TOBA TEK SINGH: A minor boy died in a stray dog attack at Chak 331-GB, Noorpur, tehsil Pirmahal, on Sunday.

Farhan, the father of the deceased identified as Mudassar (5), was harvesting wheat in the fields near his house. His son, Mudassar, was asleep at a charpoy under a tree at some distance when a stray dog attacked him and injured him critically. He was shifted to the District Headquarters Hospital Toba where he succumbed to his wounds.

Toba District Emergency Officer Mian Faraz Munir claimed, in a press release, that the emergency call for shifting the child to hospital was received by Rescue 1122 in tehsil Shorkot of district Jhang and the rescuers there forwarded the number of the caller to their colleagues in Toba. He added that when Toba rescuers contacted Farhan, he told that the child was shifted to the DHQ Hospital Toba on a bike.

The Rescue 1122 ambulance received the child from the bike near the University of Agriculture sub-campus on Khikha Road. After giving the child CPR, they shifted him to DHQ Hospital where he succumbed to his wounds.

According to the district administration, Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has taken notice of the incident and demanded a report.

Meanwhile, another minor child was attacked by a stray dog in Chak 746-GB, Pirmahal.

Police spokesperson Attaullah said that the child, identified as Haider Ali (8), had received injuries on his head and left eye and he had been shifted to the DHQ Hospital where his condition was out of danger.

Published in Dawn, April 27th, 2026