Woman, 70, killed with iron rod
July 18, 2021
LAHORE : A 70-year-old woman was killed in a house in Safanwala Chowk Mozang area on Saturday.
The accused hit the old woman identified as Jameela Bibi on the head with an iron rod, resulting into her death. Her body was shifted to the morgue by Edhi ambulance.
214 GANGSTERS ARRESTED: Model Town Division police arrested 214 members of 89 gangs involved in serious crimes during the current year.
The accused involved in theft, robbery, burglary and snatching confessed to committing 105 such crimes. The accused were handed over to the Investigation Wing for further action.
3 INJURED WHILE RESCUING BUS DRIVER: Three persons were shot and wounded in Talab Sarai Manga Mandi on Saturday.
Uzair Baloch, chief of the defunct Peoples Amn Committee, was exonerated of the charges of attacking policemen in the violence-torn Lyari neighbourhood during a crackdown against gangsters in 2012. Dawn/File
KARACHI: A sessions’ court has acquitted alleged Lyari gang warfare kingpin Uzair Baloch in two more cases for “lack of evidence” against him.
Baloch, chief of the defunct Peoples Amn Committee, was exonerated of the charges of attacking policemen in the violence-torn Lyari neighbourhood during a crackdown against gangsters in 2012.
Additional District and Sessions’ Judge (South) Faraz Ahmed Chandio recently pronounced his verdict.
Police had nominated Habib Jan Baloch, Wasiullah Lakho, Umar Kachhi and Sharfuddin as suspects in the case and showed M. Kashif and Faisal Mehmood as absconders.
Weapons and empties did not match, forensic expert testifies in court
July 9, 2021
A forensic expert testified in an anti-terrorism court on Thursday that the weapons taken from policemen accused of murdering Naqeebullah Mehsud in extrajudicial custody did not match with the bullet empties recovered from the crime scene.
According to the prosecution, 27-year-old Naqeebullah, whose real name was Naseemullah Mehsud, was killed along with three others, Sabir, Nazar Jan and Ishaq, in a fake encounter on the outskirts of the city in Shah Latif Town on January 13, 2018, by then SSP Malir Rao Anwar and his team.
The official who conducted forensic examinations on case properties was presented as a witness in the court to testify on his report. He deposed that the empties provided to him by the investigation officer did not match the weapons seized from the accused. The judge recorded his statement and directed him to appear again on the next hearing on July 15 for cross examination by
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