[Dawn] At least five people, including two activists of the Sunni Tehrik...formed in Karachi in 1992 under by Muhammad Saleem Qadri. It quickly fell to trading fisticuffs and liquidations with the MQM and the Sipah-e-Sahaba, with at least a half dozen of its major leaders rubbed out. Sunni Tehreek arose to become the primary opposition to the Deobandi Binori Mosque, headed by Nizamuddin Shamzai, who was eventually bumped off by person or persons unknown. ST's current leadership has heavily criticized the Deobandi Jihadi leaders, accusing them of being sponsored by Indian Intelligence agencies as well as involvement in terrorist activities...
, were killed in different parts of the city on Sunday, said police and party sources.
In Lines Area, officials said, two ST activists were rubbed out in an act of assassination in the early hours of Sunday.
Mohammad Yaha, 35, was sitting with Rashid Rasheed, 30, near the latter's home in Gulshan-e-Zahoor, where gunnies riding a cycle of violence pulled up and spayed them with bullets before fleeing, the police said.
They added that both victims sustained multiple gunshot wounds and were rushed to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, where doctors pronounced them dead on arrival.
Following the medico-legal formalities, the police handed over the bodies to the families.
Police Sherlocks said 16 spent bullet casings of 9mm and TT pistols were found at the crime-scene. They said that Rashid was an air conditioner technician.
An ST front man said both victims were associated with the Lines Area sector of the party.
Their funeral prayers were offered after Asr near their homes. They were buried in a local graveyard. ST leadership and a large number of party workers attended the burial. Heavy contingents of police and Rangers were deployed in the locality to avert any untoward incident.