KARACHI: At least six people were killed and eight others injured during a clash over a land dispute in Nawabshah district on Sunday.
The conflict erupted early this morning between two factions of the Dahri community – stemming from a disagreement over a contractual plot of land under the jurisdiction of the Pubho police station.
According to the Nawabshah Police, the armed confrontation resulted in the death of all six individuals from one group, while eight members of the opposing faction sustained injuries and were subsequently hospitalized in Nawabshah.
Authorities have assured the public that the situation is now “under control”.
In response to the incident, Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah ordered the provincial inspector general to submit a comprehensive report and ordered law enforcement agencies to restore order in the area.
On January 24, a teenager was shot and injured in a heated verbal altercation that broke out over a land dispute between two families in Muzaffargarh.
The victim was identified as Muhammad Rashid, 17, a resident of Moza Kotla, who was said to have sustained gunshot wounds to the forehead.
The heirs brought the injured boy to a nearby rural health center themselves before paramedics arrived at the scene, it was said.
Later that month, on January 28, a woman beat her elderly mother-in-law to death over a land dispute in Tandlianwala. The victim, 85-year-old Majidan Bibi, a resident of Dhadiwala, had a land dispute with her daughter-in-law.
