A father and daughter were found dead in their house in Sakrand, suffocated due to gas leakage. According to police officials, a man Shani Solangi and his six-year daughter died due to a gas leakage from the heater and then the room had caught fire when the victims were in sleep. Moreover, in October a newly-married couple was found dead at their house due to gas suffocation in the Astore district of Gilgit-Baltistan. Media reports frequent incidents of deaths by suffocation in Pakistan during freezing temperatures in winter.