QUETTA: Two army officers from the Frontier Corps headquarters Balochistan were killed in a road accident near Kuchlak on Quetta-Chaman road on Wednesday.

Official sources said Lt Col Shakeel and Major Yasar Sultan were on their way to Loralai to finalise arrangements for a passing-out parade scheduled for Thursday. When they reached near Kuchlak area a truck rammed into their vehicle. Col Shakeel was killed and Major Sultan was injured and shifted to the CMH Quetta where he died.

Published in Dawn, November 27th , 2014

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