TOBA TEK SINGH: A car caught fire on Tuesday at Shalimar Park in Faisalabad leaving the driver burnt.
Rescue 1122 said driver Ghulam Murtaza, 32, parked the car outside his house and then sprayed kerosene on it. When he tried to dry it with an electric blower, its spark caused the fire.
The car was completely burnt while Murtaza suffered injuries. He was admitted to the Allied Hospital’s burn unit.
SNAKE BITE: A five-year-old boy died on Tuesday after he was bitten by a snake in Faisalabad’s Chak 59-GB.
Rescue 1122 reported that Shehroze was asleep in a cart in his outhouse when the snake bit him. He was rushed to the Jarranwala THQ Hospital where he expired.
MURDERED: A man was murdered on Tuesday in Chak Dhassianwala near Jarranwala.
Rescue 1122 said Muhammad Aslam, 60, was asleep in his house when someone slaughtered him.
COURTS: The Faisalabad Revenue Awami Khidmat Kutchehry of tehsils City and Saddar was held at DC Complex where Deputy Commissioner Imran Hamid Sheikh listened to public complaints.
Katchehrys were also held at Jaranwala, Samundri, Tandlianwala and Chak Jhumra.
The DC visited the Muharram control room and reviewed its operation. He said that CCTV cameras are also being installed at all sensitive points, including the routes of mourning processions and around majalis venues.
He said the routes of all mourning processions were being monitored closely while teams of police, Rescue 1122 and other departments were sitting in the control room to monitor and provide all possible facilities to the mourners.
Published in Dawn, August 3rd, 2022
