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India-Pakistan
Target killings claim another 11 lives in Karachi
2012-05-17
[Dawn] The law and order situation of the city further deteriorated on Wednesday as incidents of murders claimed 11 lives and left several maimed, DawnNews reported.

The recent killings have brought the number of Muttahida Qaumi Movement
...English: United National Movement, generally known as MQM, is the 3rd largest political party and the largest secular political party in Pakistain with particular strength in Sindh. From 1992 to 1999, the MQM was the target of the Pak Army's Operation Cleanup leaving thousands of urdu speaking civilians dead...
(MQM) activists killed in the last 24 hours to five.

Two men were killed near Nazimabad Board office.

A man was rubbed out in Lyari
...one of the eighteen constituent towns of the city of Karachi. It is the smallest town by area in the city but also the most densely populated. Lyari has few schools, substandard hospitals, a poor water system, limited infrastructure, and broken roads. It is a stronghold of ruling Pakistan Peoples Party. Ubiquitous gang activity and a thriving narcotics industry make Lyari one of the most disturbed places in Karachi, which is really saying a lot....
in the area of Dariya abad. Another man was rubbed out near Banaras flyover.

The tortured dead body of a woman was found from New 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...
sector 5-F.

A man was shot at Burns road; later he departed this vale of tears.

A three day old dead body was found from house in Ghaziaabad, Manghopir.

Earlier in the evening assailants opened fire on a mini-bus, near Sachal Goth Gulistan-e-Johar, leaving three passengers injured.

Two brothers, Asif and Yasin, were rubbed out in Baldia Town's Gulshan-e-Mazdoor area by unidentified gunnies, while another man also lost his life as gunnies open fire on him elsewhere in Baldia Town.

Meanwhile,
...back at the cheese factory, all the pieces finally fell together in Fluffy's mind...
unknown assailants shot and killed one person, also affiliated with a political party, in Orangi Town's Bangla bazaar area. The incident led to tensions in the neighbourhood where business activities were subsequently suspended.

Earlier today, a former union councillor belonging to the MQM, Muhammad Khursheed, was rubbed out in Saudabad, Malir area. According to police, two gunnies on a bike opened indiscriminate firing on Khursheed, who was also riding a cycle of violence. Nine bullets hit him, four in head and five in chest, resulting in his instant death.

Moreover, two people were maimed in incidents of firing near the Karimabad bridge and near Sea View.

Separately, one person was killed and five were maimed in a hand-grenade attack that targeted a hotel near the Quaidabad bridge in the city's Shah Latif Town.

Earlier on Tuesday, at least seven people, including three Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) workers, were rubbed out in different parts of the city.
Posted by:Fred

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