TAXILA: A woman and her three-year-old daughter were electrocuted after receiving electric shocks from a water pump installed inside their house in the Takia locality of Jand town in Attock, officials said on Monday.
According to police and Rescue 1122 officials, the victims were identified as the 40-year-old wife of Safiullah and his three-year-old daughter, Khafifa.
Both reportedly received fatal electric shocks from the water pump installed at their residence. Their bodies were subsequently shifted to the Tehsil Headquarters Hospital in Jand, Rescue 1122 officials said.
Meanwhile, a special court for the Control of Narcotic Substances (CNS) has sentenced three men to different prison terms and fines in separate narcotics cases registered by Taxila and Wah police, a policespokesman said on Monday.
According to the spokesman, accused Saeed was sentenced to 17 months in prison and fined Rs60,000 after being convicted in a case involving the recovery of 2.4 kilograms of charas.
Taxila police had arrested him in April 2025.
Another convict, Asad, was awarded 17 months in prison and fined Rs40,000 in a case involving the recovery of 1.67 kilograms of charas. He was also arrested by Taxila police in April 2025.
In the third case, Hasan was sentenced to 10 months in prison and fined Rs20,000 after 1.6 kilograms of charas were recovered from him. Sadar Wah police had arrested him in December 2025.
The three convicts were collectively fined Rs120,000, the spokesman said, adding that the sentences had been awarded on the basis of evidence and effective prosecution of the cases.