TOBA TEK SINGH: Three persons were seriously burnt in the fire that broke out at a house due to gas leakage in the Naveed Town locality near the Samundri Road in Faisalabad.

Rescue 1122 officials said gas had accumulated due to gas leakage in the pipeline in the street and when the fire was lit to prepare the Iftar meal, a heavy blast occurred.

Three persons were burnt in the fire. As a result of the blast, the roofs of the house as well as three other adjacent houses also collapsed. All three injured were shifted to hospital.

Razia Bibi (70) was shifted to Allied Hospital, Khalid Sultan (68) was shifted to the district headquarters hospital and Eiman Naveed (7) was sent to the Government General Hospital Samanabad.

Meanwhile, a loaded truck caught fire after its load touched electricity wires passing over the Jhang Road near Aftab Town locality of Gojra, reducing all the sacks to ashes.

Reports said that after the fire, the brave driver drove his truck to outside the Municipal Committee Complex where firefighters extinguished the fire but all the sacks and wooden body of the truck had already been burnt by then.

RAPE: A man raped a woman at Chak 442-JB, at Gojra.

According to FIR registered with Saddar police, the woman alleged that she was returning from farmland when the suspect and his unidentified accomplice overpowered her and forcibly took her to the crops where the main suspect raped her. Police have arrested the main suspect.

WALK: An awareness walk on violence against women was held from District Council Chowk till Clock Tower, in Faisalabad.

It was led by District Bar Association President Mian Anwarul Haq, CPO retired Capt Muhammad Ali Zia, Chief Traffic Officer Maqsood Ahmed and ASP People’s Colony Zainab Khalid while women police officers and civil society participated in it.

A press release said the purpose of the walk was to raise awareness about crimes against women, domestic violence and other related issues.

BADMINTON: Under-17 South Asian Badminton Champion Khazaima Shehzad, a Matric student from Jaranwala, met Faisalabad Commissioner Silwat Saeed.

The commissioner congratulated him on becoming the Under-17 South Asian Badminton Champion.

The commissioner told the reporters that the young player had made Faisalabad famous all over the world.

Deputy Commissioner Abdullah Nayyar Sheikh gave Khazaima Shahzad Rs50,000 and a certificate on behalf of the district administration.

Published in Dawn, March 19th, 2024