KASUR: A pet dog attacked and mauled 22 people, including women and children, at Kashif Chowk in Pattoki. Of them, two minor children were referred to Lahore in a critical condition.

According to some eyewitnesses, a family pet went out of control and injured Musarat Bibi, Kausar, Ali Hamza, Irfan, Beeza, Faiza Bibi, Abubakar, Usman, Asad, Ashraf, Hamad Raza, Mubarak Bibi, Zooy, Naeem, Ehsan, Jan Siraj, Zunaira, Ehsan Ali, Asif Ali, Faizan, Muhammad Ashraf, and Ehsan Hamad.

The injured were referred to the Pattoki THQ Hospital, and two of them, Zunaira, 13, and Faiza, 5, were referred to Lahore owing to their critical condition.

Deputy Commissioner (DC) Fiaz Ahmed Mohal formed a team, headed by the Pattoki assistant commissioner, to check the incident and report in 24 hours.

The DC said a criminal case would be lodged against the owner of the dog.

He said the maulings have nothing to do with street dogs as a campaign against them was already in progress.

Published in Dawn, October 18th, 2022