Three of a family die of suffocation

Published December 15, 2005

BAHAWALPUR, Dec 14: Three members of a family died of suffocation in their house in Noor Shah Bokhari here on Wednesday. Asif, 26, wife Zille Huma, 25, with their two and a half month old daughter Dua were sleeping in their room with gas heater on. Their bodies were handed over to their family after autopsy.

LIFE TERM: An anti-terrorism court handed down life imprisonment and Rs100,000 fine to Talib Husain for raping and murdering an eight-year-old girl in Khairpur Tamewali on Dec 1, 2003.

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