Man guns down wife, mother-in-law
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A man shot and killed his wife and mother-in-law in Pindigheb late Friday night.
Muhammad Shahbaz informed the police that many years ago, Sadaqat Ali shot dead his father-in-law Ghulam Rasool and his case is still pending in court. Ali is currently out on bail.
He added that his mother-in-law and sister-in-law were following the case of murder, and they were repeatedly being pushed to give a letter of consent, but they refused. "My wife and I were sleeping in the house of my mother-in-law when they heard gunfire. Just as I came out I saw Sadaqat Ali leaving with a gun. I rushed to my mother-in-law's room where I found my mother-in-law, Imtiaz Bibi, and my sister-in-law, Salma Bibi, in a pool of blood."
Shahbaz said that Sadaqat Ali was angry because his wife and mother-in-law kept refusing to give a letter of consent in the case of the murder.
Police handed over the bodies to their heirs after completing medico-legal formalities and also registered a case against Sadaqat Ali.
Protest against taxes
Meanwhile, the residents of Pindigheb, led by Numberdar Ahmed Nawaz, protested in front of the Islamabad Electric Supply Company (IESCO) office against imposition of heavy taxes in electricity bills.
The protesters held placards and chanted slogans against the government and its brutal policies.
The protesters said that the government has put all the burden on the public in the name of fuel adjustment charges on the dictation of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), while the lavish lifestyle of bureaucrats and government officials is still at its peak.
The government is fooling citizens and pushing them towards extreme poverty, unemployment and lawlessness, they said.
The protesters said that bills of Rs3,000 are being sent for spending zero units. The rulers and the elite class can afford the increase in electricity prices, but how will daily wagers pay thousands of rupees bills?
Published in The Express Tribune, August 14th, 2022.