Pakistan Army Lieutenant Colonel Shahid killed and Major Jalal injured by government containers

Lieutenant Colonel Shahid killed

Major Jalal iniured

An officer of Pakistan Army, Lt Col Shahid, died after falling into a ditch near Hazro on Saturday evening, while another officer Maj Jalal sustained serious injuries.

According to Inter-Services Public Relations, Lt Col Shahid and Maj Jalal were travelling from Rawalpindi to Nowshera in a military convoy. “Since the routes were blocked with containers, both officers got down from vehicles and were on foot to find an alternate route for the convoy,” the statement read.

“In the dark of the night both officers fell from the road edge into a ditch along the motorway near Hazro,” it added.

Due to the incident, Shahid died on the spot while Jalal sustained serious injuries.