KARACHI – An Awami National Party (ANP) general secretary and a Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) activist among five were killed and four others injured in separate incidents across the city on Monday. ANP-Sindh District West General Secretary Hanif Khan was attacked in the Metroville area. Sixty one-year-old Khan was shot in the street while he was on his way to a mosque. He was critically injured and rushed to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) where he succumbed to his wounds. Separately, MQM activist and Muttahida Organising Committee member Sajid Butt was gunned down in Zia Colony near the Lyari Expressway in Gulshan-e-Iqbal. Thirty six-year-old Butt’s body was shifted to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital (ASH). In another incident, one Misar Gul was stabbed at Khayaban-e-Tanzeem in the Defence area. Thirty-year-old Gul was rushed to the JPMC where he succumbed to his injuries. In yet another incident, an unidentified man was shot dead in Khudadad Colony. His body was shifted to the Civil Hospital Karachi. Separately, one Pir Muhammad was gunned down in Shah Faisal Colony No 1. Twenty one-year-old Muhammad’s body was shifted to the JPMC. In another incident, three men were injured in a firing incident in the Gulbahar area. Twenty five-year-old Farooq, 26-year-old Asghar and 18-year-old Hassan were shifted to ASH. In yet another incident, one Rameez was wounded in a firing incident. The 25-year-old man was rushed to the JPMC.
