DERA GHAZI KHAN: A head-on collision between two passenger coaches early on Monday morning on the Indus Highway near Shahwali in Rajanpur district left eight dead and 26 injured.

A speeding Karachi-bound bus coming from Peshawar collided with a coach which was on its way to Rajanpur from Quetta when it tried to avert collision with a tractor-trolley due to fog on the road.

The accident resulted in the death of eight passengers and injuries to 26 others.

Locals along with Rescue1122 shifted the injured to tehsil and district headquarters hospitals.

The deceasedhave beenidentified as Sher Ali, Muhammad Imran, son of Bakhsh, Haji Rafique (driver), Kifayatullah, Nadir and his son Bhutto, Kashif Ali and Ghulam Shabbir.

The injured included Haji Rehmatullah, Naik Ashig Ali, Muhammad, Abdul Razaq, Najeebullah, Nageebullah, Abdul Razaq, Izat Khan, Riaz, Ghulam Shah, Altaf, Ehsan Din, Sajjad Hussain, Wajid Husain, MuhammadAshraf,Nageebullah of Tanl(, Nadir Khan, Muhammad Farooq, Shaul(at, Rahib, Amant Din, Zakaranab, Ali Murtaza,Gull Khan, Awal Khan and Hazart Ali.

Dera Ghazi Khan Commissioner Liaqat Ali Chattha dispatched teams to the spot to help the injured. He said the government would bear expenses on the treatment of the injured. He also directed necessary steps to shif t bodies to their natives areas.

Meanwhile, Chief Minister Parvez Elahi has expressed grief over the deaths and sough a report.

TRAINING: Digital training has been started for the seventh houses and population census.

The commissioner inaugurated the training session at Ghazi University.

Speaking at the opening ceremony, Commissioner Liaqat Ali Chatha said the census was an important national responsibility which would be fulfilled diligently. He said online record would be compiledby going door-to-door with the use of modern technology.

Master trainer Dr.

Abdul Majid while speaking at the opening ceremony said by Dec 23, the trainers would be trained in house and population census who would train enumerators at the tehsil level from Jan 7 to 15.