LAHORE: Four people were injured, one of them seriously, after a car fell down from a multi-storey parking plaza in Qilla Gujjar Singh area here on Monday.

The incident occurred when the driver tried to take a turn on reverse gear at a second floor of the building and it went out of control, a police official said.

He said the car was parked on a private building that was used for ‘car parking stand’ for the area people running business alongside a road.

The official said the driver and three other persons occupying the car got multiple injuries and were immediately shifted to a hospital.

They were identified as Arshad, Ali, Liaqat, and driver Rab Nawaz, he said adding that one of them was said to be serious because of some neck fractures.

Further investigation is under way.

MURDER: A woman and a man were allegedly murdered in separate incidents in the provincial capital here on Monday.

In Sabzazar area, the police recovered tortured body of an unidentified woman which was thrown alongside a road.

A police official said the police acted on the emergency call of a passerby who had spotted the body of the woman.

He said she was subjected to severe torture by the unidentified killer(s) as the police found several bruises on various parts of her body which was later shifted to a city morgue for postpartum after lodging a case.

About other incident, he said, a young man Umar Butt was allegedly shot dead by armed motorcyclists in Bhaati Gate area.

He said the man suffered multiple bullets which proved fatal. It seemed that he had an enmity with some people of his area, the police official said adding that the body has been shifted to a city morgue for autopsy.

Further investigations have been launched into the murder, he said.

Published in Dawn, July 19th, 2022

Opinion

Editorial

A hasty retreat
Updated 28 Nov, 2024

A hasty retreat

Govt should not extend its campaign of violence against PTI and its leaders, thinking it now has the upper hand. Enough is enough.
Lebanon truce
28 Nov, 2024

Lebanon truce

WILL it hold? That is the question many in the Middle East and beyond will be asking after a 60-day ceasefire ...
MDR anomaly removed
28 Nov, 2024

MDR anomaly removed

THE State Bank’s decision to remove its minimum deposit rate requirement for conventional banks on deposits from...
Islamabad march
Updated 27 Nov, 2024

Islamabad march

WITH emotions running high, chaos closes in. As these words were being written, rumours and speculation were all...
Policing the internet
27 Nov, 2024

Policing the internet

IT is chilling to witness how Pakistan — a nation that embraced the freedoms of modern democracy, and the tech ...
Correcting sports priorities
27 Nov, 2024

Correcting sports priorities

IT has been a lingering battle that has cast a shadow over sports in Pakistan: who are the national sports...