Horrible: Four dead, seven injured in storm

BHAKKAR: Four people died and seven were injured in a thunderstorm in Bhakkar on Wednesday. Police said a solar panel fell on top of a woman in the Dullaywala area and she died on the spot. Separately, a roof collapsed in Shah Alam area and two women and a child were injured. A Rescue-1122 team took them to a hospital. Separately, Mehboob, a brick kiln worker from Klor Kot tehsil, died after he was struck by lightning. Another worker with him, Zeeshan Haider, was injured. Separately, the roof of a house in a Behal police precinct collapsed injuring four people – Haseena Bibi, Tahira Bibi, Muhammad Waqif and Ghulam Rasool. Separately, one Yaqoob died after he was struck by lightning in Chak 47-TD area.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 23^rd, 2016.