KARACHI: An employee of Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) was shot dead by robbers in Shah Latif Town on Wednesday.
Area SHO Mohammed Ali Shah said that Mohammed Tauseef, 35, had left his house in Sector-17-A for duty when armed pillion riders intercepted him near Mangal Bazar. They snatched a cell phone from him but as he put up resistance, the robbers shot him and fled.
He sustained critical bullet wounds and was transported to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre where he died during treatment.
The victim was the father of three children.
Meanwhile a suspected robber was gunned down and his accomplice arrested in wounded condition in an alleged encounter in New Karachi.
The dead and wounded were taken to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital.
Published in Dawn, October 15th, 2026
