HARIPUR, June 27: Residents of the Mohalla Railway station, Dhok Talokar and Soka have been facing water shortage for the past four days as the only water pump in the area has gone out of order.

“We are being forced to fetch water from far-off places or purchase it on high rates,” said a resident, Tehsin Ullah. Inhabitants said their repeated complaints to the department concerned had fallen on deaf ears. They urged authorities to rectify the fault immediately and restore water supply to the localities that comprise an estimated 600 residents.

MURDER: A young girl was shot dead in village Khoe Nara the other day.

Khanpur police quoted Razoz Bibi as saying that when her daughter Yasmeen, 21, responded to the knock at their door, Tanvir Shah and Muneer Shah of the same village opened fire on them with sophisticated weapons.

The girl was pronounced dead at the Ayub Medical Complex in Abbottabad.Police claimed that the accused and victims were close relatives and had a minor dispute between them in which the victim’s brother reportedly owed money to the other party.

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