KARACHI: Three motorcyclists were crushed to death by a speeding dumper in Gulshan-e-Maymar area here on Thursday morning. Police started search for the dumper’s driver who fled after the accident. The bodies were shifted to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital. One of the deceased was identified as Jahangir.
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12-year girl burnt to death in Kamalia
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Robber killed in Muzaffargarh police encounter
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Brain-dead student injects life into 8 others
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IEP adopts action plan to enhance engineers’ professional standard
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AIOU devises plan to hold research work on mother languages
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China unveils plan to boost traditional medicines
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Shahid demands bailout package for cotton farmers
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Oil & gas companies violating OGRA’s decisions to maximise profits: PEW
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