Mudslide kills seven

Published March 8, 2006

PAKPATTAN, March 7: A mudslide killed seven people who were carrying out repair work on a well near Chak Faropur, Chistian, 10km off here on Tuesday. Another worker was critically injured in the incident.

Police said eight persons were repairing the well when all of a sudden a pile of mud fell on them. As a result, Manzoor Ahmad, Mohammad Rafique, Nazar Mohammad, Mohammad Fazal, Mohammad Mushtaq, Mohammad Yar and Mohammad Sharif died on the spot. A former union council nazim, Mohammad Saleem Chishti, was critically injured in the accident.—APP

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