According to Rescue services, almost 771 citizens lost their lives, while 8,174 others were injured in nearly 9,000 road accidents in Karachi, as per ARY News.
Shehbaz Sharif and Hamza Shehbaz filed pleas in the anti-corruption court via their lawyer Amjad Pervaiz. Pervaiz demanded acquittal of the father and son duo in the case citing absence of proof of alleged corruption, ARY News reported.
The mother, identified as Komal Sheikh, was taken into custody. During initial interrogation, the mother confessed to the crime, admitting that she had killed her children with a knife in separate rooms, as per ARY News.
The incident occurred between Kot Lakhpat and Jia Bagga Railway Station, ARY News reported, quoting the spokesperson of Pakistan Railways. The brake van of the Tezgam Express caught fire as it travelled from Lahore to Karachi.
The decision, sent to the federal government for final approval, seeks an average increase of 25.78 per cent for consumers in Sindh and Balochistan, while consumers in Islamabad, Punjab, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will experience an 8.71 per cent rise, ARY News reported on Tuesday.
Pakistan's Rahman Baba Express, en route from Karachi to Peshawar, was derailed at Drigh Road Station when three of its coaches went off the track, ARY News reported.