KARACHI: A man drowned while saving his two minor sons in Hub Canal on Sunday, police said.

Manghopir SHO Mohammed Zubair Nawaz told Dawn that a Korangi family came to Hub Canal near Northern Bypass for picnic.

At around 3:30pm, they were taking a dip in the canal when two children drowned. Their father, Majeed Khan, rescued both the children but he lost control and drowned.

The body was recovered and shifted to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital (ASH) for medico-legal formalities.

Suspect shot dead in ‘encounter’

A suspected robber was gunned down and another arrested in wounded condition after an alleged encounter in F.B. Area on Sunday, police said.

Central SSP Zeeshan Shafiq Siddiqi said that the Shaheen Force challenged the robbers near Aqsa Masjid in Block-19. The suspects resorted to firing and in an exchange of gunfire, one suspect was killed and another arrested in an injured condition.

The deceased was identified as Osama, 26, while the wounded was identified as Noor Muhammad, 32.

The police claimed to have recovered three cell phones, one pistol and cash from their custody.

The body and injured were shifted to ASH.

Published in Dawn, November 10th, 2025