DERA MURAD JAMALI: A man and two children died on Wednesday in separate incidents at Usta Muhammad and Goth Ghulam Muhammad Umrani village in Jaffarabad district, respectively, while five people were injured in a road accident.

A labourer Muhammad Qasim Lashari was at work when the roof of the dilapidated house he was working in collapsed, burying him alive.

Police handed over the body to relatives after an autopsy.

Nine-year-old Azhar Ali and six-year-old Najma lost their lives while bathing in a pond in Goth Ghulam Muhammad Umrani.

People retrieved the bodies and shifted them to a nearby hospital.

Published in Dawn, June 1st, 2017

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