A police constable died in Karachi (Pakistan's largest city) on Saturday after suspected smugglers deliberately accelerated their vehicle into him during a routine checkpoint stop in the Gulshan-i-Maymar neighbourhood. The 36-year-old officer, Abdul Manan, was struck at Maymar Mor and later pronounced dead at Abbasi Shaheed Hospital; a second police vehicle was also rammed during the pursuit. Officers arrested both suspects, Agha Jan and Naseem, and found the car heavily loaded with illegally transported betel nut and fitted with a fake number plate.