{"id":126549,"date":"2026-05-25T21:03:41","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T16:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/?p=126549"},"modified":"2026-05-25T21:03:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T16:03:42","slug":"newly-married-couple-shot-dead-in-karachis-malir-area-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2026\/126549\/","title":{"rendered":"Newly married couple shot dead in Karachi\u2019s Malir area: police"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A newly married couple was shot dead in Karachi\u2019s Malir area soon after appearing before a local court on Monday, according to a senior police official.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Korangi Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Fida Hussain Janwari, the couple was returning from the court when assailants, who were chasing their car, opened fire on them in the Saudabad locality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SSP Janwari said that the woman\u2019s family had lodged a complaint at Sachal Police Station over her disappearance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, the woman had recorded a statement before the Malir court that she had married of her own free will.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe couple suffered critical injuries and died on the spot,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SSP Janwari added that the suspected assailants had been identified as the woman\u2019s relatives, and concerted efforts were underway to arrest them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, Police Surgeon Dr Sumaiyya Syed said that the couple \u2014 the husband aged 26 and the wife aged 20 \u2014 had sustained multiple gunshot injuries and were brought dead to the hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier this year, a young couple was&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1965836\">gunned down<\/a>&nbsp;over \u201chonour\u201d in Karachi\u2019s Sohrab Goth area. Police officials had stated that a 30-year-old man and his 28-year-old wife were found dead inside a home in Lasi Goth with gunshot wounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In December, a couple who had married with mutual consent were&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1962999\">killed<\/a>&nbsp;by the woman\u2019s father in Machar Colony area of the metropolis, in what the officials described as a so-called \u201chonour killing\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A newly married couple was shot dead in Karachi\u2019s Malir area soon after appearing before a local court on Monday, according to a senior police official. 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