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SAHIWAL, Jan 18: The district convention of the ruling PML scheduled for Wednesday at the Muslim League House was boycotted by the groups, led by party’s city president Rana Aamir Shahzad and secretary-general Shakeel Khan Niazi, over their differences with Punjab Agriculture Minister Muhammad Arshad Khan Lodhi.
Mr Niazi has already resigned from his office.
However, district president Malik Jalal Din Dhakko and his supporters who also had differences with Mr Lodhi were reconciled following the intervention of ministers and later Mr Dhakko presided over the convention.
Reports said Mr Dhakko and Mr Lodhi ironed out their differences following the intervention of provincial ministers Husain Jahanian Gardezi, Pir Ghulam Mohiuddin, adviser Chaudhry Sikander Elahi Cheema and standing committee chairman MPA Dr Saima Amjad.
Besides the groups, led by Rana Shahzad and Shakeel Niazi, MNAs Rai Azizullah, Rana Tariq Javed and Chaudhry Saeed Gujjar also did not attend the convention.
ARRESTED: Ghaziabad police on Wednesday arrested a man of Chak 168/9-L for providing shelter to his younger brother, a proclaimed offender in a number of murder and kidnap cases.
Reports said Zulfiqar Ahmed, a former district council member, had murdered a bank manager, Shahid Bashir. He was also wanted by police in various murder and kidnap cases.
Police on a tip off raided the house of Faiz Ahmed to arrest Zulfiqar but the former helped his younger brother escape arrest.
Police have registered a case under section 216 of the PPC and arrested Faiz Ahmed.
FAULTY SCALES: A labour department team, headed by the executive district officer, on Wednesday raided purchase centres of four sugar mills in the city and found their scales faulty.
Supervisors of these centres were receiving 25 per cent extra weight of sugarcane from growers on their faulty scales. The team arrested them and submitted charge-sheet against them to the court.
They have been identified as Fayyaz Ahmed of Ittefaq sugar mills, Kashif of Abdullah sugar mills, Muhammad Sharif of Chanar sugar mills and Ashraf of Baba Farid Sugar mills.
