Man electrocuted in Lyari.

KARACHI -- A 55-year-old man was electrocuted while repairing a suction pump in a Lyari home on Monday, police said.

The victim was identified as Haji Mohammad Bachu, a resident of Agra Taj Colony.

He along with his friend was fixing the suction pump at home. He unknowingly touched an open live electric wire and suffered a fatal electric shock.

Smuggling bid foiled

The Pakistan Rangers, Sindh, along with Pakistan Customs foiled a smuggling bid of non-custom paid goods at the Sindh-Balochistan border.

A statement issued on Monday said that acting on a tip-off the Rangers at the Abdul Jabbar Shaheed checkpoint recovered goods worth Rs7.6 million from a truck going from...

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