KARACHI: Two die of burns

Published December 29, 2002

KARACHI, Dec 28: Two women who had suffered burns in their houses a couple of days ago, died in Civil Hospital on Saturday.

Sources at the hospital said Khurshid Begum, aged 50, suffered serious burns while cooking in her New Karachi house on Dec 23. She was admitted to the hospital where she died.

Rozina, aged 23, who suffered serious burn while cooking in her house in Landhi in Sukhan police limits, died in the hospital.

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