KARACHI: Four people lost their lives in Karachi during the ongoing heatwave, taking the death toll to 49 since June 21, confirmed the Sindh Heath Department. In a statement, the health department said that Abbasi Shaheed Hospital reported four deaths from heatstroke in 24 hours. During the 10 days, Abbasi Shaheed Hospital recorded 23 deaths from heatstroke,...
MUZAFARGARH: A young man lost his life due to electrocution by a solar system wire on Sunday in Jatoi tehsil locality, local media reported. According to reports, the victim Amjad, a resident of a village in Jatoi police station, was on his way when the incident occurred. He received an electric shock from a cable of the...
FAISALABAD: Two children died and seven others suffered burn injuries after a fire erupted at the house due to an explosion of a laptop battery. The incident occurred at a house located in located at the Satyana road of Shareef Pura neighbourhood caught fire as laptop battery exploded while charging. Rescue officials said the battery got overheated...
LARKANA: Two minor brothers died due to electric shock in Heerabad, district Shahdadkot in an unfortunate incident earlier this month on June 2. The deceased were identified as Ali, aged 4, and Ashfaq, aged 2. Speaking to the media, the father of the children that the incident occurred due to an electrical current flowing through the...
LAHORE: A 12-year-old boy was electrocuted to death after he came in contact with an electric pole in the Singhpura area of Shalimar. The victim’s younger sister was also injured in the incident on June 13. The relatives said that the victim Ali Hassan along with his sister Zoya was going to the market when the...
FAISALABAD: Four workers of public health engineering construction site were electrocuted and drowned in a well on Thursday in Tandlianwala town of district Faisalabad. The workers were identified as 35-year-old guard Shafiq, 36-year-old Arsalan, 40-year-old Burhan, and 40-year-old Asghar. The incident happened near Chak 263 RB Cemetery when an iron ladder in the well became electrified, causing...
LAHORE: Two people were killed and another was injured when a speeding dumper crushed several pedestrians in Shahdra area of the city. According to Rescue 1122 officials, the high-speed dumper fell into the canal after crushing the pedestrians. The rescue officials handed over the bodies to the police for legal proceedings. In another incident, two motorcyclists were...
LARKANA: A man drowned while bathing in Dadu Canal in Larkana and a boy died when he fell into a pond near his home in a village in Jacobabad district. A wielder, Syed Sajjad Shah, aged 22, was bathing in Dadu Canal in Faridabad village, 15 kilometres from Larkana, along with other workers to beat the...
KARACHI: Another incident of a child falling into an open manhole has emerged in Karachi, where a minor girl fell into an uncovered manhole in Sher Shah but was rescued by passing citizens. According to media reports, CCTV footage has surfaced showing a girl falling into an open manhole on Muhammadi Road in Sher Shah. Citizens around...
HYDERABAD: Three sanitary workers died from suffocation while cleaning a sewage drain in Tando Muhammad Khan on Wednesday (June 12), media reported. The work on cleaning sewage and storm drains in Tando Muhammad Khan commenced on the directions of the local government and district administration. A sanitary worker initially entered a manhole of the drain to clean...
