BAHAWALPUR: A six-year-old boy was burnt alive after accidentally falling into a functioning brick kiln near Chak 337/WB, Dunyapur, in Lodhran district on Friday.

According to Rescue 1122 media coordinator Muhammad Safdar, Arsalan had accompanied his father Shehzad to the brick kiln. He was playing near the kiln when he accidentally fell into it and was burnt to death.

Rescue 1122 personnel rushed to the scene after receiving an emergency call and retrieved the charred body from the kiln. Dunyapur police also reached the scene and completed the legal formalities before handing over the body to the victim’s father.

Meanwhile, a motorcyclist, Ahmad, was killed after being hit by a speeding car near Chowk Subhan in Kahror Pacca.

The car driver fled the scene, while Kahror Pacca police registered a case against the unidentified driver.

Published in Dawn, September 6th, 2026