At least four persons were killed and several others wounded in separate incidents of violence in different localities of the city on Friday.
According to police, unknown gunmen shot at and killed a youth at Saeedabad Dhaba Morr in Baldia Town area of Karachi. The body was shifted to hospital where identity of the deceased was confirmed as Khurram.
The police recovered a bullet riddled and tortured body enclosed in a gunny bag from industrial area of Korangi. Police said that the deceased was kidnapped somewhere else and later he was shot dead after brutal torture and his body was dumped in the said area. A man named Muhammad Iqbal who was injured during a firing incident succumbed to his wounds in Abbasi Shaheed Hospital on Friday morning.
Unknown armed men shot dead a youth identified as Faisal in Majir Colony. The body was shifted to hospital for postmortem.
Baldia Town remained in the grip of protests and violence after killing of two persons in separate firing incidents.
Unidentified miscreants hurled a hand grenade at group of people in Pak Colony injuring nine persons. The injured identified as Rafiq, Noman, Ashiq, Yousuf, Nadeem, Kashif, Qamar and Muhammad Hussain were shifted to hospital for treatment.
Meanwhile, more than seven persons were injured in separate incidents of firing across the city on Friday.
A team of Special Investigation Unit (SIU) during a raid in Marripur area arrested two proclaimed offenders and recovered arms from their possession. The detainees identified as Mukarram and Sajjad were wanted by various police stations in different crimes including target killing, motorcycle snatching and dacoities.
Assembly passes resolution: KARACHI: After staging a token walkout from the Sindh Assembly on Thursday, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) on Friday put its concern into words by moving a resolution on the state of law and order in Karachi. The text of the resolution, moved by MQM MPA Moin Aamir Pirzada, stated: “Of late the incidents of target killing, extortion (bhatta) and brutal murders of those who decline to pay extortion money have registered an unprecedented increase. Only yesterday (Thursday) a trader Abdul Hameed was shot dead near Memon Masjid, MA Jinnah Road, by the extortionists. Such cold blooded murders by the terrorists including extortionists have compelled the business community to go on a shutter-down strike if the law enforcing agencies fail to provide security and protection to the traders and take prompt action in next 72 hours. The House thus resolves and recommends the government to take strict measures against the extortionists and terrorists and provide adequate security and protection to the business community in the larger interest of the peaceful citizens of Sindh.” After Pirzada moved the resolution, several MPAs from the MQM, Pakistan People`s Party (PPP), Pakistan Muslim League-Functional (PML-F) and the Awami National Party (ANP) highlighted the security situation in the city. INP
