TOBA TEK SINGH: A man was killed and another was injured when their car overturned after a tyre burst on GojraToba Road on Sunday.

The Rescue 1122 said Mazhar Hafeez of Mohallah New Plot of Gojra was going to his home from Toba Tek Singh by a car along with his friend Amir Cheema when the accident took place. Both Mazhar and Amir were seriously injured. The Gojra Tehsil Headquarters Hospital referred them to the Allied Hospital Faisalabad where Mazhar succumbed to his injuries while the condition of Amir was also critical.SUICIDE: A youth allegedly committed suicide at Chak 49-GB in tehsil Samundri of district Faisalabad.

According to Rescue 1122, Ali Raza hanged himself from a tree outside the village after quarrelling with his parents over a monetary issue.

Tirkhani police handed over his body to the deceased`s parents without a postmortem as the family did not allow it.

INJURED: Robbers shot at and injured a distribution company`s salesman over resistance on Chiniot Road, Jhang.

Rescue 1122 said Safdar Abbas, 36, was returning to Jhang after getting payments from the shopkeepers of various villages on his motorcycle when two robbers intercepted him at gunpoint andtried to snatch cash and valuables from him. Safdar offered resistance over which they opened fire and wounded him. He was shifted to the DHQ Hospital.

DRUGS: Faisalabad police recovered on Sunday evening a large quantity of narcotics from a car.

Addressing a press conference, Lyallpur Town SP Shamsul Haq Durrani claimed that a Civil Lines police party stopped a suspected car near Model City locality and during search found 43 kilograms of hashish and 11 kg of opium hiddenin secretparts ofthe car.

Police arrested driver Muhammad Shahid Gondal of Sherazi Park locality of Jarranwala and impounded the vehicle.

During initial probe, the suspect said hehad purchased the drugs from a man of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from Islamabad motorway interchange.

SECRETARY: Punjab Local Government and Community Development Secretary Dr Irshad Ahmed visited Faisalabad`s different free flour distribution centres and inspected the whole process of distribution of flour.

Deputy Commissioner Ali Anan Qamar briefed him about the arrangements made for distribution of wheat flour bags.

The secretary visited Samundri also and inspected the wheat procurement centres established by the food department.