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SIALKOT, Sept 30: The body of an infant who drowned in the BRB Canal on Tuesday was recovered on Friday. The 24-day-old Sohail, son of Arshad Mughal of Sukeyki, Daska, drowned when an overloaded passenger wagon (AJKA-9454) plunged into the BRB canal near Bharokey village due to over speeding on Sept 27 as a result of which six people were killed. A body was recovered from the canal on Sept 28.
Sohahil was laid to rest in a local graveyard in the evening.
According to official sources, the search for more bodies has been stopped as the canal was opened after a three-day closure on Friday.
FOOTBALLS: Production of machine-made footballs has started following implementation of the WTO’s international quality standards.
This was stated by outgoing chairman of Pakistan Sports Goods Manufacturers and Exporters Association Yunas Ratra at the annual general meeting of the PSGMEA here on Friday.
He said the step had been taken to avoid further crises as the industry had survived a poisonous propaganda of child labour during the production of the hand stitched footballs.
He said the time has come to introduce new technologies to compete in the global market. “For this purpose, Rs150 million are direly required.”
He said a ‘Pakistan Sports Industry Development Trust’ has been established for introducing the machine-made balls instead of the traditional hand-stitched balls in the world markets.
