PS-93 presiding officer arrested

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A presiding officer assigned for election duty at PS-93 constituency was arrested for sending another person to substitute him for election duty.

According to the police, Waheedullah is a 16-grade officer in District Municipal Corporation (DMC) who was appointed as the Presiding Officer in PS-93. However, Waheedullah sent another man, Zubair in his place for election duty.

According to police, the presiding officer was arrested on the orders of the Returning Officer (RO). The police claimed that the suspect belonged to a political party.

According to details, the police has registered the case and investigations are underway.

Robber killed in police encounter

A suspected robber was killed while two managed to escape after exchange of fire with police in the metropolis on Monday.

According to the police, three armed robbers were committing robbery in Mianwali Colony of Manghopir in Karachi when the police arrived. Police said that the suspects started firing on the police and tried to flee from the scene.

One suspect was killed in retaliatory firing of police while two of his accomplices managed to flee. The police stated that arms and looted valuables were recovered from possession of robber killed in the encounter and his body was shifted to mortuary of a local hospital for postmortem.

Published in Daily Times, July 24th 2018.

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