Six people were killed in a house explosion in Pakistan’s Punjab province on Thursday. This incident happened in Kot Addu district of the province. Muzaffargarh district police officer Syed Hasnain Haider said, “All those who died were members of the same family. They were in the business of selling scrap.”
Six people died in this explosion, while two were badly injured. According to the police, the family members were cleaning the junk when the explosion took place. A police spokesman said the dead included two women, two men and two children, including a two-year-old child.
Haider said the investigation into the cause of the blast was ongoing. After this incident, Punjab Chief Minister Mohsin Naqvi expressed grief and sought a report on the accident.
Polio vaccination team attacked, one jawan killed
An unidentified assailant attacked a polio vaccination team in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, killing one soldier and injuring another.
Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement, “The assailants opened fire on a polio team in North Waziristan tribal district, killing one jawan and injuring another.”
It was told in the statement that keeping in view the security along with the polio team, jawans were sent with them. After this incident, security forces sealed the area. Door-to-door anti-polio vaccination campaign is going on amidst tight security.
In recent years, terrorists have severely hampered the efforts of vaccination teams to eliminate the virus. Pakistan is one of the countries where polio is still not completely eradicated.
