KASUR: An elderly woman was allegedly burnt alive on Tuesday when a fire erupted in the room where she was asleep in Gulshan Subhan Colony in the jurisdiction of the Pattoki City police.

The family says a quilt caught fire from a gas heater in the room where Ayesha Bibi, 75, was asleep.

Residents put out the fire and retrieved the body from the room.

Published in Dawn January 28th, 2015

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