KARACHI: Policeman shot dead

Published May 1, 2003

KARACHI, April 30: Unidentified persons killed a police constable in North Nazimabad on Wednesday morning.

Police said that Zubair Rahat, 30, was called out from his house in North Nazimabad Block-L, Arafat Town, around 7am in the morning. when he stepped out of his house two unknown persons pumped two bullets into him and fled.

The injured policeman was taken to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival. Police said that constable was posted at the Korangi police station and was residing in North Nazimabad.

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