Six siblings burnt to death in Pakistan

Islamabad: Six siblings were on Sunday charred to death after a fire gutted their house in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, police said. The fire erupted due to an electric short-circuit, police officials said, citing initial investigations. Five sisters and a brother were burnt to death while they were asleep, officials were quoted as saying by Dawn news. The deceased were aged between three to 12, police said.