Civil judge robbed at gunpoint en route to Shikarpur from Kandhkot

In a shocking incident, a Civil Judge was robbed en route to Sindh's Shikarpur district from Kandhkot on Thursday.

According to regional media reports, armed men stopped Civil Judge Amar Lal's vehicle at Shikarpur-Khanpur Road. 

The robbers looted the Civil Judge and his staff and fled the scene.

Earlier an additional sessions judge and his family were looted in the port city’s Baloch Colony, according to police.

They said two armed men robbed Additional Sessions Judge Naved Hussain and his family of their mobile phones and other valuables at gunpoint within the jurisdiction of the Baloch Colony police station and sped away.

A first information report (FIR) report was registered following the robbery bid. The police said they have launched a hunt for the robbers.

Earlier, a passer-by was shot dead while a policeman sustained injuries after the latter resisted a robbery bid at a barber’s shop in Karachi’s Federal B Area neighbourhood.

According to police, the incident occurred at a barber’s shop in block 14 of FB Area when armed robbers entered a salon to deprive those getting a haircut of their belongings.