‘Hero’ teen dies saving kid in Rawalpindi

A young student died while attempting to rescue a relative who had been electrocuted by a metal cord entangled with an electric pole during a kite-flying incident.

Osama Khan, 17, was a Hafiz-i-Quran and the nephew of Ejaz Khan Jazi, the former MPA of PTI and former chairman of the Punjab chief minister's inspection team. Osama had come to his grandmother's house in the Dhok Khaba area of Rawalpindi to celebrate the Eid holidays. When a young boy of a relative was flying a kite on the rooftop and due to the metal wires of a nearby electric pole accidentally coming into contact with exposed electric wires, the child was electrocuted. Osama rushed to rescue him, but unfortunately, he too fell victim to the unforgiving metal wire and received an electric shock.

Immediately, he was rushed to the District Headquarters Hospital, but despite all attempts, he could not be saved and succumbed to his injuries. Subsequently, Osama Khan was laid to rest in the contemporary cemetery of Dhok Elahi Baksh.

Former PTI candidate Senator Nasir Butt, Shehryar Riaz, Hafiz Abdullah Butt, some members of the PPP, PML-N and PTI as well as various workers, leaders and citizens attended the funeral prayers.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 14^th, 2024.