KARACHI: A recklessly driven water tanker ran over and killed a young man in Shah Latif Town on Thursday, officials said.

They said that Suleman Dilmurad, 25, and Ayan, 18, were riding a motorbike when the tanker hit them in Saleh Mohammed Goth. They sustained critical injuries and were taken to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, where doctors pronounced Dilmurad dead on arrival.

The officials said Ayan was admitted for treatment.

The police claimed to have arrested the driver responsible for the fatal accident and impounded the tanker.

In another incident, a 13-year-old boy, identified as Umer Usman, was critically injured when an oil tanker hit him in Abdullah Goth within the remit of the Shah Latif Town police station.

The police said the driver, Qudratullah, was arrested and the tanker impounded.

Probe into couple’s murder underway

Police on Thursday launched an investigation to ascertain the identity of those who killed an elderly man and his wife inside their home in North Karachi on Wednesday night.

The Sir Syed police registered a murder case on the complaint of Muhammad Yamir, brother of victim Yamin. The couple recently came here from Canada.

Published in Dawn, October 16th, 2026