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A man and a woman were shot dead allegedly by the opposing party as they appeared before a local court in Lahore on Thursday. The victims were identified by authorities as Sughra Bibi and Muhammad Amin. They had appeared in the Lahore session court today ahead of a hearing when armed men opened fire at them. The motive of the fatal shooting is yet to be determined. Notably, both victims were in court due to an ongoing case where three members of their family had been killed allegedly over a property dispute. Last year, a two-month-old girl was strangled to death and her father and mother were slaughtered in the washroom of their residence with their hands cuffed behind their backs in Lahore by unidentified suspects. Read Old feud: Two shot dead on court premises According to police officials, 33-year-old advocate Amanat Ali and his family were murdered in their own home in a private housing society within the limits of Chung police station. However, the elderly mother of Amanat, who wa...

At least 9 people were injured in Lahore’s Shahdara Town and Azhar Town on Saturday as the city continued to witness record-breaking rainfall. According to Rescue 1122, all injured were shifted to Lahore General Hospital. Victims include Afzal Malik 45, Sonia Afzal, 35, Ghulam Abbas, 36, Tania Abbas, 30, Kaneez Fatima, 7, Dua Fatima, 4, Sadia, 18, Alia, 13 and Amina Pervaiz, 13. The death toll from the monsoon spell that triggered floods and landslides as well as collapsed roofs and walls up and down the country this month rose to 50 as at least six more deaths were reported in rain-related incidents from Punjab a day earlier. Earlier this week, heavy rain in the provincial capital resulted in a critical situation when water overflowed from Canal Road and started entering low-lying areas. The water began entering the localities of Mughalpura, Garden Town, Muslim Town Mor, Gulberg and Johar Town. The flow in the canal increased as rainwater caused its level to rise. Read Rains raise wat...