KARACHI: Two sisters found murdered

Published November 14, 2004

KARACHI, Nov 13: Two girls were found killed and another injured in an apartment in Gulistan-i-Jauhar on Saturday evening. Police said that four robbers entered an apartment in Supreme Castle in Block-19 and allegedly raped the two sisters Shazia, 22, and Irum, 30, and strangled the both.

The culprits hit their maidservant, Nazia, with the butt of a pistol and fled with the loot. All other family members had gone for Eid shopping at the time of the incident. The bodies of the girls were sent to a hospital for autopsy, while Nazia was admitted into a private hospital, the police added.

SHOT DEAD: A man was shot dead in Kalakot on Saturday night by unidentified persons.

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