Four youngsters perish in Faizabad accident

Officials remain tight-lipped on exact details of the crash

ISLAMABAD / RAWALPINDI: For four young friends, a drive around the capital was supposed to mark a high point for their weekend. Little did they know that in an instant, it would become the last night of their short lives.

Police said that the driver of the car lost control over the wheels of the car due to high speeds and rammed into a picket.

Eyewitnesses said that four people riding in a car were speeding near the Faizabad interchange. Owing to the speed of the car, the force of the impact multiplied, completely mangling the frame of the vehicle.

Three of the victims died on the spot while a fourth was critically injured. They were rushed to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) but the survivor succumbed to his injuries on the treatment table.

Police officers, however, remained were tightlipped about the incident about what had happened.

One of the victims of the crash was identified as 19-year-old Daniyal who originally hails from Tangi in neighbouring Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.

Daniyal’s family told The Express Tribune that he was a bright student who was studying pre-medical in the federal capital.

His maternal uncle Shoaib Khan said that their entire family was in shock over the incident. He added that Daniyal was the eldest of three brothers.

After his medico-legal formalities were completed, Daniyal’s body was transported to his native Tangi in Charsadda where he was buried in a family graveyard.

Chehlum security

Rawalpindi City Police Officer DIG Faisal Rana has sought reports of heinous crimes from all the three division chiefs of the region as he directed to create a comprehensive plan for Chehlum and Eid Miladun Nabi. A statement issued by the Rawalpindi police on Sunday read that CPO Rana had also set targets for the arrest of proclaimed offenders for all the three divisions.

Rana had on Sunday summoned the Saddar SP Rai Mazhar Iqbal, Potohar SP Syed Ali and Rawal SP Asif Masood, to the camp office and sought follow-up reports on the heinous cases.

The CPO said added that owing to strict security arrangements during the recently concluded Ashura processions, the area witnessed an unprecedented period of peace.

He further said that the crime rate had dropped and recoveries had notably been increased in the cases, adding that their efforts had been appreciated by elected representatives, traders unions, and citizens.

Noting that these efforts need to be sustained, CPO Rana said that a deadline must be set to solve heinous crime cases. He proceeded to set targets for divisional SPs regarding the arrest of proclaimed offenders, noting that all targets must be achieved by next week.

The security plans for the city, he said, must be formulated in coordination with public representatives.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 16^th, 2019.