TOBA TEK SINGH: A dozen workers were injured in a steam boiler explosion at a textile mills in Faisalabad on Sunday. Rescue 1122 reported that as a result of the blast, not only did fire break out in the factory but the roof of a hall also caved in. All the injured were shifted to the burn unit of Allied Hospital.

They were identified as Zahoor from Bahawalpur; Azam, Fayaz and his son Salman, all three from Bahawalnagar; Abdul Waheed from Pakpattan; Abubakar from Bawa Chak; Wasim and Mustansar, both from Arifwala; brothers Umair and Zunair from Samundri Road; Shoaib from Noorpur and Suhail from Chak Mansooran Wali.

ROAD CRASH: Two motorcyclists died and their two pillion riders were critically injured in Jhang after a van collided with their motorcycle on Sunday on Shorkot-Garh Maharaja Road near Chak 5 Mor.

Rescue1122 said the deceased were identified as Muhammad Ashir and Rukhsana Mai, while the injured were Manzar Abbas and Mumtaz Bibi. The injured were shifted to Garh Maharaja Rural Health Centre.

WALL COLLAPSE: Two labourers died and two others were injured when a dilapidated wall, which they were dismantling, fell on them in Faisalabad’s Model City on Sunday.

Rescue 1122 said that locals and rescuers removed heavy debris of the wall and retrieved the two deceased, identified as Sabir Anwar and Shahbaz Ahmad, both from Sahiwal.

The injured, identified as brothers Ali Rehman and Muhammad Rehan from Sahiwal, were also shifted to DHQ hospital where their condition was stated to be serious.

KILLED IN ENCOUNTER: Alleged extortionist Malik Abdul Qadir was killed on Sunday in an encounter with Faisalabad’s People’s Colony police.

According to the FIR registered under sections 302, 324, 353, 148, 149, and 186 of Pakistan Penal Code, the outlaw and his four accomplices resorted to indiscriminate firing on the workshop of a transport company in Tariqabad locality over the refusal of company staff to pay extortion money.

A number of buses were damaged. When the police arrived at the scene on information, they also opened fire on the policemen, which was retaliated by the policemen. When the firing stopped, the police found Qadir injured while his other accomplices fled.

He was rushed to the DHQ hospital where he succumbed to his wounds. A city police spokesperson claimed that he died after receiving bullets fired by his own accomplices.

FIA OPERATION: The Faisalabad Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) detected five locations, including a factory and houses, where electricity was being stolen.

A press release said that the suspects caused a loss of millions of rupees to Faisalabad Electric Supply Company. The FIA registered cases and began raids to arrest the power thieves.

ACCIDENTS: A bus ran over a man in Jhang on Sunday on Sargodha Road.

Rescue 1122 reported that Iftikhar was crossing the road near Amer Town when the bus ran over and killed him.

Also, a car driver was injured after his car hit another car ahead of it on motorway M-3 near Samundri interchange. He was identified as Basharat Ali and was shifted to Samundri THQ hospital.

Published in Dawn, April 22nd, 2024