Death toll rises to 30, mostly electrocuted on September 2, 2017KARACHI: The death toll from continued torrential rains rises to 30 as most of the victims were electrocuted in the metropolis till Friday evening. From 22 August to first of September at least 55 people have been killed in rain-related incidents. Negligence of Sindh government officials and local bodies administration has put the people of […]
Torrential rains claim 14 lives in metropolis on September 1, 2017KARACHI: At least fourteen people including three minors were killed, mostly electrocuted, during the rains in the city as new monsoon system lash various areas from Wednesday’s night to Thursday morning. The local administration has sought help of Pakistan army for rescue operations. Teams of Pakistan Rangers Sindh rescued people in various towns of the […]
Transgender killed by unidentified men in DHA on August 31, 2017KARACHI: A transgender was killed by unidentified armed men in DHA’s Shahbaz Commercial area Phase VI on Wednesday. The incident took place on the night between Tuesday and Wednesday when a group of transgenders comprised on at least four members were presented at Shahbaz Commercial as per routine. The deceased was away from his home […]
Two employees of FBR gunned down on August 29, 2017KARACHI: Two employees of Federal Board of Revenue Regional Tex Office (RTO-III) were gunned down by the four terrorists in an incident of target killing on Monday in Gulstan-e-Juhar area. Martyred employees were posted as guards at security duty at the main gate who tried to retaliate but could not do so as they had […]
CTD claims to have arrested target killer on August 27, 2017KARACHI: The Counter-terrorism Department Sindh, on Saturday, has claimed to have arrested a target killer belonging to MQM-L who was involved in over a hundred cases of target killing from Qasba Colony area of Orangi Town and recovered huge cache of dumped weapons. Meanwhile eleven other criminal were also rounded up by police from various […]
Police official involved in kidnapping on August 25, 2017KARACHI: A police official was involved in the kidnapping of the son of CM’S special assistant since two out of five kidnappers have been identified on Thursday. Hayat Baloch, son of Ghulam Murtaza Baloch, special assistant to the Sindh chief minister Sindh Murad Ali Shah was rescued after police gunned down five kidnappers near the […]
KEs poor infrastructure leads to a dozen deaths on August 24, 2017KARACHI: Death toll has reached to Twenty Four as six more people were killed in rain related incidents in parts of a metropolis on the second consecutive day of rains in Karachi since Monday night. At least six people were electrocuted to death and an under aged boy was drowned to death, according to Edhi […]
CTD reviews policy of tracking terrorists behind police killings on August 23, 2017KARACHI: The Intelligence think-tank of Counter Terrorism Department Sindh has now decided to redraw their line of approach to trace out the elements involved in recent police killings in the city after the surfacing two different pamphlets using the same name of newly emerged organization Ansar-ul-Shariah in two separate statements on one incident on Monday. […]
Three unidentified bodies found from Northern Bypass on August 22, 2017KARACHI: At least three bullet-riddled dead bodies of unidentified persons have been found from near the Northern Bypass police check post in the metropolis on Monday. The bodies of the victims are between 30 to 35; who were later shifted to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital. SHO SITE Superhighway police station Anar Khan told Daily Times that […]
Four terrorists, robbers gunned down on August 20, 2017KARACHI: Two terrorists belonging to the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan Mufti Shaki-ullah group were gunned down on Saturday, in the wee hours during a shootout in intelligence-based operation, jointly conducted by Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) Sindh and Rangers in Korangi area. Meanwhile two other suspected criminals are claimed be have been killed by police in an […]