[TRIBUNE.PK] Nine people, including five in Lyari, were killed while five bodies were found in the city on Wednesday.Violence 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....
escalated in the evening with the sound of gunshots and kabooms of rockets, grenade and awans creating panic among residents. A woman, her son and a relative were among the five people killed while several others were maimed as groups of Baba Ladla and Uzair Baloch, armed with heavy weapons, started attacking each other in parts of Lyari.
The death of five residents was confirmed by Lyari SP Shahnawaz Khan. A woman, 35-year-old Raquiya, wife of Mukhtar, her son, 12-year-old Madad Ali, and her relative, two-year-old Tabassum, daughter of Najeebullah, bit the dust when an 'awan' bomb fired by the gangsters fell inside their house near Juna Masjid in Zikri Mohalla.
Two men, 35-year-old Gul Muhammad, son of Jumma Baloch, and Waqas Tufail were maimed in a hand-grenade attack in Eidu Lane of Baghdadi.
A young man, who has yet to be identified, was found dead in the Jhat Pat market area in Chakiwara. He was shot multiple times. Law-enforcers said that it has yet to be ascertained whether he was killed during crossfire between the two groups or was part of one of the groups. Separately, an elderly man was rubbed out near Juna Masjid. Several residents, including women and kiddies, were also reportedly injured. The bodies and the injured were shifted to 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...
and Lyari General Hospital.
Extra contingents of law enforcers, including police and the Rangers, were unable to control the situation and take any action against the groups to stop the violence.
Bodies found
The bodies of the four men, suspected to be turbans of a banned outfit, were found from an empty plot near Link Road, within the limits of the Memon Goth cop shoppe in district East -- only a few days after three bodies of turbans were found from Sharafi Goth. The unidentified bodies were moved to Edhi morgue after medico-legal formalities were completed at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre.
According to SHO Naeem Khan, all four victims were wearing shalwar kameez. Three of them appeared to be young whereas the fourth one was believed to be above 50 years of age. The victims were shot multiple times in their heads and faces but their bodies bore no marks of torture. Based on the initial investigation, the police believe that the victims were kidnapped and then killed. A case has been registered and the police is also looking for their families.
Separately, an unidentified woman was found dead from Block 15 in Gulistan-e-Jauhar. Police officials said that the body, which had torture marks, was placed in a gunny bag. She was hit by a sharp material on her neck and strangled to death, said an official. Her body was moved to the Edhi morgue in Sohrab Goth.
Targeted killings
A police sub-inspector, identified as Nazeer Khaskheli, was rubbed out near the Shama Shopping Centre in Shah Faisal Colony.
The dear departed was posted at the Shah Faisal Colony cop shoppe and was going somewhere when unidentified gunnies attacked him.
In Orangi Town, 40-year-old Bashir Ishaq, was rubbed out by unidentified gunnies in Rabbani Mohalla in Frontier Colony within the limits of the Pirabad cop shoppe. The dear departed reportedly hailed from Swat
...a valley and an administrative district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistain, located 99 mi from Islamabad. It is inhabited mostly by Pashto speakers. The place has gone steadily downhill since the days when Babe Ruth was the Sultan of Swat...
and had arrived in Karachi only a couple of days back.
Thirty-year-old Zar Lal, son of Taj Muhammad, was also rubbed out in Orangi Town within the limits of the Iqbal Market cop shoppe.In Gulshan-e-Buner, an elderly man, 60-year-old Azad Gul, was killed and a rickshaw driver, 24-year-old Hameed Gul, was maimed in a firing incident within the limits of Quaidabad cop shoppe. According to the police, the dear departed hailed from Bajaur Agency, aka Turban Central
...Smallest of the agencies in FATA. The Agency administration is located in Khar. Bajaur is inhabited almost exclusively by Tarkani Pashtuns, which are divided into multiple bickering subtribes. Its 52 km border border with Afghanistan's Kunar Province makes it of strategic importance to Pakistain's strategic depth...