SHIKARPUR: Feud claims lives of man, two sons

Published February 13, 2008

SHIKARPUR, Feb 12: Three men were killed and a minor girl suffered injuries in an attack on a house by rival tribesmen in Qalandarabad village in the jurisdiction of Nabi Shah Wagan police station early on Tuesday morning.

Reports reaching here said that armed men allegedly belonging to Jakhrani tribe attacked a house in the village and gunned down Wali Mohammad Khoso, his sons Darya Khan and Mohammad Umer and seriously injured Darya Khan’s four-year-old daughter, Shabiran.

The villagers said the attack was an offshoot of a matrimonial dispute between the two tribes.

BOYCOTT: Lawyers continued their boycott of courts on the second consecutive day on Tuesday in protest against continued detention of judges and lawyers.

They demanded restoration of former Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Mohammad Choudhry and other deposed judges.