Man, pregnant wife injured in Karachi encounter

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KARACHI: A husband and his pregnant wife sustained injuries in an incident of shooting between policemen and robbers in Karachi’s Korangi No 4 Sunday night.

According to police, the suspects had opened fire after the policemen had intercepted them. However, the couple, who was passing by in a rickshaw, was injured in the cross-fire. The injured were shifted to Jinnah hospital.

JPMC’s Dr Seemin Jamali said that Adnan, 40, and Saqiba, 30, were brought in a critical condition, while confirming that the woman was pregnant.

The Korangi SSP said that they have launched an investigation into the incident, while assuring that the policemen will be investigated if they are responsible for the shooting.

The Sindh IG has taken notice of it and ordered a detailed report.

On Saturday, three members of a family were killed during a shootout between the CTD and suspected terrorists near Sahiwal. Khalil, a grocer in Kot Lakhpat, Lahore, his wife Nabeela, their 13-year-old daughter, and their neighbour, Zeeshan, were on their way to a wedding in Burewala when they were killed in firing on their car near the toll plaza on GT Road in the Qadirabad area.