KHAIRPUR, April 13: A widow was shot dead and her mother injured in Therhi on Wednesday. Azeeman Rind, 25, was going with her mother to a bank to collect pension of her father when some unidentified men opened fire at them, killing Azeeman and injuring her mother Manzooran.

Later, police arrested the accused.

According to Babarloi police, the arrested were identified as Arshad and Nazar Mohammad both Rind by caste.

The police took the body for post-mortem and the injured to the Civil Hospital of Khairpur.

Police said that Azeeman was the widow of head constable Sher Mohammad Rind who had been killed about a year ago over a dispute between two groups of the Rind community.

No case was lodged till Wednesday evening. Our correspondent adds from Larkana: A goldsmith, Mehboob Ali Shaikh, 35, was shot dead on Wednesday at the main bus terminal of Shahdadkot during a robbery incident.

Opinion

Editorial

Digital growth
Updated 25 Apr, 2024

Digital growth

Democratising digital development will catalyse a rapid, if not immediate, improvement in human development indicators for the underserved segments of the Pakistani citizenry.
Nikah rights
25 Apr, 2024

Nikah rights

THE Supreme Court recently delivered a judgement championing the rights of women within a marriage. The ruling...
Campus crackdowns
25 Apr, 2024

Campus crackdowns

WHILE most Western governments have either been gladly facilitating Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza, or meekly...
Ties with Tehran
Updated 24 Apr, 2024

Ties with Tehran

Tomorrow, if ties between Washington and Beijing nosedive, and the US asks Pakistan to reconsider CPEC, will we comply?
Working together
24 Apr, 2024

Working together

PAKISTAN’S democracy seems adrift, and no one understands this better than our politicians. The system has gone...
Farmers’ anxiety
24 Apr, 2024

Farmers’ anxiety

WHEAT prices in Punjab have plummeted far below the minimum support price owing to a bumper harvest, reckless...