ATTOCK   –   Deputy Commissioner Attock Dr. Mudassar Ahmed Shah on Tuesday carried out a surprise inspection of different parts of the city to assess sanitation arrangements, civic amenities and municipal services, directing the authorities concerned to further strengthen cleanliness operations.

Accompanied by Additional Deputy Commissioner (General) and Administrator Municipal Committee Attock Anil Saeed, the deputy commissioner visited major roads, markets, residential areas and public places. Chief Officer Municipal Committee Attock Sardar Aftab Ahmed Khan and other municipal officials briefed him on ongoing sanitation measures, waste management and the performance of sanitation staff.

Expressing satisfaction with the progress while calling for further improvement, Dr. Shah instructed officials to ensure the timely collection and disposal of solid waste, intensify monitoring of sanitation staff and address public complaints without delay.

He said providing citizens with a clean, healthy and hygienic environment was among the district administration’s foremost priorities, adding that all available resources were being utilized to improve civic services and maintain high sanitation standards. The deputy commissioner reaffirmed the administration’s commitment to strengthening the sanitation system and enhancing municipal services, stressing that negligence in cleanliness operations or public service delivery would not be tolerated.

A 6-year-old boy, Muhammad Wali, was kidnapped and murdered in the Lea Market area of ​​Karachi, ARY News reported on Wednesday, citing police.

According to the police, minor Muhammad Wali was abducted from outside his home on Monday evening. Later, the child’s mutilated body was put in a sack and, according to the family, thrown from a three-story building.

Six-year-old Muhammad Wali went out to buy something at the Lea Market in the Punjabi neighbourhood on Monday evening and went missing.

A case was also registered by the family regarding the incident. On the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday, the child’s body was found wrapped in a sack near his house.

The grieving parents say they spent two days searching for their innocent child, with the mother alleging that the child’s mutilated body was stuffed in a sack and thrown from a three-story building. The family claims the incident took place at a neighbor’s house, where they were also prevented from entering.

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According to DIG South Asad Raza, the arrested accused is the child’s neighbor. Initial investigations have revealed that the accused raped the child and then killed him. The police have arrested the accused and started further investigation.

The accused had claimed personal grudge at the time of his arrest. The child’s parents say that they have no enmity with anyone, they want justice, and the Sindh government should publicly hang the accused.

It should be noted that the deceased, six-year-old Muhammad Wali, was the youngest of five siblings.

RAWALPINDI: A K2 Airways Boeing 737-400 cargo aircraft en route from Sharjah to Karachi disappeared from radar over the Arabian Sea, about 300 kilometres west of Karachi, on Tuesday.

According to reports, the aircraft lost contact about 300 kilometres west of Karachi while approaching Pakistani airspace. The pilot reported a navigation problem during the flight and requested assistance from the area control centre.

K2 Airways is a private airline based in Karachi. The carrier was established in May 2018 after being granted an airline charter licence by the government.

There were five crew members on board the aircraft, the Pakistan Airports Authority (PAA) said. The authority added that a K2 Airways Boeing 737 Pakistan Cargo flight en route from Sharjah to Karachi reported a navigational system issue at 9:18pm and was promptly guided by the Karachi Area Control Centre (ACC).

However, at 9:21pm, the aircraft was observed on radar “rapidly descending” and making a sharp change in heading. Subsequently, “radar contact and communication were lost” approximately 287 kilometres west of Karachi.

“Preliminary ADS-B data indicate a loss of altitude, followed by a climb, and then a second, sudden and dramatic loss of altitude,” said flight-tracking service FlightRadar.

It added that the final received data point from the aircraft placed at 1,100 ft AMSL (Above Mean Sea Level) with a “reported vertical rate of -22,400 feet per minute”.

According to flight tracking serving, the aircraft experienced GNSS interference shortly after take-off, along with other aircraft in the region, resulting in degraded navigation data near Sharjah. “Once the the aircraft exited the area subject to GNSS interference, ADS-B data was once again received by Flightradar24.”

Following the incident, the Rescue Coordination Centre was activated and a coordinated search and rescue operation at sea was launched involving various agencies to locate the missing aircraft.

The Bureau of Air Safety Investigation will investigate the cause of the crash.

According to FlightRadar, the aircraft, registered as AP-BOI, is a Boeing 737-4M0(BDSF) that entered service with K2 Airways in 2024. It was originally delivered to Aeroflot as a passenger aircraft in 1999 before joining Garuda Indonesia in 2004. The aircraft was converted into a freighter in 2012 and later operated by TNT Airways and ASL Airlines.