Former National Assembly member and Pakistan People’s Party leader Waja Karim Dad Baloch was shot dead along with four others by unidentified armed men, private TV channels reported on Wednesday night.
A channel reported that Waja Baloch was sitting in a hotel in old city area for iftar with his friends. The Civil Hospital officials confirmed that five people including the former lawmaker have been killed while six others were hurt. Waja Baloch had been elected from the Lyari area.
During the last 24-hours, eight people were killed and three injured in separate incidents of violence in different localities. The police recovered bullet riddled bodies of five persons from various areas while unidentified gunmen shot dead one person in Shah Faisal Colony, near Malir stream.
Yet one more person whose identity has not been ascertained was killed in a firing incident in Saddar. According to police, two bullet riddled bodies packed in gunny bags were recovered from PECHS Block 2, Ferozabad police station jurisdiction and near Hasho Centre Saddar, one from Garden near Water Hydrant, two from Tariq Road area and one from Soldier Bazar.
At least three people sustained injuries after unidentified gunmen opened fire at them in Baldia Town No 3 on late Tuesday night. Hundreds of citizens took to the streets against the firing incident and lack interest of police to nab the culprits. The protesting people chanted slogans against the police, and blamed the police was backing the criminal elements.
Heavy contingent of police and Rangers have been deployed in the area to avoid any untoward incident. Unabated firing was witnessed in different areas of the city creating panic and sense of insecurity among the residents in the affected areas.
The police said that all the bodies recovered from different localities were shot dead in identical manner and the gunny bags they were packed in also have similarity which reveals that the same group or criminal gang was behind these incidents.
Ex-lawmaker shot dead in Karachi
