KARACHI: Watchman killed

Published August 14, 2006

KARACHI, Aug 13: A watchman was killed in Gulistan-i-Jauhar on late Sunday night.

Police said that Ghulam Ghazi was the watchman at the house of a trader, Kamran. On late Saturday night, when the family returned to their house, the watchman was found dead. The body was shitfted to JPMC for autopsy.

ELECTROCUTED: An employee of the Pakistan Navy was electrocuted while repairing an electric motor in Keamari.

Police said that Shahuddin Farooq, 35, was repairing an electric motor during rain when he got electrocuted.

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