Livestock deptt to be developed on modern lines: minister

Lahore

LAHORE: Provincial Minister Livestock Sardar Shahabuddin has said it is mission to develop the livestock department on modern lines under the vision of the Punjab chief minister. The minister formally inaugurated a video conferencing system by pressing the button here on Tuesday.

He said the livestock department had crossed another milestone and became the only department to adopt video conferencing system in government departments.

He said the latest video conference system would prove to be very beneficial in monitoring departmental administrative matters and Online Conferencing System would also save 900 million rupees annually.

“Effective monitoring of staff and departmental services will pave the way for economic development of cattle ranch”, Sardar Shahabuddin said.

With the help of modern system there would be better opportunity to evaluate the departmental performance, he added.

Secretary Livestock Muhammad Malik Bhalla, additional and deputy secretaries, director generals and other officers participated in the ceremony through videolink.

Two murderers, one dacoit held

D.I.KHAN:The police claimed to have arrested two murderers from Punjab who allegedly killed three elders of Mehsud tribe here near New Fruit Market last month.

According to police spokesman, three elders of Mehsud tribe were killed on November 16, 2022 when two unknown armed motorcyclists opened fire on their car here near Ratta Kulachi Sabzi Mandi.

After the incident, the Sadar police team led by DSP Sadar Circle Hafiz Muhammad Adnan and SHO Muhammad Saleem Baloch comprised of PASI Sanaullah Niazi and PASI Khubab Baloch started the investigation and search for the accused.

The police team led by the DSP Sadar Circle conducted an operation in Darya Khan area of Punjab and arrested two accused including Abdullah son of Matwallah and Shahzad son of Ali Muhammad resident of South Waziristan, currently settled in Darya Khan. The police also recovered the weapon used in the murder.

In another action, the Saddar police arrested an accused dacoit over a charge of looting Rs 7.4 million from a house in the limits of Sadar Police Station.