BAJAUR: Two children were killed and three wounded in rain-related incidents in Bajaur tribal district, Rescue 1122 officials and residents said on Friday.

They said roof of a room of a house collapsed due to heavy rain on Thursday night in Mena area of Mamond tehsil, wounding two children.

The locals retrieved the children from debris in critical condition. The children identified as Ameena, 12, and Halema, 7, died while being shifted to hospital.

Separately, three children were injured after a boundary wall of their house collapsed owing to heavy rain in Odigram locality of Salarzai on Thursday night.

Villagers and rescue officials said the children were passing by the wall when it collapsed.

Meanwhile, the district administration provided relief and edible items to the affected families.

Published in Dawn, August 13th, 2022

Opinion

Editorial

Punishing evaders
02 May, 2024

Punishing evaders

THE FBR’s decision to block mobile phone connections of more than half a million individuals who did not file...
Engaging Riyadh
Updated 02 May, 2024

Engaging Riyadh

It must be stressed that to pull in maximum foreign investment, a climate of domestic political stability is crucial.
Freedom to question
02 May, 2024

Freedom to question

WITH frequently suspended freedoms, increasing violence and few to speak out for the oppressed, it is unlikely that...
Wheat protests
Updated 01 May, 2024

Wheat protests

The government should withdraw from the wheat trade gradually, replacing the existing market support mechanism with an effective new one over the next several years.
Polio drive
01 May, 2024

Polio drive

THE year’s fourth polio drive has kicked off across Pakistan, with the aim to immunise more than 24m children ...
Workers’ struggle
Updated 01 May, 2024

Workers’ struggle

Yet the struggle to secure a living wage — and decent working conditions — for the toiling masses must continue.