Life returns to normalcy in violence-hit Jaranwala

F.P. Report

JARANWALA: Life starts returning to normalcy seven days after riots in Jaranwala as traffic is back on roads and markets have also opened, on Tuesday.

On the other hand, on the directives of Punjab Chief Minister Syed Mohsin Naqvi, work is in progress for the rehabilitation of members of the Christian community whose homes were destroyed and even churches were burnt by mobs of people who had gone berserk after hearing reports of desecration of the holy Quran.    

A relief camp has been set up at city’s Danish School where besides the provision of other facilities, teams of doctors are also present for the treatment of patients.

Earlier, Prime Minister Anwarul Haq Kakar and CM Naqvi had distributed cheques among the affected members of the community.  Rs2 million were given to each affected person.

Similarly, different NGOs, too, have provided ration to the victims of violence.

Over 80 homes and 19 churches were vandalized and torched when thou­sands rampaged through a Christian neighbor­hood in Jaranwala last week.

Terror and pan­ic gripped the town for hours as the mob armed with batons, push carts and patrol cans stormed Christians’ homes and churches, ransacked them and even burnt them.

Courtesy: (24news)