MUZAFFARGARH: Seven male members of an extended family died of electric shock in Turkish Colony on Saturday night.

Sources said the men were busy in welding a gas pipeline when a live wire accidentally fell on it. The deceased were Azam, Javed, Ali, Yaseen, Shehzad, Adnan and Liaquat.

Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif ordered an inquiry into the incident.

Published in Dawn, June 15th, 2014