Four Tableeghi Jamaat members die on Dera road

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DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Four Tableeghi Jamaat members were killed and 19 others injured when a coach carrying them met an accident here on Tuesday.

Rescue 1122 and police officials said the vehicle coming from Balochistan to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa overturned in Parwarra area of Darazinda tehsil due to brake failure.

The deceased were identified as Ataur Rehman and Munir Ahmed from Charsadda, Mohammad Dildar of Khanpur and an unidentified man.

Rescue teams shifted the injured to a hospital.

Meanwhile, 10 people, including two women, were injured when a passenger bus and a van collided near Darazinda FC Fort.

A Rescue 1122 team shifted the injured to a hospital.

In another incident, unidentified assailants shot dead a forest guard, namely Irfan Khan, in Paniyala area.

The attackers escaped. The police have registered a case.

Published in Dawn, February 16th, 2022

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