When Nature Strikes : Lightning kills two women

GHALLANAI: Two women were killed when lightning struck the house of Juma Khan in Mohmand Agency late Tuesday night. A political administration official said Shaheen Bibi, daughter of Khan, and Jumra Bibi, wife of Gul Nazeer, were in their house in Sagi Bala Safi at night when, due to a thunderstorm, lightning struck the house. As a result, both women were killed on the spot. The area had been witnessing thunderstorms since two days.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 15^th, 2014.