Winter woes: Three students injured in school fire

They were trying to light a fire by pouring kerosene oil on coal.

BAHAWALPUR: Three children were seriously injured when a fire broke out in a special education school in Hasilpur on Thursday.

A Rescue 1122 spokesman told newsmen that seven-year-old Sanaullah, seven-year-old Pir BakHsh and eight-year-old Ali Raza got burns after they had sprinkled kerosene oil on coal to make a fire.

They said the children were taken to Civil Hospital in Hasilpur and later referred to Bahawal Victoria Hospital.

They said one of them was in a critical condition.

Seminary sealed

Police on Thursday sealed a seminary after they were informed that it was being run by banned outfit Shaukatul Islam.

A police spokesman said National Highway police had spotted some suspicious activity near the seminary. He said a police team had raided the seminary and sealed it.

He said banned literature was also seized.

The spokesman said 20 unregistered Afghan refugees and four people found distributing banned literature were also arrested.

He said the four Afghan were arrested during routine patrolling. He said a case had been registered against them under Section 14 of the Foreigner’s Act. Separately, he said Muhamamd Abdullah, Shah Muhammad, Fayyaz Ahmad and Muhammad Ramazan were caught distributing banned literature.

He said a case had been registered against them under Section 9 of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA.) He said 16 unregistered Afghans were arrested from various hotels and cases were registered against them.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 23^rd, 2015.