45 parrots burnt in house fire.

GUJRANWALA -- Forty-five pet Australian parrots, home appliances and furniture were burnt in a fire in a house in Faisalabad Colony here on Sunday.

According to District Emergency Officer Syed Abid Kamal, the fire erupted after a short circuit. The owner had 45 pet Australian parrots and all of them were burnt in the fire. Firefighters extinguished the fire. No human was injured in the incident.

ARREST: The district police arrested a murder accused who was underground for the last one-and-a-half years.

City Police Officer Dr Moeen Masood told Dawn that proclaimed offender Irfan, a resident of Wahndo, had killed Gulzaib, a resident of Rata Bajwa Road, over a minor dispute and escaped.

The Wahndo police arrested him from his hideout on Sunday and sent him behind the bars.

In another incident, the Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) arrested two persons involved in display of arms on social media and recovered two pistols from them.

CIA Deputy Superintendent of Police Imran Abbas Chadhar told the media the social media monitoring team had identified Imtiaz Khokhar and Aftab Ali...