Tag: Orangi

KARACHI - Four people were gunned down in separate incidents across Orangi Town on Wednesday, Pakistan Today has learnt. Police said that two friends - Muhammad Yaqoob, 42, and Ziaur Rehman - were passing through Qaddafi Chowk in Mominabad when four men on two motorcycles opened fire at them. Both friends died on the spot and their bodies were shifted to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital (ASH) before handing them over to the heirs, the law enforcers added. SHO Imtiaz Niazi said that

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KARACHI - A man killed his wife and sister over a domestic issue in the Sir Syed police precincts on Wednesday afternoon. SHO Changez Khan said that Ghulam Akbar, 28, resident of Bilal Colony, opened fire at his wife, Sabina, 22, and sister, Gul Akhtar, 24, over a domestic issue. The women's bodies were shifted to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, whereas the culprit managed to escape from the crime scene, he added.
FIR No 113/11 under Section 302 has been registered against the

KARACHI - Two alleged bandits were killed and another injured in Mianwali Colony, Orangi Town on Thursday, as witnesses claimed that an enraged mob killed the two men, contradicting the police's version that they were killed in an encounter. Witnesses said that three men tried to loot a shop in the area, however, the locals gathered at the spot.
The three alleged bandits tried to escape from the spot by firing at the crowd, but some unidentified person from the mob opened fire at

KARACHI - Taking a U-turn on its earlier stance, the Sindh government claimed that the Rangers' action in Orangi Town was never an "operation" to start with and that is why there was no point in seeking formal permission from the provincial authorities for this purpose.
"Reports about the Rangers' operation in Karachi were wrong and baseless because no operation was carried out and therefore it was pointless to seek permission for the action," said Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali

KARACHI - Home Minister Dr Zulfiqar Mirza on Wednesday disowned the Rangers action in Orangi Town, expressing strong reservation on the power of the para-military force to conduct a search operation in Karachi.
"The Rangers in Karachi comes under the control of the provincial home department, but neither did my department give approval for this action, nor were any provincial authorities - the chief minister, Sindh inspector general of police (IGP), Karachi's CCPO or myself -

KARACHI - Interior Minister Reman Malik bulldozed the pleas and suggestions of Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leaders and activists in launching the operation in Orangi Town, with even Sindh Home Minister Zulfiqar Mirza unaware that action had been taken.
"This operation in Orangi was a fa

KARACHI - The law enforcement agencies conducted a search operation in different areas of Orangi Town on Tuesday and arrested over 500 people.
Around 1,500 personnel of police and Rangers, accompanied by helicopters for aerial surveillance and armoured vehicles, cordoned off Faqir Colony, Farid Colony and Umar Baloch Mohalla in Orangi Town and conducted a house-to-house search operation.
After initial investigations, 300 people were released while the remaining suspects were

KARACHI - The law enforcement agencies conducted a search operation in different areas of Orangi Town on Tuesday and arrested over 500 people. Around 1,500 personnel of police and Rangers, accompanied by helicopters for aerial surveillance and armoured vehicles, cordoned off Faqir Colony, Farid Colony and Umar Baloch Mohalla in Orangi Town and conducted a house-to-house search operation. After initial investigations, 300 people were released while the remaining suspects were

KARACHI - esidents of Orangi Town were confined to their homes on Saturday following the murder of MQM's former town naib nazim Badshah Khan.
The town wore a deserted look and fear prevailed in area because of intermittent aerial firing.
Some men kept firing at passers-by and shops and commercial centres in the town remained closed the entire day. The roads were also devoid of any public transport.
The residents faced a lot of troubles in buying items of daily-use due

KARACHI - Orangi Town is the hotbed of the recent conflict in the city, with nine of the 22 killed in the violence reported in the last 24 hours belonging to the area.