GUJRANWALA, July 25: Three more senior officers of the Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited, including a divisional engineer, were suspended from service on the charge of negligence on Tuesday.

Reports said a telephone exchange of Mandi Bahauddin caught fire due to short circuit as a result of which important machinery and equipment were reduced to ashes a few days ago. The telephone numbers of a large number of subscribers went dead.

The PTCL high-ups suspended transmission divisional engineer Nasir Ahmad, assistant engineer Hafiz Muhammad Ashraf and assistant engineer (development) from service and issued them show-cause notices.

When contacted, Gujranwala Telecom Region general manager Muhammad Bashir Khokhar confirmed it and pointed out that their suspension orders had been issued to the officers concerned.

die: Two youths died of snake biting while a minor boy was electrocuted in Rahwali on Tuesday.

Nisar and his brother-in-law Faisal of Kot Shahan village were sleeping on the floor when a snake reportedly bit them. They were rushed to the DHQ hospital from where they were shifted to the Mayo Hospital, Lahore. However, they died a few hours later.

Amaar Masih of Dhengiranwali village was playing in the compound of house when he accidentally touched electrified pedestal fan. He died on way to hospital.