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KARACHI, Nov 19: Frere police on Monday arrested nine political activists for holding a demonstration in front of the Karachi Press Club against the imposition of emergency.
Six of the activists belonged to the Jeay Sindh Taraqqi Pasand Party and three to Awami Tehreek. They included Zulfiqar, Qasim, Razzaq, Narain, Ishaq, Bilawal and Khameeo.
Three brothers were wounded in a bungled robbery at their bakery in North Karachi.
Khawaja Ajmair Nagri police said a gang of four robbers entered Pak Bakery in Sector 5-A/4 and held Nadim Ahmed, who was handling the cash counter, hostage at gunpoint. The victim offered resistance when the robbers demanded money. In the meantime, Nadim’s brothers, Abdul Khaliq and Abdul Waheed, entered the bakery and upon seeing them, the robbers opened fire.
All the three brothers sustained bullet wounds and were shifted to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital. They were, however, discharged after being provided with medical treatment.
A five-year-old boy died after falling into a drain in the PECHS. Ferozabad police said Danish, son of Imtiaz, was playing near his house when he fell into the drain.—Staff Reporter
