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Two policemen deployed in Attock die in separate incidents

TAXILA: Two policemen deployed in Attock from different parts of the province in connection with the PTI protest march died in separate incidents on Saturday. Police and hospital sources said that an official of the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) Dera Ghazi Khan identified as Zulfiqar Ali, who was deployed on Jhari Kass checkpost on Hassanabdal-Haripur Road bordering Hazara, died of a cardiac…

Two policemen deployed in Attock die in separate incidents

Two police officers deployed in Attock for the PTI protest march tragically lost their lives in separate incidents on Saturday. One of the officers, Zulfiqar Ali from the Counter Terrorism Department in Dera Ghazi Khan, died of a cardiac arrest while stationed at the Jhari Kass checkpost on the Hassanabdal-Haripur Road bordering Hazara.

The other officer, constable Zain Abbas Bosal from Mandi Bahauddin, drowned in the Ghazi Barotha water channel while stationed on the Kotkay bridge on the Islamabad-Peshawar Motorway (M-1) while attempting to fetch drinking water. His body was not recovered until Saturday evening. Barricades and containers have been placed at all entry points from KP to Punjab, including M-1 at Chachh Interchange, Burhan interchange, Brahma-Bhattar interchange, and GT Road (N-5) at Attock Khurd.

Additionally, two young children, Ashar Ali aged 8 and Naylian Zahura aged 5, were buried alive due to a mudslide in Saqqaabad village, limits of Attock Police station. Despite rescue efforts, the children were pronounced dead at the district headquarters hospital.

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