At least four men, including two political activists, were rubbed out in different parts of the city on Tuesday.While the assassinations caused tension in districts east and west where a senior Awami National Party worker and an activist of the Mohajir Qaumi Movement-Haqiqi were rubbed out, respectively, no violence was reported in these areas.
A 75-year-old man associated with the Pakhtun Loya Jirga was rubbed out in front of his home in North Nazimabad on Tuesday evening, said police and party sources.
Haji Deen Mohammad Babar was sitting in the street near Mehboob Manzil in Block T of North Nazimabad when gunnies riding a
cycle of violence pulled up there, said a duty officer at the Shahrah-e-Noor Jahan cop shoppe.The riders fired multiple shots at the septuagenarian and sped away. The victim sustained four gunshot wounds in the chest and head and was struck down in his prime, said the official.
He said the body was later shifted to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, where a number of Awami National Party workers converged.
As soon as the news of the assassination spread, tension and fear gripped North Nazimabad, Gulistan-e-Jauhar, Kati Pahari, Banaras, SITE and some other parts of the city. All major markets in these areas were shut in the evening.
ANP front man Abdul Malik said the victim was a senior member of the Pakhtun Loya Jirga and had an association with the Jirga since he was only five. Father of four children, the victim hailed from Zhob, he said.
The front man condemned the assassination and demanded that the government ensure arrest of the culprits involved in the murder.
Haqiqi activist
In a separate incident, an activist of the MQM-H was rubbed out in Malir, said police and party sources.
Furqan Khan, 32, was going to his in-laws house when he was targeted near H-2 Market in the Malir Tanki area, said a duty officer at the Saudabad cop shoppe.
The victim, a resident of the Liaquat Market area, sustained a bullet wound to his head and was struck down in his prime, the official said.
The body was later shifted to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for medico-legal formalities.
Saudabad SHO Zulfiqar Bajwah said the victim had a toy shop in the Liaquat Market. But he claimed that he was unaware of the victim's political affiliation.
An MQM-H leader, Shamshad Khan Ghauri, later told Dawn that Furqan was an active worker of the MQM-H. He condemned the assassination and demanded arrest of the culprits involved in the murder.
He also drew the attention of the Supreme Court of Pakistain to take suo motu
...a legal term, from the Latin. Roughly translated it means
I saw what you did, you bastard...
notice of the killing of party workers.
Man bumped off
The younger brother of a man killed a week ago in Soldier Bazaar was rubbed out on Tuesday evening in Ilyas Goth, police said.
Sajjad Baloch, 27, was having a chat with friends near his home in Ilyas Goth when he was targeted by gunnies riding a motorbike, said an official at the Supermarket cop shoppe.
The victim sustained four gunshot wounds and was struck down in his prime, said area DSP Rustam Khattak.
He confirmed to Dawn that the victim's elder brother, Imran, had been killed a week back in the Soldier Bazaar area. The body was shifted to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for medico-legal formalities. However,
facts are stubborn; statistics are more pliable...
his heirs took away the body without allowing the legal formalities.
As the body was brought back to Ilyas Goth, scores of people raised slogans against law-enforcement agencies. They staged a protest demonstration against the killing and block traffic on a nearby road.
The protesters, however, dispersed peacefully after senior coppers reached the scene and held talks with them.
Man found dead
A young man who went missing on Monday night was found rubbed out in Sector 44-C of Landhi near the Navy building on Tuesday, police said.
The 35-year-old victim, identified as Qamar Qureshi aka Imran, was a resident of Korangi No 4, the officials said.
Landhi SHO Mazhar Iqbal Awan said the victim sustained four bullet wounds to the head, chest and legs.
The police quoted his family as saying that he had informed them before leaving that he had a fever and was going to a clinic.
They said the victim was father of four children and a painter. He had shifted to Korangi only a year ago from Old Golimar, the police added.
The body was shifted to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre for medico-legal formalities where the victim's father identified him.
Police said they suspected personal enmity as a possible motive behind the murder, explaining that the victim had no affiliation with any political or religious party.