SAHIWAL, Feb 1: A villager was murdered reportedly by dacoits in nearby Chak 84/5-L on Sunday morning. Reports said a gang of dacoits entered the house of Ramazan Jat. The dacoits shot Ramazan dead when he put up resistance and escaped.

Police said Ramazan had disinherited his sons from the property and the murder was because of the family feud. Yusafwala police registered the case.

HOUSE LOOTED: Dacoits looted the house of a trader in Jahaz Ground area on Saturday night. Four masked men entered the house of Aslam when he was asleep. They held up the family and locked them in a room. Later, the dacoits collected cash, gold ornaments and other valuables, worth around Rs150,000, and escaped. City police registered the case.

KASHMIR DAY: Shabab-i-Milli has planned to hold protests in every district to express solidarity with Kashmiris. A spokesman said on Sunday that processions on motorcycles would be brought out on Feb 4. A campaign would also be launched to obtain signatures of 50,000 people.

Meanwhile, Jamaat-i-Islami's political committee chairman Sheikh Shahid Hamid said arrangements for holding Kashmir Walk on Feb 5 had been finalized.

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