TOBA TEK SINGH: Two teenagers were killed and another was critically injured after their motorcycle was hit by a speeding bus on the Sargodha Road in Jhang on Tuesday.
According to Rescue 1122, the deceased were identified as Muzammil Arif (18) and Usman (19) and injured as Zubair (18), who had been shifted to the Jhang DHQ Hospital.
In another incident, Muhammad Shafiq (59) was killed after a truck ran over his bike in Faisalabad near Rasoolpura Tibbi on the Khurrianwala Road.
Also in Faisalabad, a tractor trolley collided with a motorcycle injuring one Asif and killing his daughter Hurain (4) in Chak 45 JB near Chak Jhumra tehsil. The injured man was shifted to the Chak Jhumra THQ Hospital.
In a separate accident involving a tractor-trolley and a motorcycle, a man died and his wife was critically injured near Chak 550 GB in Tandlianwala tehsil.
The deceased biker was identified as Punnon Sharif (40) and his wife as Shamim Bibi (36), who was admitted to the Mamukanjan RHC.
In Toba Tek Singh, two passengers were injured when a speeding van hit a herd of goats near Chak 409 JB bus stop on the Toba-Shorkot Road after its driver lost control and the van overturned into the fields.
According to Rescue 1122, the injured included 45-year-old Waseem Ahmad and 50-year-old Asif Ali, while eight goats were killed and several others were injured. The injured passengers were shifted to the DHQ Hospital.
DROWNS: A minor girl drowned in a tubewell’s water tank in Chak 122/10R of Jahanian tehsil in Khanewal district.
Rescuers said that Neha Ashiq (6) was playing near the water tank when she slipped and fell into the tank and drowned.
KILLED IN ROBBERY: Robbers allegedly shot dead a motorcycle rickshaw driver on the Sadhar Bypass Road in Faisalabad.
Rescue 1122 said the dacoits tried to stop the victim but he tried to speed away in his three wheeler and they opened indiscriminate fire. The victim was hit in the head and died on the spot.
He was identified as Muhammad Hassan (20) of Shadab Colony.
SUICIDE: A couple allegedly committed suicide on Monday night in Chak 117 Chahoor Muglian in Sangla Hill tehsil of Nankana Sahib district after they could not marry according to their own will.
Reports said that Shania’s parents had rejected the proposal of Rafaqat over which they took poison.
Sania died in her home while Rafaqat was referred to the Faisalabad Allied Hospital from the Sangla Hill THQ Hospital, where he too died.
Published in Dawn, August 12th, 2026