Fifth body recovered from well

Published October 26, 2002

TOBA TEK SINGH, Oct 25: The body of labourer Ismail was pulled out on Friday morning after the passage of more than 36 hours from the collapsed well of the Government Women Teachers Training College, Kamalia.

Five people, contractor Muhammad Ramzan and labourers Ghulam Mustafa, Muhammad Imran, Muhammad Iqbal and Muhammad Ismail, buried alive while digging a well on Wednesday. Four of the bodies were recovered on Thursday.

A large number of people attended the funeral prayer for the labourers offered in Chak 187-GB on Friday.

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