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KARACHI: Electrocuted

Published August 30, 2003
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KARACHI, Aug 29: An electrician was electrocuted while working in a house in Gulshan-i-Iqbal on Friday.

Police said that Dil Shad, 35, was working in a bungalow in Block-5, Gulshan-i-Iqbal, when he suffered an electric shock.

He was taken to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.

ARREST: A man, allegedly selling fake domiciles and permanent residence certificates, was arrested by the police with the help of CPLC.

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