TOBA TEK SINGH: Five persons were injured after a group of villagers allegedly opened indiscriminate fire over a parking dispute in Chak 298 JB of Gojra tehsil on Sunday.

According to the Gojra City police, an inauguration ceremony of a newly-built house was being held in the village in which Gojra Railway Road Traders Association Patron-in-Chief Munir Hussain, also known as Chacha Munir, came to attend along with his sonin-law and nephews.

Police claimed that they exchanged harsh words with Muhammad Naveed and others of the village over parking their vehicle in front of a house and the local group opened bre. As a result, Munir Hussain, Imran Saleem, Shabbir, Rizwan Saleem and Zubair Saleem, residents of Mohalla Sharif Pura of Gojra, were critically wounded.

They were shifted to the Gojra THQ Hospital for treatment and doctors referred Munir Hussain to the Faisalabad Allied Hospital.

Gojra City police have registered a case against the suspects and have been conducting raids for their arrest.

QUACK HELD: Police claimedto have arrested a quackfor allegedly administering a wrong injection, causing the death of a fouryear-old girl in Khanewal district on Saturday night.

Police claimed the suspect, Muhammad Zahid of Basti Khalilabad, claimed to be a qualified doctor but he could not provide a medical degree. He was taken into custody after a case was registered against him by the Kohna police.

Meanwhile, health department officials sealed his clinic and confiscated the medicine kept in his clinic. The team also launched a crackdown and sealed a number of other clinics of alleged quacks in the same locality.

HOCKEY MATCH: A friendly match will be played between the junior hockey teams of Pakistan and China at the Gojra International Hockey Stadium on Oct 28.

Deputy Commissioner Maham Asif Malik held a meeting on Sunday to review the arrangements for the match, in which security, traffic management, cleanliness, rescue and other administrative matters were discussed.

District Sports Officer Muhammad Jamil briefed the meeting about the preparations and arrangements for the match.The DC said that Gojra had a prominent identity across the country regarding hockey and famous players of this city had represented Pakistan at the national and international levels.

ACCIDENT: A pedestrian died after a speeding motorcycle hit him in Jhang Bazaar Chowk on the Canal Road in Faisalabad on Sunday.

According to Rescue 1122, the 45-year-old victim could not be identified so far. The biker, identified as Habibur Rehman (40), also received critical injuries and had been shifted to the Allied Hospital.

FACTORIES SEALED: A civil defence enforcement team conducted an operation against those involved in the illegal fireworks business at Mai Mastani Road, Chak 229 RB, and Makoana areas of Faisalabad on Sunday.

During the operation, the team sealed three factories and recovered flammable materials and destroyed them on the spot.

The team claimed that the suspects were found involved in illegal fireworks business and manufacturing flammable materials without legal licences in these factories.

Cases have been registered against the owners by the Faisalabad Saddar police.The DC said that Gojra had a prominent identity across the country regarding hockey and famous players of this city had represented Pakistan at the national and international levels.

ACCIDENT: A pedestrian died after a speeding motorcycle hit him in Jhang Bazaar Chowk on the Canal Road in Faisalabad on Sunday.

According to Rescue 1122, the 45-year-old victim could not be identified so far. The biker, identified as Habibur Rehman (40), also received critical injuries and had been shifted to the Allied Hospital.

FACTORIES SEALED: A civil defence enforcement team conducted an operation against those involved in the illegal fireworks business at Mai Mastani Road, Chak 229 RB, and Makoana areas of Faisalabad on Sunday.

During the operation, the team sealed three factories and recovered flammable materials and destroyed them on the spot.

The team claimed that the suspects were found involved in illegal fireworks business and manufacturing flammable materials without legal licences in these factories.

Cases have been registered against the owners by the Faisalabad Saddar police.