KARACHI: A pregnant woman was shot dead allegedly by her husband in a Malir locality on Friday, police said.

They said that Musafi, 35, was gunned down in Gulshan-i-Amna in Malir Halt.

An Airport police officer said that after a quarrel inside their home, the woman’s husband, Adam, pulled out his pistol, fired at her and escaped. She suffered critical bullet wounds and was taken to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC), where doctors pronounced her dead.

The officer said that they had tied the knot around eight to nine months ago. The woman had four children from her first husband.

Quoting her brother’s statement, the police said the woman was pregnant. The couple had a dispute over some property, which led to the murder, they added.

Woman stabbed to death by spouse

In another incident, a woman, Hameeda, 40, was stabbed to death allegedly by her husband, Riaz Gul, in Data Nagar, Orangi Town.

A police officer said that the suspect managed to escape from the crime scene.

The body was shifted to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for medico-legal formalities.

The officer said that the murder appeared to be an outcome of some “family dispute”. However, the exact nature of the dispute could not be ascertained.

Suspect killed in ‘encounter’

A suspected robber was shot dead and another arrested in an injured condition after an alleged encounter in New Karachi late on Thursday night, police said on Friday.

They said that the encounter took place near Powerhouse Chowrangi. “After exchange of fire one dacoit was killed while another arrested in injured condition,” said a police officer without elaborating further.

Published in Dawn, September 11th, 2021