Two drown in dam.

CHAKWAL -- Two teenagers drowned in Dhoke Tahlian Dam on the second day of Eid, sources in Rescue 1122 said on Tuesday.

According to Rescue 1122's media coordinator, seven youngsters from Takia Shah Murad Village visited the dam for a picnic to celebrate Eid.

Two of them, identified as Mehmood Hussain, 18 and Shehryar, 16, fell into the dam as they tried to take a selfie, while standing on the dam's bank.

A team of rescuers rushed to the scene and fished out the bodies after half an hour. 'We tried to...

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