[DAWN] KARACHI: Three suspected gangsters, including one allegedly involved in the murder of five men in Mowachh Goth early Monday morning, were rubbed out in alleged encounters in the Mowachh and 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....
areas, officials said on Tuesday.
Acting on a tip-off, a police party raided an alleged hideout of suspected gangsters in Ali Mohammed Mohallah of Mowachh Goth at around 11am and in an ensuing shootout, Nazeer Ahmed was killed, said City-SSP Faisal Bashir Memon.
He said Nazeer was nominated in the murder of five men -- two brothers and their three relatives -- in the goth. A suspected gangster, Zaheer Khan, was placed in durance vile
Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please!
during the encounter. The dead was 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...
(CHK) for a post-mortem examination.
'Policemen's killer' rubbed out in Lyari
A suspected gangster allegedly involved in the murder of two coppers was rubbed out in an alleged encounter in the Kalakot area late Monday night.
Police said that acting on a tip-off they raided a hideout belonging to the gang led by Noor Mohammed alias Baba Ladla near Dhobi Ghat and during an exchange of fire suspect Saddam Hussain Niazi was killed but his accomplices escaped. The body was shifted to the CHK for a post-mortem examination.
The police alleged that Saddam had killed his relative Inspector Asfar Niazi in the SITE area some three to four years back over a domestic dispute. At that time, Saddam lived in Machhar Colony and later shifted to Lyari, where he joined the gangsters. He had also allegedly killed inspector Mohabbat Khan Niazi in Machhar Colony who was investigating the murder case of Asfar Niazi.
In another incident, a suspect was bumped off in Kalri late Monday night.
Police and Rangers were conducting joint patrolling in Daryabad, Street-4, when they were attacked and they returned fire, killing one of the attackers. He was identified as Faisal Hussain, 25. The police claimed that the dead was a member of the gang led by Uzair Baloch.
Banker killed in 'sectarian attack'
A banker and close relative of a leader of the Majlis-e-Wahdat-e-Mohammedaneen (MWM) was rubbed out in a suspected targeted attack in Federal B' Industrial Area on Tuesday evening, according to police and the party sources.
They added that Syed Fazal Abbas, 39, was on his way home on a cycle of violence from a bank in U.P. Mor when gunnies attacked him near Sohrab Goth bridge at Fazal Mills. He was taken to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital where doctors pronounced him dead
He's dead, Jim!
on arrival.
"It appeared to be an act of sectarian killing," said F.B Industrial Area SHO Nizamuddin.
The victim, who worked as operation manager at Habib Metropolitan Bank Ltd, was a cousin of MWM spokesperson Ahmer Naqvi.
He was father of three children.
MWM chief Allama Nasir Abbas Jafrey said that along with Syed Fazal Abbas, three Shias were killed on Tuesday in Karachi that reflected on the performance of the government and law-enforcement agencies.