RAWALPINDI: A seven-year-old boy was killed and his elder brother was injured critically after their motorcycle crashed into an electricity pole near Benazir Bhutto Hospital, police said.

They were travelling from Chandni Chowk to the old Naz Cinema when the accident occurred. As a result, both sustained injuries and were shifted to the hospital. During treatment, Abdul Rafay died, while Abdul Rahim, 18, was being treated for injuries on his left leg.

Meanwhile, a 70-year-old man, who was injured in a road traffic accident in Satellite Town on October 30, died in a private hospital.

The New Town police registered a case on Saturday on the complaint of Humayon Masood, son of the deceased, against an unidentified motorcycle rider.

The complaint said he and his family arrived at a wedding hall on Sixth Road and his father was crossing the road after parking his car when he was hit by the motorcycle rider. The injured was shifted to Holy Family Hospital and later taken to a private hospital in Islamabad where he died.

Published in Dawn, November 9th, 2026