1. More than 30 other people in the wedding party were injured late Saturday night in Jhok Utra, a village about 2'0 miles southwest of the capital Islamabad, area police officer Khadim Hussain Khadim said.

2. Azhar Masood & Agencies ISLAMABAD, 18 December 2006 — Twenty–seven people, including the bride, were killed and 30 others were injured when tragedy struck a wedding party in a central Pakistani town yesterday, sources said. «A fire broke out in a tent at a marriage party in the town of Jhok Utra, 20 km west of Dera Ghazi Khan, triggering a stampede and wall collapse that killed 27 women and children,» said area police officer Khadim Hussain Khadim. «The bride was among the dead.» A high–powered electric light apparently sparked the fire in the large canvas tent where more than 100 women and children, many singing wedding songs, were present, Khadim said.