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Monday morning’s rainfall is seen in this Online photo and (right) vehicles navigate a flooded road at Qayyumabad (Shakil Adil/White Star).
KARACHI: A boy was electrocuted in Karachi where the first spell of light monsoon rain wreaked havoc on civic and K-Electric’s system on Monday as people had to endure traffic jams because of flooded roads and streets and electricity outages for hours.
According to a Meteorological department advisory, Karachi and all lower Sindh districts are likely to receive rain/wind/thunderstorm with a few moderate-to-heavy falls till Friday and the central and upper parts of the province may have similar weather conditions till Saturday.
Moderate rainfall turns parts of Karachi into cesspools
July 13, 2021
KARACHI: An unexpected spell of monsoon rain on early Monday morning in Karachi exposed the claims of the federal and provincial governments of addressing the drainage related issues of the megapolis as the light to moderate showers resulted in inundation of low-lying areas, accumulation of water on major roads and power cuts in many areas of the city, turning the worst fears of the city dwellers true.
Tragically, the accumulated water and unsafe electric poles also claimed the life of a young teenager in the Al-Falah Society area near Malir Halt.
Unexpected monsoon shower causes agony to citizens with power cuts, inundated roads
July 13, 2021
An unexpected spell of monsoon rain on early Monday morning in Karachi surprised both the citizens as well as weather pundits as most of the city areas received light to moderate showers, resulting in inundation of low-lying areas, accumulation of water on major roads and power cuts in many areas of the city.
The rain started around 7am in most of the areas on Monday morning. Around three to four millimetres (mm) of rain was recorded in the first spell except for Gulshan-e-Hadeed where 17 mm was recorded. The intermittent rain continued till noon, during which different areas received 20 to 35mm of rainfall, Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) officials said.
Drug addict son kills father over refusal to provide money
Karachi
June 7, 2021
A middle-aged man was shot dead on Sunday in the Al-Falah Society area of the city allegedly by his drug addict son upon refusal to pay money for drugs.
The incident took place at a house located in Millat Town within the limits of the Al-Falah police station. Upon receiving the information, police and rescuers reached the property and transported the casualty to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre for medico-legal formalities where the deceased person was identified as 55-year-old Nasir Khan.
The man was asleep when his young son, Nadir, shot and killed him, police said, adding that the family told them that Nadir was a drug addict. According to the family, the son was earlier addicted to hashish but he had started taking crystal meth (ice) for the past six months. The family informed police that Nadir also had a clash with his father a couple of days ago after the latter refused to pay him money f