TOBA TEK SINGH: A child was critically wounded after he fell down from roof of his house during kite flying in Mohalla Saraiwala of Shorkot on Thursday.

Reports said child identified as Shah Hussain (8) was rushed to Shorkot THQ hospital where doctors referred him to Multan Nishter hospital.

FIRING: Two unidentified motorcyclists opened indiscriminate fire on the house of Shabbir Ahmad in Siraj Town at Gojra as a result his brother’s wife Sajida Bibi was critically injured.

Reports said the suspects knocked at the gate and as soon as she opened the door, they fired bullets which hit the gate and the woman. She was shifted to Gojra THQ hospital while City police registered a case against unidentified bikers.

Published in Dawn, March 22nd, 2024

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