BAHAWALPUR: The Punjab Election Commissioner has imposed a fine of Rs40,000 on Zawar Hussain, the PML-N candidate for PP-224 Lodhran-1 by-poll, for violating the code of conduct.

A press release issued by provincial election commissioner`s spokesman Huda Ali Gohar said the district monitoring officer (DMO) of Lodhran had imposed a fine of Rs40,000 on the PML-N candidate after his reply to election commission`s show-cause notice was found unsatisfactory.

The spokesman said Zawar Hussain had invited minister of state Abdul Rehman Kanjoo to his election campaign. Later, the DMO recorded his explanation and found it unsatisf actory.

TAINTED LIQUOR: Two persons died after consuming tainted liquor while eight others were hospitalised at a village in the suburbs of Uch Sharif, about 70 kilometres away f rom here, on Wednesday.

Aamir Nazir, PRO to theBahawalpur DPO, confirmed death of Muhammad Siddique and claimed that the other person had disappeared and efforts were being made to track him down. He said the condition of eight people admitted to the Ahmedpur East THQ hospital was stated to be serious.

The Uch Sharif police have yet to take a legal action against those responsible for the tragedy.

KILLED: A man was killed while three others were injured in firing following a brawl between two rival cricket teams at Awwal Khan village in Khairpur Tamewali tehsil on Tuesday.

This is the second murder incident in a playground between the rivals during Eid holidays. Earlier, on Eid day, a man was killed by players of a rival team during a volleyball match.

Police said a dispute arose during the cricket match and six people -Jamshed, Irfan, Shan Ahmed, Jaffar and Irshad Ahmed -opened fire and injured Bilal, Muhammad Haji, Khizar Abbas and Adil . Bilal suc-cumbed to his wounds while he was being shifted to the THQ hospital, they said.

The assailants made good their escape, police said, adding that the Inayati police on the complaint of Muhammad Nazir, father of the deceased, registered a murder case.

Meanwhile, Regional Police Of ficer Riffat Mukhtar Raja has formed a committee to probe the arson and firing incident of Kahrore Pucca on Eid day, says Lodhran DPO`s PRO Imran Umar.

The violence sparked by a clash between two volleyball teams had claimed the life of a man and left two others injured.

ASP Regional Investigation Branch, Multan, Rao Naeem Shahid heads the committee whereas SP Cantonment (Multan) Hassan Afzal and DSP Legal (regional police office, Multan) Iftikhar Ahmed are its members. The RPO has directed the committee members to complete the investigation within the next 48 hours and submit a report.