Man dies while saving child

Published June 8, 2003

OKARA, June 7: An aged man lost his life by diving in front of a train to save a child here on Saturday night.

Reports said a child was crossing the track opposite the Sheikh Basti area ignorant of the train coming towards him. An aged man, who was standing there, dived and threw the child, but himself was crushed.

WIDOW SLAUGHTERED: A widow was slaughtered when she was asleep at her house here on Saturday.

Reports said Kausar Perveen, wife of late Wali Muhammad, was sleeping with her children when some unidentified men entered her house and slaughtered her.

Saddar police have registered a case.

Opinion

Editorial

Doctor attacked
09 Jun, 2026

Doctor attacked

AN act of reprehensible violence has shaken the medical community. On Saturday, an employee of the Provincial Civil...
AJK flare-up
Updated 09 Jun, 2026

AJK flare-up

The situation started deteriorating after a trader affiliated with the JAAC was reportedly shot in an altercation with law-enforcers.
Fault lines
09 Jun, 2026

Fault lines

THE April 8 ceasefire that halted hostilities between Israel and Iran has encountered its most serious test yet....
Soft on traders
08 Jun, 2026

Soft on traders

THE Fixed Tax Asaan Scheme for traders with an annual turnover of up to Rs200m has been designed as a ‘pragmatic...
Ceasefire in name
Updated 08 Jun, 2026

Ceasefire in name

Both sides accuse the other of violating the truce that was supposed to halt the conflict in April, yet neither appears willing to abandon negotiations altogether.
Damaged childhoods
08 Jun, 2026

Damaged childhoods

CHILD abuse is so prevalent that the UN ranked Pakistan as the least safe country for children. Even so, more than...