Umar Bacha

1 week ago | dawn.com | Imtiaz Ali |Umar Bacha

Two men were shot dead while a third was injured in what police described as an ‘honour’ killing in Karachi’s Ittehad Town on Wednesday, while in a separate incident in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a young man was also killed for the same reason, according to a first information report (FIR). In Karachi, Deputy Inspector General South, Syed Asad Raza, told Dawn.com that the incident occurred around 4am at a house near Khyber Chowk in the Ittehad Town neighbourhood.

1 week ago | dawn.com | Umar Bacha

Terrorists have blown up a pipeline supplying gas to Punjab from the Bettani Gas field in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Lakki Marwat district, police said on Wednesday. Assistant spokesperson to the Lakki Marwar’s district police officer, Qudratullah, said, “The explosion triggered a fire and caused a massive gas leak.

1 week ago | dawn.com | Umar Bacha

A couple from Faisalabad was killed in a suspected “honour” killing in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Maulana Kaly Fatma area of Mardan district on Saturday, police officials said. According to the first information report (FIR) filed by the slain man’s brother, Mazhar Iqbal, 51-year-old Zafar Iqbal had returned from Faisalabad to Mardan after many years. Zafar was accompanied by his wife, Farzana alias Gul Bibi, aged 40.

1 week ago | dawn.com | Umar Bacha

Several suspects were arrested and a cache of heavy weapons seized during a joint search and strike operation carried out by the police, counter terrorism department, and the army in Bannu district of Khyber Pakthunkwa. In a statement, Bannu police spokesperson, Khanzala Quraishi, said law enforcement agencies received a tip-off about the presence of suspicious individuals in Barganto and Kam Chashmi areas within the jurisdiction of Domel police station.

1 week ago | dawn.com | Umar Bacha

At least three members of a family died and three others went missing on Sunday morning after their car plunged into a river stream in the Shinbar area of district Nagar, Gilgit-Baltistan. Rescue 1122 official Nizamuddin told Dawn.com that the family was returning from an engagement ceremony when their car plunged into a stream, resulting in the drowning of six people and injuries to one.