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KARACHI, Aug 19: Two fishermen drowned off the Gadani beach on Tuesday, while four others swam to safety on the shore when their fishing vessel capsized.
Edhi sources said the vessel capsized because of strong winds and rough sea. “Four fishermen managed to save their lives while two fishermen drowned,” said an Edhi official.
One body was fished out and hectic efforts were being made to recover the other one, said the sources.
The identities of the dead fishermen and the four others who escaped in the accident could not be established till filing of this report.
SUICIDE: An old man committed suicide at his workplace in the TPX police jurisdiction on Tuesday.
Police said Zulfiqar Ali Shah, 60, supervisor in a private security agency, after reaching his place of duty at the telephone exchange in West Wharf, changed into his uniform. After a while, he shot himself in the head. He died on the spot.
His body was taken to the Civil Hospital for postmortem examination.
The police quoting family sources said the victim had two married daughters who both were childless and were living a miserable marital life. This might have driven the depressed man to the extreme action.
KILLED: An old man was killed by unknown persons during an apparent house robbery in Gulshan-i-Iqbal on Tuesday.
Police said an elderly couple lived in Block 13-D, Street 9. The victim’s wife, Rukhsana Parveen, who works at the Hamdard Laboratories in Nazimabad, on return home in the evening found the body of her husband, Shaikh Abdul Hafeez, 60, in a pool of blood.
Police said the victim’s hands and legs were tied with a piece of rope and his throat was slit.
Police said Rs40,000 and some jewellery were found missing from the house.
