[Dawn] Seven persons, including an activist each of the Jamaat-e-Islami...
The Islamic Society, founded in 1941 in Lahore by Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, aka
The Great Apostosizer. The Jamaat opposed the independence of Bangladesh but has operated an
independentbranch there since 1975. It maintains close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. the Taliban, and al-Qaeda. The Jamaat's objectives are the establishment of a pure Islamic state, governed by Sharia law. It is distinguished by its xenophobia, and its opposition to Westernization, capitalism, socialism, secularism, and liberalist social mores...
and the 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...
, were bumped off at different places in the city on Tuesday, police said.
They said that Muhammad Azam, 35, was bumped off in Bilal Colony of Korangi on Tuesday.
The Awami Colony police said that he was standing near his home in Bengali Para when gunnies opened fire on him and fled. He was taken to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, where he died during treatment.
Awami Colony SHO Javed Brohi said that the victim was an active member of the MQM.
He said following the murder, tension prevailed in the locality as shops and other commercial activities were closed.
JI worker targeted in Lyari
A worker of the Jamaat-e-Islami was bumped off in a 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....
locality on Tuesday, police said.
They said that Yunus, 40, son of Gul Khan, and his relative Asghar were on their way to the Fisheries area on their cycle of violences when gunnies, also on cycle of violences, intercepted them in Moosa Lane and opened indiscriminate fire and rode away.
The maimed were shifted to the Civil Hospital Bloody Karachi
...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous...
where Yunus died, while Asghar was admitted for treatment, said Baghdadi SHO Muhammad Abid Tanoli.
The dead and the maimed were fish traders. An FIR was lodged on a complaint of the maimed against person or persons unknown.
The SHO said that people tended to avoid nominating anyone in the FIR even if they knew the source of threats because of the situation obtaining in Lyari.
Another man killed in Lyari
A young man was bumped off in a Lyari area on Tuesday evening.
The Storied Baghdadi police said that Muzzamil Ghani was having dinner at a restaurant when gunnies killed him.
The victim recently returned from South Africa.
The body was shifted to the Civil Hospital Karachi.
Two brothers found rubbed out
They said that the bullet-riddled bodies of two brothers -- Shoaib, 25, and Adnan, 27 -- were found in Mohammadi Colony, better known as Machhar Colony, off Mauripur Road.
Docks SHO Asif Jakhrani said that the victims were residents of Baldia Town and belonged to the Kutchhi community.
They had probably been kidnapped and killed on Monday and later their bodies were dumped in the area, he said.
The elder brother was said to be an employee of the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases.
The motive for the killing could not be ascertained immediately.
However,
a good lie finds more believers than a bad truth...
the SHO hinted that they might have fallen victim to the gang warfare in the locality.
Relatives staged a protest sit-in on a road leading to Hub over the killing.
Man found murdered in Kharadar
A young man, who had gone missing on Monday, was found rubbed out in the old city area on Tuesday.
Police said the perforated carcass of Wilayat Hussain, 35, was found in Abul Chowk, Kaghzi Bazaar, in the Kharadar area in the morning.
A copy of a computerised national identity card found in his possession showed that he was a resident of Chakiwara. However,
a good lie finds more believers than a bad truth...
later it became known that the victim was living in Nazimabad.
Kharadar SHO Idris Bangash said that the victim was associated with some cellphone business.
He said that a case was registered at the Kharadar cop shoppe against unknown persons.
Killing in Orangi
A man was bumped off in Orangi Town on Tuesday evening.
Police said that Abdul Razzak was running a kind of 'clinic' in his area to bandage wounds.
He was targeted there at a time when there was darkness in the area due to loadshedding.
He suffered a single bullet wound in the temple. He was taken to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital where he died during treatment.
The police suspected some personal enmity behind the murder.
Suspect killed in shootout
A suspected robber was killed in the Sohrab Goth area late on Monday night.
A police patrol in Dhani Bux Goth was informed about a robbery. They reached the scene and an encounter ensued in which one suspect was hit by bullets, while his two accomplices managed to escape.
The maimed was taken to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital where he died.
The body was shifted to the Edhi morgue for identification. He was later identified as Dildar Bugti.