GUJRAT: A three-storey building having a fast food outlet was burnt due to electric short-crcuiting on Saturday (Aug 10) in Gujrat city of Punjab province. Rescue officials took over three hours to extinguish the fire in the building near Kidney Centre along the Circular Road. The fire erupted at around 12 o'clock during the day in...
ATTOCK: A nine-year-old boy died due to an electric shock in a village of district Attock located in Punjab province, media reported. The incident occurred in Village Peerzai under the jurisdiction of Hazro police station. Police said the boy named Muhammad Yousaf was playing in the courtyard of a cattle shed when he accidentally touched the...
GUJRAT: A man was electrocuted and two others were injured in rain-related incidents on Sunday in Gujrat city of Punjab, media reported. As per Rescue 1122, Nadeem Akhtar Dar, aged 45, suffered an electric shock in Muslimabad locality of the city. He was shifted to the Aziz Bhatti Shaheed Teaching Hospital (ABSTH) where doctors pronounced him...
FAISALABAD: Two young men lost their lives in separate electrocution incidents on Sunday (August 4) in Ahmedpur Sharqia district of Punjab province. According to media reports, Rescue 1122 officials said the incidents occurred in Therhi Zabti and Wahi Jaan Mohammad. The victim Nasir, aged 25, was electrocuted by wires from a water pump, while 24-year-old Nadeem...
ISLAMABAD: At least four children lost their lives in two separate tragic incidents involving electrocution and drowning in Islamabad. In the first incident, two children were electrocuted when the when they inadvertently touched an electricity generator in Sector F-11/2 during rain. The victims were identified as 8-year-old Ghulam and 5-year-old Waqas. In another incident, two drowned in...
TOBA TEK SINGH: Three persons were electrocuted while others were injured while erecting a tent in Toba Tek Singh district of Punjab province. The incident occurred when an iron rod came into contact with a live wire while erecting a tent at Sasta Bazaar in Pir Mahal near Toba Tek Singh The incident took place at the...
FAISALABAD: A woman and a child died of electrocution in separate incidents in the city on Wednesday (July 31), local media reported. The report citing a police spokesperson said the woman Rahat Jabeen, aged 32 years, resident of Rasheedabad, was trying to switch on a fan at her house when she received an electric shock. The...
PESHAWAR: At least 22 persons were killed and several reportedly injured in accidents caused by heavy rains across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Heavy rains have battered the province for the past couple of days, triggering landslides and flash flooding which has killed dozens of people including ten from a single family. In Bazikhel area of Darra Adam Khel, Kohat,...
LAHORE: A child and five women were killed and six others injured due to heavy monsoon rains in various districts of Punjab during the last 24 hours, media reported on Wednesday (July 31). A report by the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) report said that six people, including a child and five women, were killed while...
KASUR: A young boy was electrocuted while catching a stray kite at Basti Lal Shah on Sunday (June 21), local media reported. According to the report, Muhammad Rehan, aged 13, rushed to catch a stray kite attached to a metal string. The metal string fell on the transmission line before Rehan caught it. Eyewitnesses said that as...
