SIALKOT: The families of those who were killed or injured in recent month-long unprovoked Indian shelling on villages along the Working Boundary are still awaiting any financial compensation by the government.

The affected families said they had lost their dear ones to senseless Indian aggression against civilian population but no one from government side had yet announced any financial compensation for them, leaving them in severe financial crisis.

Imdad Husain, 55, Muhammad Latif, 65, both residents of Bajrah Garhi village and Nazia Bibi, 36, wife of Yasir Mehmood of Khadraal village were killed in Indian shelling about a week ago.

“We are still waiting for any financial compensation from the government,” a member of an affected family said, requesting anonymity.

They said they were totally dependent on their seasonal crops, but the month-long Indian shelling forced them to stop cultivation.

Some locals said they had cultivated paddy in their fields along the border, but could not go there to look after the crop due to Indian shelling.

They said now they would have to sow the crop again to feed their families, resulting in a heavy financial loss to them.

ELECTROCUTED: A trader was electrocuted as he suffered a severe shock from an electric pole during heavy rain in city’s congested Shahabpura locality on Monday.

Muhammad Arshad, 33, suffered a severe shock when the motorcycle he was riding hit an electric pole in a street during rain.

As a result, he died on the spot. Rescue 1122 officials shifted the body to Government Allama Iqbal Memorial Teaching Hospital for autopsy.

Published in Dawn, September 2nd, 2014