[DAWN] An official of Sindh Police was among the five suspected kidnappers killed in a shootout in 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...
on Wednesday evening.
The shootout had occurred during a police operation to recover the kidnapped son of PPP MPA Ghulam Murtaza Baloch. He was safely recovered from a house in Gadap, police had said.
On Thursday, Malir SSP Rao Anwar Ahmed confirmed that Mukhtiar Ali, a policeman from Shikarpur, was among the five killed.
According to the SSP, Ali had come to Karachi earlier this year while the census was underway and had since been involved in cases of kidnapping for ransom.