SARGODHA: Five workers were run over and killed by a crusher and another suffered injuries during a blast to excavate stones from hills at Chak 26 Gamin near Pull 111 on Tuesday, some 20km from here.

The deceased have been identified as Yaqoob, Rashid Masih, Zulfikar of 115 Risala, Fatyad Nabi of Chiniot, Sherzada of Chenabnagar and Mansha of Chak No.193 and shifted to DHQ hospital.

Locals rescued an injured worker on a self-help basis.

Accidents are common at stone crushing units here owing to poor working conditions and labourers off and on suffer at these sites as no safety measures are adopted.

It merits mentioning that during the last 19 years as many as 370 labourers died and thousands lost their limbs who are living with disabilities.

This [crushing] industry is considered one of the major stone crushing industry all over Asia but neither owners of plants nor the labour and mines departments have initiated any solid precautionary steps for the safety of the workforce.

BA/BSc RESULTS: Girl students excelled in University of Sargodha BA/BSc annual examinations 2019, grabbing top positions in both science and arts groups.

The university announced position holders on Tuesday afternoon.

In the BSc exam, Ramla Shehzadi of the Superior College of Commerce, Sargodha, got first position by securing 667 marks while Irum Samreen of Punjab College of Science, Sargodha, stood second with 662 marks. The third position was obtained by Tehreem Zameer (Punjab College) with 654 marks.

In BA, Mubasira of Government College for Women, Bhakkar, secured 650 marks and stood first and Sahar Munir of Superior College, Bhalwal, clinched second position with 644 score. The third position was clinched by a private student Dur-e-Shehwar with 634 marks.

A ceremony will be held at Sargodha University (Main Campus) on Wednesday (today) wherein the vice chancellor will distribute medals, cash prizes and merit certificates among the position holders.

Published in Dawn, August 7th, 2019