TOBA TEK SINGH: A young farmer died after the tractor he was driving overturned, trapping him underneath in Gojra Chak 299-JB on Saturday.

Rana Tauseef sustained serious injuries and was shifted to Gojra THQ Hospital, where he succumbed to his wounds.

Also, a collision between two motorcycles on Philour-Madehput Link Road at Rajana resulted in the death of Bilal, 40. The two other riders involved in the accident fled the scene, abandoning their motorcycle at the accident site.

PHMA: The Pakistan Hosiery Manufacturers & Exporters Association (PHMA) has urged the Ministry of Commerce to include the knitwear sector in the newly formed committee reviewing the export facilitation scheme (EFS).

Despite being the largest exportearner, the knitwear sector has been excluded from representation in this crucial committee.

In a statement issued on Saturday, PHMA Senior Vice Chairman Hazar Khan rejected the committee`s composition, saying that PHMA, the leading trade organisation representing the hosiery and knitwear industry, should be included. He said the sector`s significant contributions to economic growth, job creation and national self-reliance should be acknowledged.

He said that with proper support, the textile sector particularly knitwear could increase foreign exchange earnings and provide large-scale employment.

He said that, despite numerous challenges, the knitwear sector had outperformed other export industries, demonstrating resilience and potential for growth.

He said the sector was a major taxpayer, the largest employmentprovider in the textile industry, and a key source of foreign exchange earnings. He called for immediate government action to rectify the oversight and include PHMA in the review process.

TRIPLE MURDER CASE: Lundianwala police in Faisalabad have registered a triple murder case against slain woman Iram Bibi`s husband Muhammad Ibrahim, and his younger brother, Ismail, for the murder of her and her two minor daughters.

The case was filed under Sections 302 and 34 of the PPC on the application of the deceased`s mother. As the police failed to arrest both suspects, they allegedly killed their one sister and injured another in Kot Hayat, a locality in Nankana Sahib district.

The injured sister was shifted to Nankana Sahib DHQ Hospital in critical condition.

Sources said both women had contracted love marriages againstthe family`s wishes, and their brothers suspected that Iram was behind the marriages.

According to Lundianwala police, Muhammad Yasin, another brother of the suspects, informed them that Iram along with her daughters Kiran Bibi, 5, and Noor Fatima, 2, had been found slaughtered in their home.

However, when the police arrived, the informant Muhammad Yasin and the two accused had already disappeared. The bodies of Iram and her daughters were handed over to her mother.

OBITUARY: The chief editor of Faisalabad`s daily newspaper Tijarti Rahber, Attiqur Rehman, passed away on Saturday after a brief illness.

Scores of people, including journalists and officials, attended his funeral prayers, which were offered in People`s Colony No 1 Park.