ISLAMABAD: Five persons including two
women were injured in an alleged gas
cylinder explosion at a local hotel of
Blue Area, Islamabad on Thursday.
Media
reports said that the explosion occurred in the upper storey of a local
hotel on Thursday night; and was so severe that it was heard far away,
breaking windowpanes of nearby buildings.
Media also reported
that there were 50 persons in the hotel at the time of explosion, and
the five injured have been shifted to PIMS (Pakistan Institute of
Medical Sciences), where emergency was proclaimed.
Security and
law enforcement personnel arrived promptly at the scene of the
explosion and cordoned of the area. The Inspector General of Islamabad
Police, Bin Yamin also reached the spot and said that the explosion had
been caused by gas cylinder and not by any explosives. Interior
Minister Rehman Malik also reached the site and surveyed the damage,
besides enquiring after the health of the injured persons. Among those
injured include, Kamran Rafiq, Arifa, daughter of Hussain Shah, Zeenat
Bibi, wife of Hussain Shah of Hangu district while the fourth wounded
lady is Naseem Bibi, wife of Gul Zaman from Kohat. Online
