Minor girls burnt to death

Published January 2, 2006

BATAGRAM, Jan 1: Three minor girls were burnt to death after a fire broke out in their tent in Gul Dera about seven kilometres from Batgram on Sunday. Eyewitness said that the tent caught fire from a burning candle while their father Qari Muha-mmad Bashir was away. The fire engulfed the tent and burnt to death Rehana, 8, Bushra 5 and their younger sister Javeria, 3. It also spread to the surrounding tents but was timely brought under control.—APP/Online

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