Holidays prove windfall for wheat threshing
Wheat harvest is an annual feature for many families as they arrange their annual wheat stock in the season
ISLAMABAD:
Tens of thousands of people who belong to villages and work in different cities, including Rawalpindi and Islamabad, have returned to their villages to help their families in wheat crop harvesting and threshing, revealed a report on Sunday.
Ghulam Akbar of Muzaffargrah who was working in the federal capital as a mason told that harvesting, threshing of wheat is at its peak. He said as the season of wheat harvesting comes near every one belonging to agricultural areas prefer to go back from cities to help their families in harvesting and threshing of wheat crop.
Father Who Lost 3 Sons in War Calls for Peace
Ghulam Akbar, a native of Kunar, on Tuesday said that his three sons who were serving in the Afghan security forces have been killed, and he called for peace.
The 65-year-old father said that all three sons were married and they left six children behind.
“I sacrificed my three sons. I am also prepared to sacrifice myself if peace comes but a peace that could safeguard the future of our children,” said Ghulam Akbar.
He said that the widows of his sons then returned to their fathers homes and married others due to poverty.
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Three workers killed in fire at Baldia Town factory
Karachi
February 11, 2021
Three labourers lost their lives after a fire erupted in a thread factory in Baldia Town on the night between Tuesday and Wednesday. A firefighter was also injured in the incident.
The fire erupted on the ground-plus-three-storey thread factory, Al-Makka Fibers, located in Madina Colony Sector 5 in Baldia Town. Upon receiving the information, fire tenders were despatched to the site to extinguish the blaze but according to some witnesses, they took a long time to arrive.
According to firefighters and witnesses, the fire erupted on the third floor of the factory and quickly engulfed the rest of the building. As many as 22 workers were present at the factory as the night shift when the fire broke out.
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