Electrocution: PPP worker killed installing flag

Worker was electrocuted while installing a party flag near an electric pole on Independence Day on Sunday.

KHANPUR:
A Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) worker was electrocuted while installing a party flag near an electric pole on Independence Day on Sunday. According to eyewitnesses, Jaam Shehzad was attaching a party flag to an electric pole in Satellite Town when he received a severe shock and died on the spot after falling from the pole. Local leaders of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) expressed concern over the incident and have offered condolences to Shehzad’s family.


Published in The Express Tribune, August 15th, 2011.