DADU: A seven-year-old girl died and three other children were seriously injured when the wall of a house collapsed in Allah Abad village located some 30 kilometres from here on Sunday.

The deceased girl, Tajul, daughter of Allah Ditto Khoso,was playing with her friends beside the wall when it collapsed. Along with Tajul’s body, Tahira, 6, Kashan, 4, and Ahmed, 5, were taken to the Dadu Civil Hospital, where civil surgeon Dr Razzak Junejo described the condition of all three injured children critical.

Tajul’s body was handed over to the heirs after legal formalities.

Published in Dawn, March 18th, 2019

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