HARIPUR: Three employees of the Peshawar Electric Supply Company and a passer-by suffered burn injuries when a power transformer exploded on Khanpur Road here on Sunday.

Police and Pesco sources said that the three power utility employees, identified as Mohammad Qasim, Mir Abbas and Mohammad Ikram, were fixing a fault at a 100kv transformer near a private hospital on Khanpur Road when it exploded.

As a result, the three Pesco employees and a passer-by later identified as Tasleem Ahmed suffered burn injuries. The area people shifted the injured to the Trauma Centre where condition of two was stated to be critical.

KILLED: A woman was killed while three others sustained injuries when a vehicle plunged into roadside ditch near Mang village on Khanpur Road.

Police quoted eyewitnesses as saying that a Suzuki high-roof (No ID-178) was on way to Abbottabad from Rawalpindi when the mishap occurred due to speeding.

RANKING: At least 28 scientists of the University of Haripur have been included in the World Scientists and University Rankings 2021- AD Scientific Index 2021, says a press release issued by the office of UoH deputy registrar Riaz Mohammad here on Sunday.

Prof Anwar Gilani, UoH vice-chancellor, and four women scientists were among the scientists named in the index.

It said that Dr Ali Raza, Dr Farrukh Javed, Dr Abid Fareed, Raheem Shahzad, Dr Hajira Haroon, Dr Sadia Alam, Dr Sobia Nisa and Dr Aliya Ibrar were prominent among the 28 scientists.

Published in Dawn, May 24th, 2021