Stray dog mauls minor in Khalabat Township

Residents protest local administration's inaction

HARIPUR:

A minor child was severely injured by a stray dog in the Khalabat Township in Haripur, with the attack resulting in a broken arm and several injuries on different parts of his body.

The child was immediately rushed to the Haripur Trauma Centre for treatment. Citizens said that the incident was similar to many other instances of dog bites, which are allegedly increasing at an alarming rate.

No action has been taken so far despite repeated complaints to the municipal authority, they said.

Residents of Sector No. 2 of Khalabat Township held a protest following the aforementioned episode of a child being bitten and severely injured and demanded that Tehsil Chairman Haripur and Deputy Commissioner take immediate steps to curb the menace.

Residents of Sector No. 2 including former Deputy Nazim Muhammad Younus Mughal, contractors Muhammad Arshad, Amir Khan, Malik Muhammad Saleem and others told reporters that dog-biting incidents have been increasing with alarming frequency since a long time now.

“Our lives are in grave danger because of these stray dogs,” they said.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 15^th, 2022.