KARACHI, May 4: A man along with his sister were detained by police on Thursday for allegedly killing his wife with the help of his sister in Nazimabad.

Police said that according to Haider Mian his wife Naureen died at around 2am in the morning. He kept the body at the Edhi morgue declaring that his wife died a natural death. Shortly afterward, when women members of the family rushed to the morgue they found some marks on the body.

They informed police and the body was sent to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for postmortem examination.

Police said the autopsy showed that the victim was subjected to torture. However, the cause of death was reserved and samples were sent for chemical examination.

Police said following the postmortem report, they detained the dead woman’s husband and his sister for their suspected involvement in the death of Naureen. Police said that hardly six months had passed since their marriage.

Furether investigations were being carried out, police said.

ACCIDENTS: At least two persons died in separate road accidents in different parts of the city on Thursday.

Police said that a speeding truck dashed into a stationary minibus on the Super Highway. As a result, the truck driver identified as Mohammad Juman died on the spot while two persons present in the minibus were injured. They were taken to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for treatment.

In another accident, a speeding minibus knocked down an elderly man in the Site area on Thursday. The victim was identified as Farooq, 60. He was taken to a nearby private hospital where he was pronounced dead by the doctors.

Police said the minibus drove away after the accident.

ARRESTED: Police arrested two suspected robbers of a passenger coach near Karimabad. Their third accomplice was arrested after a shootout later in the night.

The DSP of Azizabad said three armed suspects were looting Shama coach near Karimabad. The driver, Anwer Feroz,. stopped the coach near Jamaatkhana. The suspects got off the vehicle and started running away.

Opinion

A state of chaos

A state of chaos

The establishment’s increasingly intrusive role has further diminished the credibility of the political dispensation.

Editorial

Bulldozed bill
Updated 22 May, 2024

Bulldozed bill

Where once the party was championing the people and their voices, it is now devising new means to silence them.
Out of the abyss
22 May, 2024

Out of the abyss

ENFORCED disappearances remain a persistent blight on fundamental human rights in the country. Recent exchanges...
Holding Israel accountable
22 May, 2024

Holding Israel accountable

ALTHOUGH the International Criminal Court’s prosecutor wants arrest warrants to be issued for Israel’s prime...
Iranian tragedy
Updated 21 May, 2024

Iranian tragedy

Due to Iran’s regional and geopolitical influence, the world will be watching the power transition carefully.
Circular debt woes
21 May, 2024

Circular debt woes

THE alleged corruption and ineptitude of the country’s power bureaucracy is proving very costly. New official data...
Reproductive health
21 May, 2024

Reproductive health

IT is naïve to imagine that reproductive healthcare counts in Pakistan, where women from low-income groups and ...