ISLAMABAD: Two people died in separate traffic accidents in the city on Sunday.

Police said 80-year-old Sameen Khan, a resident of Swabi, was crossing the expressway when a car hit and killed him.

The Shahzad Town police arrested the driver and shifted the body to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims).

In another accident, Abdul Mohammad, 21, a resident of Ghori Garden, was knocked down and killed by a car near Burma Town.

Meanwhile, a fire erupted in a TV cable office at a market in Sector G-7/3 early Sunday.

Firefighters reached the spot and put out the flames. However, cables, computers and other equipment in the office were gutted before the fire was extinguished.

Published in Dawn January 26th , 2015

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