[Dawn] Nearly half a dozen people, including a worker of 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 killed in separate incidents of firing in the city on Thursday, police and party sources said.
The MQM worker was rubbed out in Mehmoodabad, the area police said.
They added that gunnies riding a cycle of violence opened fire on Mohammad Faisal Khan at his stationery shop in Mehmoodabad No 2 and sped away.
The victim was taken to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC), where he was admitted in a critical condition, the police said.
"The patient had been brought with a gunshot wound in the head. His condition was very critical and he was put on a ventilator, but he died in the evening," said Dr Seemin Jamali, official in charge of accidents and emergency ward of the JPMC.Following the incident, tension gripped the locality leading to immediate closure of shops and markets.
The Muttahida Qaumi Movement, meanwhile, condemned the killing of Mohammad Faisal, Mehmoodabad Sector UC-5 joint sector in charge of the party's organizational structure. The MQM coordination committee announced a day of mourning over the incident.
'Sectarian' attack
A man was rubbed out in what police suspected to be a sectarian attack in Malir late Thursday night.
The police said gunnies riding a cycle of violence fired at Syed Hasnain Mehdi at a roadside tea stall in Urdu Nagar, Malir.
The victim was struck down in his prime, the police said, adding that the body was shifted to the JPMC for medico-legal formalities.
"A patient was brought with a gunshot wound in the head," said a senior doctor at the JPMC.
Three found rubbed out in Kharadar
The bodies of three young men stuffed in gunny bags were found in the old city area of Kharadar on Thursday morning, police said.
They added that all the three victims were employees at a fisheries unit and had gone missing on April 16 on their way back home from work.
The families had lodged a missing report about the youngsters at the Docks cop shoppe, the police said.
The bodies of two victims stuffed in a gunny bag were spotted in a street near Sarafa Bazaar, said the officials. They added that the victims were later identified as 25-year-old Mustafa aka Bengali and 18-year-old Shahbaz.
The police said that just two streets from the scene of the crime, another body stuffed in a gunny bag was found.
The bodies 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...
where the third victim was later identified as Yasin, a resident of Juna Market, Nishtar Road, said the police.
They said that Yasin and Mustafa were cousins.
The police Sherlocks were not sure about the motive for the murders.