FAISALABAD A young man was shot dead while two others sustained serious injuries for resisting a robbery in the area of Satiana police station.
A police spokesman said here on Saturday that three bandits stormed into the house of Tanveer in Satiana at 3:15 a.m. and looted golden ornaments, mobile phones and other items at gunpoint.
When the inmates resisted, the robbers opened firing on them. As a result, Umair received serious injuries and died on the spot whereas his brothers, Tanvir, and Owaiz were shifted to hospital in a critical condition.
Receiving information, police rushed to the spot and took the body into custody and started a search for the accused who managed to escape.
Meanwhile, City Police Officer (CPO) Captain (Retired) Muhammad Ali Zia also reached the spot and condoled with the family. He directed SP Jaranwala Division Abid Zafar to probe the matter and ensure immediate arrest of the culprits.
The police registered a case vide FIR No.879/23 under sections 394 and 302 of Pakistan Penal
Code (PPC) and a special team was constituted to arrest the accused, the spokesman added.
PESHAWAR For the first time in Mohmand and Bajaur districts, the Aman Cycle Race was jointly organized by Pakistan Army, Pakistan Cycling Federation and Frontier Corps North which largely attracted local youth who enthusiastically participated.
The aim and objective of the Peace Cycle Race is to create coherence between youth of the two districts of Bajaur and Mohmand that ended in two phases. The Race was was started from Nawagai of district Bajaur and ended at Nahqi Tunnelto Cadet College of Mohmand district.
A total of 120 cyclists from four provinces and Islamabad are participating in the Peace Cycle Race wherein the organizers have kept a distance of 40 km for the race in Mohmand and Bajaur.
Local cyclists from Mohmand and Bajaur also participated in the cycle race for the first time which gave them ample opportunities to learn from national cyclist’s part of the Peace Cycle Race. A large number of young people and old people are also participating in the cycle race. The purpose of the cycle race is
to spread a global message of peace and tourism in the tribal areas.