KARACHI, June 5: Two young boys were drowned in a water reservoir behind Civic Centre, Gulshan-i-Iqbal, on Wednesday.

Police said the two boys were playing near the water reservoir. Habib, 4, fell into the reservoir and his elder brother, Usman, 8, in a bid to rescue him dived into the tank and drowned.

Body of Habib was fished out, while efforts to recover Usman’s body were under way.

CARJACKINGS: At least 25 vehicles — 14 cars and 11 motorcycles — were either hijacked or stolen in different parts of the city on Wednesday, police said.

Four cars were hijacked and ten were stolen, while three motorcycles were hijacked and eight were stolen.

KILLED: A estate agent was shot dead and his employee was injured by two unknown men in DHA area on Tuesday.

Police said that two unknown motorcyclists came to the Shahbaz Estate Agency in DHA and asked for a bungalow on rent.

When the owner, Mohammad Ali, aged 35, told them that the bungalow would be costlier, they opened fire at them and escaped, injuring Mohammad Ali and his employee Asghar Shah.

Both were rushed to the JPMC, where Mohammad Ali was pronounced dead, while Asghar was admitted to the hospital.

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