The thirteen women, teenage boys and babies who were killed in a grenade attack in Karachi s Baldia Saturday night were on their way back not from a wedding but a post-nuptial ritual as part of Pakhtun tradition. Had fate not intervened, the bride s name could also have been on the list of victims. The attack took place at Hub River Road (also known as RCD highway) near Mowach Morr. The Shehzore mini truck, whose cargo bed was packed with about 25 passengers, mostly women, their sons and brothers, was attacked by militants, said police. Initial reports on Saturday night suggested that they were returning from a wedding in Faqeera Goth but additional details emerged Sunday. AN.
Man allegedly kills wife after argument
Body of unidentified man found bearing gunshot found wounds
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KARACHI:
A woman was shot dead by her husband after a domestic dispute at their home located near Jamia Bazar Jungle School in Baldia Town on Monday. The body was taken to the Ruth Pfau Civil Hospital for medico-legal formalities and was identified as that of 35-year-old Erum Shehzadi.
The deceased was mother to three children. Ittehad Town SHO Zafar Ali Shah shared that Erum was gunned down by her husband over an alleged family dispute. The suspect managed to escape, taking his three children along with him. He later dropped them at a relative s residence before fleeing.
Man opens fire at widow in Karachi
Wounded woman ‘refused marriage proposal’
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KARACHI:
A woman was shot and injured in Baldia Town area on Monday allegedly after she rejected a marriage proposal.
The firing incident took place in the limits of Saeedabad Police Station.
According to police, the woman, identified as 50-year-old Kiran Naz, was shifted to Dr. Ruth Pfau Civil Hospital with four bullet wounds in different parts of her body.
The police said that the prime suspect, identified as Wasim alias Babar, wanted to marry the woman and opened fire at her when she turned him down.
Zia ur-Rehman and Emily Schmall, The New York Times
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Updated: 19 Dec 2020 11:18 PM BdST The Holy Family Hospital, one of the busiest government hospitals in the city of Rawalpindi. Low infection rates over the summer lulled many in Pakistan into a false sense of security. Saiyna Bashir for The New York Times.
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Shaheen was told there might be room at a private hospital, for $625 a day, far above what his earnings of $10 a day could cover. He took his father home to die.