BAHAWALPUR: Jallah Araian police in Lodhran district claimed to have averted theft of the Multan Electric Power Company (Mepco) material worth hundreds of thousands of rupees loaded on a private truck at Basti Malook, arresting a suspect and booking two local company officials. According to police, a truck driver, Abdul Ghafoor, impersonating a Mepco employee, attempted to take away the material, including thousands of single- and three-phase electricity meters, transformers, cables and other electric gadgets, in a private vehicle. However, a police party intercepted the truck on a bridge and during checking recovered the stolen material, arresting the suspect. The police said that the suspect, Ghafoor, had a bogus letter allegedly issued by a Mepco sub-divisional officer (SDO) with a fake seal. They said the Mepco material was to be transported to Lahore in connivance with two company officials. The police officials say that the arrested suspect is being interrogated and some other Mepco officials may also be involved in the scandal. Truck driver held,two Disco employees booked The Jallah Arian has registered an FIR No. 668/24 under sections 420, 170, 468, 471 of the Pakistan Penal Code on the complaint of ASI Liquat Ali Anjum. SEMINAR: The Medical and Health Division and Anti-Narcotics and Healthcare Society of the Islamia University, Bahawalpur, (IUB) organised an awareness seminar in connection with the World Diabetes Day. A press release said that the seminar was presided over by IUB Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr Muhammad Kamran, while speakers included Prof Dr Qazi Masroor Ali, programme focal person, IUB Chief Medical Officer Dr Muhammad Usman Cheema and Prof Dr Rao Saeed Ahmed, Dean Faculty of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences. The speakers stressed the need for changing lifestyle and avoid junk food, cold drinks and beverages to avoid obesity and diabetes.