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India-Pakistan
Four more fall prey to Karachi violence
2012-02-01
[Pak Daily Times] Four people, including a retired army doctor, were rubbed out in murders in different parts of the city on Tuesday. Dr Ashfaq Ahmed Qazi was rubbed out near Malir railway crossing within the precinct of Saudabad cop shoppe. According to police, he was going to his clinic when two gunnies opened fire on him near the Malir crossing, killing him on the spot. Police shifted the body to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre for medico-legal formalities. DSP Imdad Solangi said the victim was a resident of Askari Phase IV, adding that the police received two empty shells of bullets from the scene of the crime. Later, the police handed over the body to the heirs. SSP (Investigation) Niaz Khoso claimed that it was an incident of sectarian killing and the victim belonged to the Deobandi school of thought. Separately, Naeem Abbas, 25 was standing in Mughal Hazara Goth when unidentified gunnies opened fire on him, injuring him seriously. Gulistan Jauhar police shifted him to nearest private hospital where he departed this vale of tears. Police said that the victim hailed from Gilgit-Biltistan and had come to Bloody Karachi
...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It may be the largest city in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous...
only two month ago, adding that they believed personal enmity was the motive behind the incident. The victim belonged to the Shia community. In another incident, a man was rubbed out in Bawani Challie within the limits of Site A cop shoppe. The victim, 42-year-old Omar Rehman, was standing in front of his house when unidentified gunnies sprayed him with bullets, killing him on the spot. In another incident, Muhammad Ahmed was rubbed out in the limits of Garden cop shoppe. The incident took place at Ramswami near BP Factory where unidentified gunnies shot Ahmed dead. It is pertinent to mention that around 49 people have been killed in incidents of murder in the first month of 2012.
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