KARACHI: Bandits kill woman

Published November 7, 2002

KARACHI, Nov 6: Bandits shot a woman to death in Gulshan-i-Iqbal on Wednesday evening.

Police said that bandits tried to rob Mumtaz Begum, aged 50, when she was coming out of the Utility Store behind Ashfaq Memorial Hospital. The bandits opened fire on her when she raised alarm.

She was rushed to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, where doctors pronounced her dead on arrival.

Police said that the woman lived in England, and she was visiting with her family in the city for a week.

CARJACKING: Eighteen vehicles — seven cars and 11 motorcycles — were either hijacked or stolen in the city on Wednesday, police said.

Three cars were hijacked. Four others were stolen.

Four motorcycles were hijacked. Seven others were stolen.

KILLED: A young man was stabbed to death in TPX police limits on late Tuesday night.

Police said that unidentified men stabbed Mohammed Ilyas, aged 42, in the abdomen. He was rushed to JPMC where he died.

DIES: An official of a private security agency died in accidental firing in Gulshan-i-Iqbal on Wednesday evening.

Police said that Mohammed Maqsood, aged 45, guard supervisor in a private security agency, was cleaning a rifle at his office in Sultan Complex near Jumani Arcade when it accidentally went off. A bullet hit him in the abdomen. He died on way to Civil Hospital.

Opinion

Editorial

Centre vs provinces
Updated 10 Jun, 2026

Centre vs provinces

The reason the centre finds itself in this position is rooted in its failure to expand the tax net and boost revenues.
Party in crisis
10 Jun, 2026

Party in crisis

THE young KP chief minister must be starting to realise just how thorny a seat he occupies. There has been a flurry...
Varsity woes
10 Jun, 2026

Varsity woes

FINANCIAL crises affecting public sector universities across Pakistan are now having an impact on academic...
Doctor attacked
09 Jun, 2026

Doctor attacked

AN act of reprehensible violence has shaken the medical community. On Saturday, an employee of the Provincial Civil...
AJK flare-up
Updated 09 Jun, 2026

AJK flare-up

The situation started deteriorating after a trader affiliated with the JAAC was reportedly shot in an altercation with law-enforcers.
Fault lines
09 Jun, 2026

Fault lines

THE April 8 ceasefire that halted hostilities between Israel and Iran has encountered its most serious test yet....