Incidents of violence continue unabated in Karachi as incidents of firing claimed three more lives on Thursday, DawnNews reported.Unidentified armed attackers ambushed the car of a former income tax commissioner in Defence Phase 4, killing him on spot.
In a separate incident, a body of a 20-year-old boy bearing marks of torture was found in Orangi Town No.1.
Another man was killed, while a man injured in a firing incident in North Nazimabad.
Also on Thursday, funeral prayers were held for the president of the Islamic Research Centre, Mukhtar Azmi and his son who were killed in a firing incident on Wednesday.
The prayers were led by Allama Mohammad Ali Naqvi.
The mourners also staged a sit-in protest on Shahrah-e-Pakistan near Ancholi Society.
Strict security arrangements were in place for the funeral.