Driver killed

Published December 30, 2002

NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Dec 29: A truck driver, Mumtaz Ali Lashari, was shot dead by highwaymen at Mithiani bypass of the National Highway on Sunday.

Lashari was going to Karachi in a truck. When the vehicle reached at Mithiani bypass, three unidentified gunmen tried to stop it but the driver accelerated the speed. The highwaymen opened fire on the truck, resulting in the death of its driver.—BoC

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