SARGODHA - A young man committed suicide over domestic issues in Urban Area Police limits here on Thursday.

Police said that Qaisar Ali, 27, resident of Jinnah colony, had an altercation with his family members over domestic issue. In a fit of rage, he consumed poisonous pills. Rescue-1122 shifted him to hospital in serious condition where he breathed his last. Police handed over the body to the heirs after completing legal-medico formalities.

50 shops sealed over 

violation of corona SOPs

The district administration on Thursday sealed 50 shops in the city over violation of the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for coronavirus pandemic. Talking to reporters, Assistant Commissioner Omar Draz Gondal said 20 traders and 15 citizens had been arrested for not wearing masks while four hotels had also been sealed for violating SOPs. Cases would be registered against those who did not wear masks, he warned.

DDC approves amendments 

in budget of various schemes

The District Development Committee on Thursday has approved amendments in the budgets of four new schemes in PP-76 and PP-80 of Community Development Program Phase III, five ongoing schemes in PP-76 and two ongoing schemes in PP-81.

District Development Committee meeting was held under the chairmanship of Deputy Commissioner Naila Baqir here. The meeting was informed that three new schemes in PP-76 of Public Health Engineering were estimated at Rs17.1 million and one scheme in PP-80 was estimated at Rs80.93 million.  The meeting also approved the revised budget of Rs18.9 million for five ongoing schemes in PP-76 and two ongoing schemes in PP-81.

Deputy Commissioner Naila Baqir directed the concerned officers to complete all the schemes on time and not to compromise on the sustainability of these schemes. 

The meeting was attended by Additional Deputy Commissioner Finance Shoaib Niswana, Deputy Director Development Qasim Ranjha and other officers of concerned departments.