NAROWAL: Seven people were injured when a gas cylinder exploded in a residential building in Sheikhupura district on Wednesday.

Sheikhupura Rescue 1122 spokesman Rana Tajammul Hussain said the control room received a call from Javed Nagar Stop on Lahore Road, reporting that the roof of a building housing factory workers had collapsed following a gas cylinder explosion.

He said rescue teams reached the scene soon after receiving the call and, with the assistance of local residents, evacuated the injured from the building.

The injured were identified as Muhammad Nazim (25), Ansar Iqbal (25), Muhammad Asif (17), Saqib Ali (20), Zulfiqar Ali (35), Muhammad Abdullah (17), and Kashif Ali (24).

The rescue medical team provided first aid to the injured before shifting them to a government hospital for further treatment.

Gang rape case: The Shakargarh Saddar police have registered a case against four suspects for allegedly gang raping a woman in Shakargarh.

In her complaint, victim N, a resident of Gidarpur village in Shakargarh tehsil, alleged that she was on her way to Baran Phatak when R, a resident of Chhani Nagrota village, whom she knew, through deceit and persuasion, took her to a farmhouse near the railway crossing.

She claimed that his three other accomplices also arrived and R and two of his accomplices forcibly raped her. Another accused, B, stood guard, she added.

The woman further claimed that the accused snatched her mobile phone and Rs5,000 in cash and threatened her with dire consequences if she reported the matter to the police or told anyone.

The police registered the case and raids were being conducted to arrest the accused.

Published in Dawn, September 24th, 2026