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India-Pakistan
Pasban activist among 10 killed in Karachi
2010-09-10
[Pak Daily Times] A Pasban activist was shot dead in Bihar Colony on Thursday, the Chakiwara police said.

The victim, Naeem Shah, 34, was working at his tailor shop in the wee hours on Thursday when two men arrived on a motorcycle and opened fire on him, injuring him seriously.

Shah breathed his last before reaching the hospital, while the culprits managed to escape from the scene.

A young man, Talha, 21, committed suicide by shooting himself in the head at his Ittehad Town house on Thursday, the Mochko police said.

Talha's family took him to the Civil Hospital where doctors pronounced him dead, they added.

In another incident, two people died of suffocation in Liaquatabad, the Super Market police said.

The incident took place in a Khalid Cloth Market shop where both the victims had been working for a while, they added.

After completing their work in the wee hours, they stayed in the shop, however, when the shop was opened, they were found dead, they said. A medico-legal officer confirmed that Ismail and Afzal had died of suffocation.

Separately, two people were killed when a truck collided with a rickshaw in Yaseenabad, the Jauharabad police said.

SHO Rizwan Patel said the deceased had been identified as Sirajuddin Jamreen Khan, rickshaw driver, and Muhammad Umair Akram, the passenger, the SHO said. The truck driver fled from the scene while his truck had been impounded by police, he added.

In another accident, a teenage girl was killed and another injured by a speeding vehicle in Machhar Colony, the Docks police said. SHO Sohail Akhter said Shahnaz Meezan, 17, and her friend Najma Babu Lal, 16, were on their way to a nearby market when an unidentified vehicle hit and severely injured them. The victims were taken to the Civil Hospital where doctors pronounced Meezan dead, the SHO said.

In a third accident, a teenage boy was killed by a speeding vehicle near the Peoples Football Stadium in Lyari Town, the Mauripur police said. The deceased, identified as Younus, 16, was crossing the road when an unidentified vehicle hit and killed him, the police said.

Meanwhile, a labourer was crushed to death when a wall collapsed on him in an under-construction house in Sector L-1 of Surjani Town, the police said.

In another incident, a teenager was electrocuted near Al-Asif Square, the Sohrab Goth police said. The area residents said Habib and his friend Akber were sleeping on the roof of a bus when an electric wire fell near the bus injuring them seriously. They were taken to hospital where Habib was pronounced dead.
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