DERA MURAD JAMALI: Wedding celebrations turned tragic in Nasirabad division as a girl was killed and three other children were injured in separate incidents of aerial firing in Dera Murad Jamali and Jaffarabad.

Police said a wedding gathering in Dera Murad Jamali ended in mourning after aerial firing at the residence of Dr Shahnawaz Mengal, former district president of the Balochistan National Party (Nasirabad chapter), fatally wounded a young girl and seriously injured two other children.

Police have arrested the suspect involved. Police said a weapon was recovered and a case registered. In a separate incident within the limits of Dera Allah Yar Police Station in Jaffarabad district, a 12-year-old boy was injured during aerial firing at a wedding ceremony in the Qidi Shakh area. He was shifted to the Labour Hospital in Dera Allah Yar.

Published in Dawn, February 19th, 2026