In response to the incident involving Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz’s protocol vehicle, the government has issued a PKR 2.5 million cheque to the family of the deceased youth, who tragically lost his life five days ago in the alleged accident, as reported by Dawn.
Following the chief minister’s directives, Narowal Deputy Commissioner Syed Hasan Raza and MPA Ahmad Iqbal visited the home of the victim, Muhammad Abubakar, in village Jasar. They offered their condolences to the grieving parents and conveyed the chief minister’s sympathies. On behalf of the chief minister, they presented a PKR 2.5 million cheque to Abubakar’s father, Fakhr Ayaz, according to Dawn.
MPA Ahmad Iqbal expressed the government’s shared sorrow with the victim’s family.
The incident occurred on April 18 when 23-year-old Abubakar tragically lost his life in an accident allegedly involving the chief minister’s protocol car on the Narowal-Shakargarh Road. Narowal police reports indicated that two motorcycles, one of which belonged to Abubakar, collided with each other, and subsequently, a ‘government vehicle’ struck him, resulting in his untimely demise.
Maryam Nawaz promptly took notice of the incident and requested a comprehensive report from the DC regarding the matter. Abubakar was employed at a filling station, while his father, Fakhr Ayaz, worked as a laborer. The chief minister also directed the authorities to take necessary legal actions against the driver of the official vehicle, Dawn reported.
Maryam’s motorcade was involved in another incident where it allegedly hit a motorcyclist while she was traveling from Narowal to Kartarpur for the three-day celebrations of the Baisakhi festival. Despite the accident, the CM’s motorcade did not stop to take the injured to the hospital.
Ali Rizwan, a cousin of the deceased, mentioned that Abubakar was heading from home to a filling station where he was employed. Upon hearing the news of his son’s death, Abubakar’s father, Fakhar Ayaz, fainted from shock and was subsequently treated at the District Headquarters Hospital, Narowal.