision of best education facilities to the masses and negligence in this regard will not be tolerated.

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LAHORE: After introducing the Automated Fingerprints Information System (AFIS) at crime registration offices of the Police, the home Department is going to develop the same for the Punjab Forensic Science Agency (PFSA) by June 2018 at a cost of Rs495 million.

Documents of the plan, available with The Express Tribune, showed that the purpose of this project was to develop a fingerprint database. The automated identification system was a computerised fingerprint database of known criminals and unknown latent prints from crime scenes.

NADRA ‘unhelpful’: Biometric machines may end up gathering rust 

At first, 40 AFIS scanners will be deployed at selected prisons of Punjab to build a database of prison inmates and at PFSA satellite stations established at divisional headquarters. The system will be upgradeable and can be upgraded as per requirement.

A similar database had already been in place at Crime Registration offices of Punjab Police. It had been used to identify suspects using fingerprints collected from the crime scene. Punjab Police had also purchased mega fingerprint matchers and were using the technology in search operations and checking at pickets.

The database had been developed in cooperation with Punjab Information and Technology Board (PITB) after collecting the accused persons’ fingerprint challan in different cases. PITB had helped courts in developing software, using the AFIS system, to help gather fingerprints data of bail-seekers and guarantors. A senior officer commented that due to the lack of coordination and myopic vision, similar/parallel databases were being developed using millions of rupees of public money by two different departments of the same government.

“It is mismanagement and a waste of money,” he added.

Sindh’s public hospitals to have biometric system to weed out ‘ghost employees’

According to the plan, the authorities concerned will hire technical consultants for pre-shipment and post-shipment inspection of the system in the light of tender and manufacturer specifications. They will also supervise installation. After installation, the executing agency (Punjab Forensic and Science Agency) will monitor this project.

PFSA will also supervise and review the progress of the project as per procurement and implementation of the plan. It will also ensure the purchase of AFIS is made according to provision of PPRA Rules 2014.

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LAHORE: An exhibition presenting social satire through illustrations and graphically designed cut-paste artworks went on display at Taseer Art Gallery.

The show titled Qissa Goi (storytelling) by Haider Ali Jan and Mohsin Shafi presents a narrative on daily life issues that have largely been ignored in the face of other pressing social and political problems.

Contemporary artists use art to show exuberance

Talking about his work and inspiration, Jan said his art references images in popular culture, photo-journalism, cinema and television.

“I use media sources such as digital animation, projections and paintings to re-contextualise and distil these iconic images to their most essential form,” said Jan. “By doing so, my work communicates the symbolic power these images have on the collective psyche and underscores a keen understanding of how images shape our experience and memory of events.”

Explaining the process through which he completes his art, Jan said by working with images, videos and clippings, he tries to mould the narrative to generate another layer of meaning by hiding, skipping and reinforcing elements by choice, which alters the intent of the original. “Through my artwork, I create a layer on top of an already existing layer of film or a photograph.”

Artists hope to resolve conflict through art

According to Mohsin Shafi, since he is a story writer and illustrates his books, the idea of an exhibition came about with the intention of telling many stories through artworks rather than books.

Shafi said his artworks involve photographs that he has been collecting for some time during his travels. They have been compiled in a certain arrangement to tell a story.

He added by using mediums such as print making, etchings, photo transfer, acrylics and water paints, he combines the images into a collage making technique which became popular in Germany after World War II.

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LAHORE: The College of Ophthalmology and Allied Vision Sciences (COAVS) Lahore and the Fred Hollows Foundation (FHF), Australia, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the eye screening and treatment of rural women in the agriculture sector.

The agreement was signed under the Comprehensive Eye Care for Agriculture and Cottage Industry Female Workers Project for the women of Jhang, Sahiwal and Khanewal districts.

Rural Women’s Day: More women work longer than men in rural areas

The MoU was signed by Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department Secretary Ali Jan, COAVS Principal Dr Asad Aslam Khan and FHF Country Manager Farooq Awan.

Health Minister Khawaja Imran Nazir and other senior officials of the health department also attended the event. The project activities will be formally inaugurated in Jhang in the third week of November.

Minister for Primary and Secondary Healthcare Khawaja Imran Nazir said that through this project, over 400,000 women associated with agriculture sector in Jhang, Sahiwal and Khanewal district will be provided eye screening
and treatment.

The project will also provide missing facilities at eye care units of tehsil headquarter hospitals and district headquarter hospitals in these districts.

Govt allocates Rs2.7b for women empowerment

Under the project, over 5,000 lady health workers, over 200 medical officers and 77 medical technicians will receive eye care training. The primary and secondary healthcare department secretary said that this was a unique and innovative project for the eye health of women workers associated with rural agricultural economy in these districts.

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LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Q (PML-Q) President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and senior central leader Chaudhry Parvez Elahi have said that national economy and security were integral part of each other; therefore, the rulers need not to cry over defects being pointed out in the economy.

Security-economy link: ‘Sky high debt’ worries COAS

They expressed these views while talking to PML-Q lawyers and workers delegations on Sunday. They said that army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa and ISPR Director General Asif Ghafoor talked true and straight about the national economy, their statements were fully in line with national betterment.

They further highlighted that improvement and defects in the economy directly affect the national security. There was no doubt as to whatever rulers were doing it only proved that they had not discarded devilish agenda of weakening the country and defaming the national institutions at international level.

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