Incidents of violence claim seven lives in Karachi - DAWN.com

At least in Karachi 740 people in Karachi have lost their lives to ethnic, sectarian and politically-linked violence in the first five months of the year, according to the HRCP.—File Photo

KARACHI: At least seven people lost their lives in separate incidents of firing in the violence-ridden port city of Karachi on Sunday, DawnNews reported.

According to police, four people were killed and another two wounded in an exchange of gunfire between two criminal groups near Hawk’s Bay in the city’s Musharraf Colony area. SSP Police West Amir Farooq said that a man named Shahzad aka ‘Charlie’, who was also killed in the incident, was wanted by the police for over three years.

Police further claimed that both groups were involved in local gang wars.

Earlier, two bodies were found dumped at Liaquatabad No 2. Both victims, identified as residents of Liaquatabad’s B-1 area, were reported to have been kidnapped and later shot dead.

Meanwhile, another body was recovered from near Lyari’s Dua Hotel. The victim, identified as a police officer’s nephew, was also kidnapped and shot dead.

Karachi is Pakistan’s commercial hub and is home to approximately 18 million people. The politically volatile port city is ripe with ethnic and sectarian tensions, and is also home to several political parties allegedly with armed wings accused of extorting citizens and feuding among themselves.

Last week, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) said at least 740 people in Karachi have lost their lives to ethnic, sectarian and politically-linked violence in the first five months of the year.

The figures include the assassination of 107 political activists, while the rest of the victims were people with no political affiliations, said the HRCP.

Last year, a total of 1,715 people were killed in violent flare-ups in the city, said the human rights organisation.

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Three MQM activists among eight killed in Karachi - The Nation, Pakistan

At least eight persons including three activists of MQM were killed in separate incidents of violence in different areas of the city after Tuesday midnight.
According to details, bullet riddled and tortured bodies of two persons were retrieved from Malir Cantonment area. The bodies were shifted to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital where they were identified as Muhammad Azhar Khan and Kamran Ali. The deceased were activists of MQM and hailed from Ehsanabad area in Scheme-33 of Sohrab Goth.
The Sohrab Goth area remained tense after the discovery of the two MQM workers’ bodies and the party leadership also protested against the double murder. They demanded that the authorities immediately arrest the murderers of the activists.
Armed motorcyclists gunned down senior MQM worker Anwer Alam alias Babu near the party’s sector office close to Noorani Kabab House in Ferozabad area.
Following the murder, armed miscreants resorted to aerial firing and forced the traders to close their businesses. Activists and the leadership of the MQM launched a protest and demanded that the authorities arrest the killers.
Syed Mehdi Raza, aged between 40 and 45, was shot to death in Nazimabad No-2 near the Jamia Imamia Imambargah.
Tension gripped the area after Raza’s slaying and unidentified men resorted to aerial firing and created panic among the locals. The funeral prayers of the deceased were offered at the Alay Aba Imambargah and he was buried at the Wadi-e-Islam in North Karachi.
Separately, Registrar of the Dawood College of Engineering and Technology Ghulam Shabbir Bhaghio and his 25-year-old son Farooq were shot at near Time Medicos on the National Stadium Road in the New Town police limits.
The victims lived in the Gulshan-e-Iqbal area. Both victims are struggling for their lives and remain in critical condition.
Two more bodies were found lying near the Navy Boundry Wall of Ilyas Goth in Ibrahim Haidri area. The bodies were shifted to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC).
Also, a tortured and bullet riddled body was found from the Malir City area near Bakra Piri. Police said that criminals kidnapped the victim from an unknown location and dumped his body in the area after brutally torturing the man and killing him. Meanwhile one person was killed and two injured when unknown miscreants hurdled a hand grenade at a hotel in Quaidabad area and fled the scene. The injured including a minor were rushed to hospital for treatment. The building of adjacent hotel was also partially damaged due to the blast.

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Karachi violence leaves five lives, Gabol escaped attack - South Asian News Agency

South Asian News Agency (SANA) · April 27, 2012 ·

KARACHI, (SANA): At least five people including two policemen have been killed and more than a done were injured during firing and hand grenade attacks in Lyari area of the Karachi on Friday. Police have arrested more than 20 suspected from various areas of the city. Meanwhile Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Nabeel Gabol escaped in an attack at Miran Naka road, Lyari area of the city.

Miscreants threw a hand grenade on Gabol’s vehicle when he was on way to participate in funeral of slain PPP worker Malik Muhammad Khan. I am safe and alright, Gabol told while talking to media. The PPP leader said that he knows how to confront those who cause unrest in the area.

The string of gunfire which halted for a little while in Karachi area of Lyari, began afresh causing renewed panic among the people.
According to details, at least five people were also injured when unidentified miscreants hurled hand grenade on the police in Lyari area of Agra Taj.

Meantime, the FC personnel had been called on the spot. Meantime, various Lyari areas are witnessing riots and burning tires. A man has been arrested from Cheel Chow which is the worst hit by violence.

A man was shot dead in Nawa Lane area of Lyari and a girl was killed in Korangi area, meanwhile a police man died who was injured in firing incident in Pak colony area.

The matriculation examination paper slated for Friday has been cancelled and new date will announced later.
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