Accident: Three children die during swimming

MUZAFFARGARH: Three girls died while swimming in a fish farm in Jatoi district of Muzaffargarh on Wednesday.

According to details, six-year old Zulekha, five-year old Shazia and three-year old Qasia were playing near the fish farm of a local landlord named Nasir Leghari.

The victims were daughters of daily-wage workers Ghulam Abbas and Muhammad Ata.

After clearance from the police, the dead bodies were handed over to the families.

Nasir Leghari, the local landlord has paid for all expenses and assured the families and the authorities that the fish farm’s boundary will be covered with iron wires to prevent such incidents in future.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 4^th, 2013.