KARACHI: A suspected robber, who allegedly shot at and wounded a Careem driver over resistance in Defence Housing Authority on Wednesday, was shot dead in an ‘encounter’, police said.

They added that robbers asked driver Imtiaz Masih to hand over car keys to them near Khayaban-i-Shahbaz, which he refused. The infuriated robbers opened fire on him. In the meantime, police rushed to the spot where an encounter ensued in which suspect Ali Asghar was gunned down. The driver received a bullet wound in leg. He was taken to hospital.

Published in Dawn, June 15th, 2017

Opinion

Editorial

Football elections
17 Nov, 2024

Football elections

PAKISTAN football enters the most crucial juncture of its ‘normalisation’ era next week, when an Extraordinary...
IMF’s concern
17 Nov, 2024

IMF’s concern

ON Friday, the IMF team wrapped up its weeklong unscheduled talks on the Fund’s ongoing $7bn programme with the...
‘Un-Islamic’ VPNs
Updated 17 Nov, 2024

‘Un-Islamic’ VPNs

If curbing pornography is really the country’s foremost concern while it stumbles from one crisis to the next, there must be better ways to do so.
Agriculture tax
Updated 16 Nov, 2024

Agriculture tax

Amendments made in Punjab's agri income tax law are crucial to make the system equitable.
Genocidal violence
16 Nov, 2024

Genocidal violence

A RECENTLY released UN report confirms what many around the world already know: that Israel has been using genocidal...
Breathless Punjab
16 Nov, 2024

Breathless Punjab

PUNJAB’s smog crisis has effectively spiralled out of control, with air quality readings shattering all past...