DERA GHAZI KHAN: The dead bodies of two more victims of flash flood were recovered at Mount Sulaiman.

Nine people have lost their lives in the flood emanating from the mountain drain. A large number of people have been displaced and 90,000 acre affected.

Traffic was restored after crack on the Indus Highway was removed.

According to the preliminary report, 145 villages of Dera Ghazi Khan have been affected by the water of the hill torrents and nine people have been died due to the flood.

Deputy Commissioner Muhammad Anwar said the roads would soon be restored. He said the channels of the river had been cleared in the district. As the water receded, the victims are now being provided tents in the areas close to their homes and food and ration will be delivered at their homes.

The mobile health unit is providing treatment to the people in the affected areas and veterinary mobile units of the livestock department are vaccinating the animals in the nooded areas to pro-tect them from diseases.

The dead bodies of Javairia, 8, daughter of Khadim, and Amanullah, 5, son of Shahid, were recovered.

Meanwhile, the floodaffected villagers blocked the Indus Highway near Ahmadani village of Taunsa tehsil to protest against the administration which allegedly suspended relief work. A protester said philanthropists were extending help to the flood victim whereas the administration was slow in its relief response.

THREE KILLED: Three people were killed and one was injured in a gun attack by their rivals in the vicinity of the Saddar police station on Thursday.

Sajjad and his relatives Ghaffar, Jamal and Iqbal came under attack by old rivals. The indiscriminate firing left Ghaffar, Sajjad and Jamal killed and Iqbal critically injured.

He is being treated at the teaching hospital of Ghazi Medical College.

The relatives and other locals did not allow the police to conduct a postmortem of the bodies.

They brought the bodies to the Sangam Chowk Pul Daat and blocked the inter-provincial road for hours.