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March 8, 2021
SUKKUR: The tradition of ‘Karo-Kari’ on Sunday claimed another two lives in Sindh’s cities of Jacobabad and Nawabshah.
Reports said in the limits of Moula Dad Police Station in district Jacobabad, accused Sohail Chandio fired to kill his wife, Bakhtawar, on the pretext of illicit relations. The police shifted the body to the Jacobabad Institute of Medical Sciences, (JIMS), Jacobabad, but they have failed to arrest the accused. In another similar incident in Taj Colony, district Nawabshah, accused Awais Dharejo strangulated his wife, Iqra, over the charge of ‘Karo-Kari’. The police said the accused managed to escape from the crime scene after killing his wife.
Another two killed in ‘Karo Kari’
National
March 8, 2021
SUKKUR: The tradition of ‘Karo Kari’ on Sunday claimed another two lives in Sindh’s cities of Jacobabad and Nawabshah. Reports said in the limits of Moula Dad Police Station in district Jacobabad, accused Sohail Chandio fired to kill his wife, Bakhtawar, on the pretext of illicit relations. The police shifted the body to the Jacobabad Institute of Medical Sciences, (JIMS), Jacobabad, but they have failed to arrest the accused. In another similar incident in Taj Colony, district Nawabshah, an accused Awais Dharejo strangulated his wife, Iqra, over the charges of ‘Karo Kari’. The police said the accused managed to escape from the crime scene after killing his wife.
Three bodies found in Faisalabad
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FAISALABAD: Three bodies were found from different parts of the city on Saturday.
A police spokesman said that passersby informed the police about the bodies of a 50-year-old woman in parking area of Allied Hospital, a 65-year-old man in Ghaseet Pura and a 45-year-old man in Warispura. The police have shifted the bodies to a mortuary for postmortem. One of them was identified as Maqsood while investigation is under way.
Power shutdown: The Faisalabad Electric Supply Company (Fesco) issued a power shutdown notice due to necessary repair, maintenance and expansion of electricity lines.
According to the notice issued by the company here on Saturday, power supply from Allied Hospital, City, New Civil Lines, Ejaz Town, Gulshan Colony, Raja Chowk, Sadar Bazaar, State Bank, Serena, Rehmat Town, Agri University, State Life, Rasool Pura, Saeed Abad, Akbar Abad, General Hospital, Iqbal Stadium, Khayaban-e-Green, Jalal Street, Ismail Road, Qudrat
Five illegal housing colonies sealed
National
February 22, 2021
FAISALABAD: The Faisalabad Development Authority (FDA) sealed five illegal colonies and three residential plots for violating by laws in various parts of the district.
The FDA spokesman said on Sunday that Estate Officer Imtiaz Ali Goraya found that five residential schemes, Fatima Garden on Satiana Road, Subhan Garden on Sargodha Road, Motor Garden Block of Motorway City, one housing colony near Lahore Bypass Khurarianwala and another housing scheme had been developed without any prior approval.
Therefore, the FDA enforcement team under the supervision of the estate officer sealed the colonies and demolished their illegal structures, he told.