Two young men drown in river
Two teenage boys drowned while bathing in the Indus River in Khura Khail village near Hazor on Saturday.
Police said that they were identified as 18-year-old Ahmed Raza and 22-year-old Basharat Raheem. They added that the Recue 1122 workers reached the spot and fished out the body of Ahmed Raza while the search to look for Basharat's body was stopped due to the darkness of night.
Meanwhile, an elderly man, Ghulam Ahmed, died in a road accident on Saturday.
The unknown motorcyclist managed to escape. However, Ghulam Ahmed succumbed to his injuries. The body was shifted to Tehsil Headquarter Hospital Pindigheb for medico-legal formalities and was later handed over to the family.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 21st, 2022.