11 perish in head-on collision between two cars in Shikarpur.

Byline: Rahmatullah Soomro

SHIKARPUR -- 11 people, eight of them members of two families, were killed and six others injured in a head-on collision between two speeding cars near Bhayo Wah along the Garhi Yasin-Shikarpur section of the Indus Highway on Sunday. The deceased included two women and four children.

Police and hospital sources identified the deceased families as Haji Gulab, 65, his son Dilmurad, 40, Fahad Dilmurad, 11, Zeenat Haroon, 35, Anila Haroon, 8, Shakeela Haroon, 7, and Yasir Haroon, 5 -- belong to the Bahrani community. Another member of the same community who could not be identified was also among the dead. They were riding a Suzuki Mehran (BKV-302), which was on its way to Zangipur Khosa village of Jacobabad district from Larkana.

Among the occupants...