Claims extracted
27
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
7%
2 of 27 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
72/100
Dawn's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
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Crime & Law
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• Foul smell emanating from family’s flat prompted neighbours to inform police
• Doctors reserve opinion on cause of death until post-mortem examination is complete
KARACHI:
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examination → emanate → death
In a disturbing incident, a middle-aged doctor, his wife and their three underage daughters were found dead at their Ahsanabad apartment in Scheme-33 off Superhighway on Sunday, officials said.
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officials → find → Sunday
They added that the five partially decomposed bodies were recovered from the seventh floor of the high-rise building.
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bodies → add → building
The bodies were taken to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for a post-mortem examination.
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bodies → take → examination
They were identified as 45-year-old Dr Umer and his 35-year-old wife, Mehwish.
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They → identify → Umer
However, the police named only one daughter, 13-year-old Zainab, and said that two other girls were between the ages of two and four.
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girls → name → two
Police Surgeon Dr Summaiya Syed told Dawn there were no apparent injury marks on the bodies.
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Syed → tell → bodies
She said the bodies were in advanced stage of decomposition.
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bodies → say → decomposition
The cause of death was reserved for the chemical analysis.
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cause → reserve → analysis
Dr Syed added that the doctors have collected samples for the DNA analysis.
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doctors → add → analysis
SITE Superhighway Industrial Area police SHO Mohammed Nawaz told Dawn that they received information from the union of the building that a foul smell was emanating from an apartment.
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smell → tell → apartment
The police rushed to the spot and saw the door locked from the inside.
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door → rush → inside
They broke open the door and found the five bodies lying in a room.
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bodies → break → room
The officer said that the doctor worked at a private hospital near his residence.
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doctor → say → residence
He was recently diagnosed with cancer, which had reportedly upset him.
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which → diagnose → him
He said recently robbers had also looted the doctor.
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robbers → say → doctor
The police officer said the family had been living there since 2024.
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family → say → 2024
East SSP Zubair Nazir Shaikh, who visited the spot, told Dawn that the bodies had been there for around three days.
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bodies → visit → days
He said it would be premature to say anything about the exact cause of the death at this stage.
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it → say → stage
He added that they were waiting for the post-mortem reports.
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they → add → reports
Besides, he said, the crime scene unit was also called in to collect evidence while CCTV footage was also being obtained.
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footage → say → evidence
He said investigators would take statements from the hospital management, where the doctor had worked, and neighbours to get clues about the circumstances surrounding the deaths.
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doctor → say → deaths
He said the doctor originally hailed from Punjab.
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doctor → say → Punjab
The investigators have managed to contact his brother, who lives in Lahore.
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who → manage → Lahore
The police have also asked the doctor’s father-in-law, who also lives in Punjab, to claim the bodies.
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who → ask → bodies
The SSP said the neighbours had told the police about the doctor’s medical condition and his difficult financial situation.
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neighbours → say → condition
However, further investigations are underway to verify the information, he added.
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he → verify → information
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