TAXILA: A man lost his life while his father was seriously injured at a stone crushing plant in Hassanabdal on Saturday. Sources said Ibrahim Khan and his father Wali Mohammad were working at a stone crushing plant when they buried under stones which fell over them after blasting.

Later other labourers working in the area retrieved them from debris and shifted them to a hospital in Rawalpindi where Ibrahim Khan succumbed to his injuries while his father Wali Mohammad condition is stated to be critical.

Published in Dawn, June 3rd, 2018

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