SUKKUR: Villager, son shot dead

Published September 12, 2004

SUKKUR, Sept 11: A man and his son were killed in the Gordi village, Ghauspur police station jurisdiction, near Kandhkot, on Saturday morning.

Gulsher Lolai and his son, Jatoi Lolai, were on their way to Ghauspur when unidentified persons shot them dead.

Police handed over the bodies to their relatives after postmortem.

The reason behind the incident is said to be an old enmity.

ACCIDENT: A man, Deedar Chijan, was killed after being run over by a speeding bus on the National Highway in the Jhangro police station jurisdiction here on Saturday.

Meanwhile, the body of a 28-year-old man, with his hands tied, was recovered from the Kirthar Canal near here on Saturday.

Police handed over the body to the Edhi foundation as no one claimed it.

SIT-IN: Following armed robbery, passengers and drivers of looted coaches and buses staged a sit-in on the Indus Highway, near Umrani Laro, Jacobabad taluka, on Thursday night, .

A group of 10 armed bandits blocked the highway, near Umrani Laro, and looted several passengers on gunpoint.

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