RAWALPINDI: A man was found shot dead in his house in Naseerabad area on Sunday.

Usman, the brother-in-law of the deceased, lodged a complaint with the police, saying that he was sleeping in his room when he was awakened by the sound of a gunshot.

He said he rushed to his brother-in-law Mohammad Adnan’s room and saw an armed man running away. He said his brother-in-law was shot in the face and later died.

The police shifted the body to the District Headquarters Hospital after collecting evidence from the crime scene.

Meanwhile, a man was robbed of cash and mobile phone by two unidentified robbers in Dhamial area in the early hours of Sunday.

Mohammad Furqan, a resident of Shaban Colony, complained to the police that he was going on Link Lakhan Road when two persons came on a motorcycle and snatched Rs15,000 and a mobile phone from him and escaped.

Published in Dawn, November 2nd, 2026