Zabdesk Larkana

20 ‘gangsters’ picked up in Rangers-police action in Larkana village

LARKANA/HYDERABAD: A tense situation prevails at and around the residence of Home Minister Suhail Anwar Siyal here since Friday, when Rangers personnel made deployment in the neighbourhood and started snap-checking hours after the dramatic escape of Asad Kharal, said to be a close associate of the Siyal family, from the custody of law-enforcers late on Wednesday evening...

All of them were picked up in Pathan Abro village, not far...

Man, woman facing honour killing rescued near Larkana

LARKANA: Police on Thursday claimed to have saved the lives of a man and a woman from the wrath of their relatives who were allegedly planning to kill them in the name of honour in Naudero town, 19 kilometres from here...

He said the woman had been taken into protective custody and kept at women’s police station in Larkana...

Sikh yatris stranded at Larkana station due to 10-hour delay in train’s arrival

LARKANA: Hundreds of Sikh yatris (pilgrims) from Sindh and Balochistan were stranded at Larkana railway station on Thursday due to inordinate delay in the arrival of the train they had booked in advance for pilgrimage to Nankana Sahib to attend the 549th birth anniversary celebrations of Baba Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikh faith...

Frustrated over the long wait the pilgrims who had started arriving at the railway station early in the...

Eight dead, 19 injured in bus accident near Larkana

Eight people including three children died while 19 others were injured in a road accident on Waghan road on Malghani turning point near Larkana on Tuesday night, police said...

According to Larkana Deputy Commissioner (DC) Kashif Ali Teepu, the bus that was on its way to Larkana overturned in a ditch when the driver lost control while trying to save a motorcyclist who was coming from the opposite direction...

Minor girl raped, killed in Larkana

A five-year-old girl was raped and killed in Larkana's Naudero town on Monday, police and medical examiners said on Tuesday...

Mercury shoots up to 48oC in Larkana; two die in Dadu district

KARACHI: At least two people died owing to the heatwave while many others fell unconscious in different parts of Dadu district as the mercury climbed on the scale and touched 48 degrees Celsius in Larkana making it the hottest place in the country on Sunday, said a meteorological department official adding, that the weather was expected to remain the same on Monday as well in these areas...

SHC stays shifting of Larkana Sweet Homes

LARKANA: The Sindh High Court’s Larkana circuit bench comprising Justice Nadeem Akhtar on Thursday stayed the shifting of Sweet Homes from Larkana to a place near Karachi and issu­ed notices to the respondents including the Baitul Maal managing director and the official in charge of Sweet Home for May 21...

Advocate Zulfikar Hyder Abro, the counsel for the petitioners, submitted in court that the Larkana Sweet Homes was established in...

Rs8.7 million of BISP ‘snatched’ in Larkana

LARKANA: Three armed men intercepted a car driven by a cash supplier to the counters of the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) near Rasool Abad locality within the jurisdiction of the Civil Lines police station and deprived him of Rs8...

However, talking to Dawn, Larkana SSP Kamran Nawaz Panjotha expressed doubt over the robbery and said the amount snatched, according to the victim, was Rs6 million...

Prof Adib selects venue for SIUT Larkana

LARKANA: Sindh Insti­tute of Urology and Trans­plantation (SIUT) founder Prof Dr Adibul Hasan Rizvi has selected a building to establish the SIUT Larkana...

Accompanying his team members, Larkana commissioner, mayor and others, the renowned urologist visited the old building of the Peoples Primary Healthcare Initiative (PPHI) that it had lately vacated and two new blocks constructed adjacent to it and agreed to start the health...

Police constable gunned down by ASI in Larkana over 'matrimonial issue'

Police on Thursday arrested an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) who allegedly gunned down a police constable (PC) within the limits of the Fatehpur police station near Larkana's Mohenjodaro area...

The injured officer was brought to Larkana's Chandka Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival...

Heavy rain lashes Larkana, Qambar-Shahdadkot districts

LARKANA: A two-hour-long spell of heavy rain, followed by intermittent showers, lashed Larkana and Qambar-Shahdadkot districts on Tuesday causing considerable relief in the otherwise very hot weather conditions that prevailed over the past few weeks...

Although weather turned pleasant during and after the rainfall, it caused massive electricity breakdown as at least 50 11kV feeders of the Sukkur Electric Power Company (Sepco) in...

Karachi beat Larkana

KHAIRPUR: Karachi beat Larkana by 14-7 in an interesting match of the Sindh Sports Board (SSB) Inter-district Women Softball Championship being played under lights here...

Emergence of two polio cases in Larkana division this year termed ‘warning’

LARKANA: Geneva-based Global Polio Eradication (GPE) head Dr Jeaw Marc Olive held a meeting on Thursday with World Health Organisation representatives and officials of the health department and all five districts of the division in the office of Larkana Commissioner Ghulam Akbar Leghari to review the anti-polio efforts with reference to the detection of two fresh polio cases in the division within the first four months of the year... ...

Anti-PPP alliance to hold first rally in Larkana on 24th

LARKANA: The recently-formed Larkana Awami Ittehad (LAI) on Tuesday announced the holding of its first public rally in Larkana on Aug 24 “to expose inept functionaries of the provincial government” and highlight the unresolved issues being faced by the people of Larkana division...

Other prominent political figures who attended the meeting included former adviser to the prime minister Amir Bakhsh Bhutto, former Larkana mayor Qurban...

Fourth-grade girl raped, impregnated by teacher in Larkana

LARKANA: Hatri Ghulam Shah Police on Tuesday booked a primary school teacher on charges of sexually assaulting and raping a fourth-grade girl student in Nau Abad village...