KARACHI: A motorcyclist was killed and his pillion rider injured when an SUV hit them on Sharea Faisal on Friday, police and rescue services officials said.

A traffic police official said the victims were on their way to their workplace when the SUV hit the bike near Lal Kothi. Both men suffered critical injuries and were taken to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, where doctors pronounced Sabir, 25, dead and admitted his friend, Naveed Khan, 21, for treatment.

The police said the driver managed to escape along with the vehicle which was traced and found abandoned near Aladin Park.

The police said the SUV was owned by Syed Anas Shah, a resident of DHA, who told investigators that he had recently sold the vehicle to Rizwan Jatoi, a mobile shop owner, who also informed him that it had been “stolen”.

Published in Dawn, October 31st, 2026