At least six persons, including a girl, were killed by lightning in different areas of province on Monday evening. "We have received information from Pakpattan, Sahiwal and Vehari that six persons including a girl have died when lightning fell on them during yesterday's rain," Deputy Inspector General of Police, Multan Malik Iqbal told newsmen on Tuesday. According to details, Ghulam Rasul, his brother Muzammil, nephews Muhammad Ahmed, Imran Sadiq, Nasir Khan and Mulazim Naseer were busy in wheat threshing when all of a sudden, lightning struck killing Ghulam Rasul and Nasir Khan on the spot, others were injured.
In the other incident, a farmer Muhammad Ashraf Baloch was going back to home in Chak No 74/4 along with his bull when lightning killed him.
Similarly two shepherds and a girl died in Pakpattan. Two of them were identified as Abdul Ghafoor (13) and Muhammad Yasin (15).
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