Woman killed

Out Staff Reporter Published August 21, 2026

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KARACHI: A 55-year-old woman was killed in New Karachi on Thursday evening.

Bilal Colony police said Rubina Tahir was strangled allegedly by her husband, Tahir, inside their home in Sector-5-D.

The body was shifted to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for medico-legal formalities.

The police arrested the suspect, said area SHO Rao Shabbir.

Published in Dawn, August 21st, 2026

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