{"id":11487,"date":"2023-10-06T15:40:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-06T15:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/loud-explosion-heard-in-dera-ghazi-khan-authorities-suspect-sonic-boom\/"},"modified":"2023-10-06T15:40:00","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T15:40:00","slug":"loud-explosion-heard-in-dera-ghazi-khan-authorities-suspect-sonic-boom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/loud-explosion-heard-in-dera-ghazi-khan-authorities-suspect-sonic-boom\/","title":{"rendered":"Loud \u2018explosion\u2019 heard in Dera Ghazi Khan, authorities suspect \u2018sonic boom\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A loud explosion was heard in Punjab\u2019s Dera Ghazi Khan and adjoining areas on Friday afternoon. The district administration ruled out any act of terrorism and suspected a \u201csonic boom\u201d.<\/p>\n

The noise triggered panic among residents, with journalists saying the explosion was heard 25 kilometers from the city. Videos circulating on social media showed people vacating the area as rescue teams and police personnel arrived at the site.<\/p>\n

Soon after it was reported, \u2018Dera Ghazi Khan\u2019 and \u2018blast\u2019 started trending on social media platform X. A number of people, with what looked like Indian X handles, speculated that the incident took place in the vicinity of \u201cPakistan\u2019s nuclear research site\u201d.<\/p>\n

In a statement released later in the day, DG Khan Commissioner\u2019s spokesperson Mazhar Sheerani confirmed that a loud explosion was heard in the city.<\/p>\n

\u201cConcerned departments have presented an initial report after investigation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

According to Sheerani, there were no reports of any kind of terrorism, vandalism, accident or damage as per Rescue 1122, police, sensitive institutions or public.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is a strong possibility that the sound barrier of a warship broke, but final confirmation is pending,\u201d he stated, adding that no loss of life or any other damage was reported.<\/p>\n

Separately, in a video statement<\/a> on social media, DG Khan Commissioner Nasir Mehmood said \u201can explosion was heard in the city at noon\u201d.<\/p>\n

He said all the security agencies and eyewitnesses refuted reports of any bomb blast or other incident. \u201cConcerned departments have said that no such incident took place in DG Khan or adjoining areas.\u201d<\/p>\n

The commissioner also said that noise was likely caused by the \u201cbreakage of sound barrier\u201d, adding that such incidents were \u201cnormal\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A loud explosion was heard in Punjab\u2019s Dera Ghazi Khan and adjoining areas on Friday afternoon. The district administration ruled out any act of terrorism and suspected a \u201csonic boom\u201d. The noise triggered panic among residents, with journalists saying the explosion was heard 25 kilometers from the city. Videos circulating on social media showed people […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11488,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/_img\/social-default.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t