At least 10 women, belonging to the families of the victims who lost their lives in Abbas Town bombing, fell unconscious when they were served harmful drinking water during an event to distribute cheques at the Sindh Chief Minister (CM) House here on Tuesday.
Sindh CM Qaim Ali Shah was scheduled to distribute compensatory cheques among the families which have lost their homes and loved ones in the bombing that killed 51 people and injured over 140 others.
The women who were seated in the front rows asked the event organisers for water. Around 10 women fell unconscious after drinking the water served to them.
Later, when the news surfaced, the CM House’s spokesman said that the water served by the caterers was contaminated.
He, however, said that only two people including a woman and a man fell unconscious after drinking the contaminated water.
Meanwhile, nine people were shifted to the Civil Hospital Karachi (CHK) in the early hours of Tuesday when they fell unconscious after toxic gas filled up a house located on Mauripur Road.
Hospital sources said that all nine people were in a stable condition but were still being kept under observation.
