A five-year-old girl died after she drowned in a pond while playing with other children near Ghora Bari on Tuesday.
The minor girl, Tasmia Shoro, a resident of Noor Muhammad Shoro village, was near the pond edge when she slipped into it.
As the other children raised an alarm, local residents rushed to the scene, retrieved her from the water half an hour later. Unfortunately, the girl had already lost her life by the time she was pulled out.
The news of her demise has sent shockwaves through the village. A mourning atmosphere prevailed in the victim’s house.