Violence and fear swept Malir and its surrounding areas on Friday following three murders in the town within the jurisdiction of the Al-Falah police station, including that of a man affiliated with the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM).
A school van driver, identified as 30-year-old Shah Nawaz Baloch, left home in the morning to pick up children when some unidentified assailants intercepted him near Siddique Goth and shot him. His body was shifted to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) for postmortem and later handed over to his heirs.
A 62-year-old man was killed by unidentified attackers at Qalandaria Chowk. Muhammad Hanif Sheikh was sitting outside his home when the assailants sprayed him with bullets. His body was also taken to the JPMC. Police said the victim was affiliated with the MQM’s Buzurg Committee.
A man identified as 25-year-old Rashid Qureshi was sitting at a poultry shop at Jamia Millia Road when unidentified assailants on a motorcycle opened fire at him. He was rushed to the JPMC but he succumbed to his injuries on the way. Police said that the
victim worked at the poultry shop. However, they were unable to confirm whether the victim was affiliated with any political party or not.
Following the murders, shops at Jamia Millia Road, Siddique Goth and Qalandaria Chowk were closed and these areas were rocked by aerial firing.
Panicked by the situation, people remained at their homes. Aerial firing was also reported in surrounding areas including Azeempura and Pathan Goth.
The Al-Falah police station jurisdiction of Malir has been gripped by violence for the past few days and a number of people have been killed in the area.
Separately, two robbers were killed in a police encounter in the limits of New Karachi police station on Friday.
Police said two robbers were snatching valuables from citizens when the patrolling police van reached there.
The robbers opened fire on the police, and after an encounter, both of them were killed. However, the identity of the two robbers could not be ascertained till the filing of this report.
Well MQM is now edging closer to ditch Asif Zardari who has been trumpeting them as partners in coalition. MQM's co ordination committee is holding its meeting in Karachi and London and all the thugs will come out with some actions to be taken to terrorise not only the people of Karachi but also Asif Zardari to extract more concessions from him.
Muhammad Hanif Sheikh was sitting at shop which is suited at kala board bus stop. he was sitting at outside his home.
Muhammad Hanif Sheikh was sitting at shop which is suited at kala board bus stop. he was not sitting at outside his home.
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