Two OGDC workers die in explosion

Published November 21, 2008

DERA GHAZI KHAN, Nov 20: Two private employees of the Oil and Gas Development Corporation (OGDC) were killed on Thursday in a dynamite explosion in the tribal area of Rajanpur.

Border Military Police officials said OGDC workers Nasrullah and Shafqat were travelling by a jeep when the explosives present in their vehicle exploded, leaving the driver and a guard dead.

ROBBERY: Four unidentified armed robbers deprived a travel agent, Zubair, of Rs1.8 million in the precincts of B-Division police station in the city. Robbers snatched a bag full of money from Zubair and fled.

Robberies have become a routine in the city.

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