ISLAMABAD: Three people were killed and another was injured as a result of a gas cylinder explosion in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, the Rescue 1122 service said on Friday.
The explosion occurred in Ijazabad area of KP’s provincial capital of Peshawar, according to a Rescue 1122 spokesperson.
It collapsed roof of a room inside the house and four members of the family were trapped under the rubble.
“Bodies of a man and a woman have been recovered from under the debris,” the Rescue 1122 spokesperson said, adding another child who was injured in the explosion had succumbed to his wounds.
Accidents caused by explosions involving faulty or worn-out gas cylinders, which are used for cooking as well as in cars, are common in Pakistan.
In July last year, five people were killed and 10 were injured on Sunday after a gas cylinder explosion flattened a three-story building in Jhelum city in the eastern province of Punjab
Prior to that, seven people lost their lives and 14 others were left injured as a gas cylinder installed in a vehicle exploded in the Bhalwal town of Punjab’s Sargodha district.
Three killed in gas cylinder explosion in northwest Pakistan — rescue service
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Three killed in gas cylinder explosion in northwest Pakistan — rescue service
- Accidents caused by explosions involving faulty gas cylinders are common in Pakistan
- People use these cylinders for cooking as well as in vehicles ignoring serious hazards
Pakistan deputy PM directs authorities to monitor food prices ahead of Ramadan
- Prices of essential food items surge during holy month of Ramadan due to hoarding, profiteering by traders
- Deputy PM Ishaq Dar directs authorities to prevent artificial price hikes, exploitation of consumers in Ramadan
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar on Tuesday directed authorities to monitor prices of essential food items ahead of Ramadan to prevent artificial price hikes and consumers from getting exploited, his office said.
Pakistani increasingly shop for essential food items during the holy month of Ramadan, as millions across the country fast from dawn till sunset. Prices of essential food items surge during the holy month every year as traders often indulge in hoarding and profiteering.
Dar chaired a meeting to review the availability and prices of essential commodities across the country on Tuesday, his office said.
“DPM/FM [foreign minister] directed federal & provincial authorities to continue close monitoring, particularly in view of the approaching month of Ramazan, to prevent any artificial price hike or exploitation of consumers by unscrupulous elements,” Dar’s office said in a statement.
A central moon sighting committee in Pakistan, the Ruet-e-Hilal Committee, determines when Ramadan begins. The Islamic month is expected to start this year after mid-February, around Feb. 17 or Feb. 18.
Pakistan’s government also announces subsidies for the masses during the holy month to lower the prices of essential food items.
In 2024, the Shehbaz Sharif-led government announced a Ramadan package comprising a subsidy of $26.8 million (Rs7.5 billion) to lower the prices of essential items for over 30,96,00,000 families.
