[Pak Daily Times] Gunmen on Friday rubbed out an MQM politician, his son and a passer-by outside a mosque in North Nazimabad locality of the port city, officials said.Sajid Qureshi, in his early 50s, and his 25-year-old son were targeted in a drive-by shooting as they left a mosque after attending Friday prayers in congested Nazimabad neighbourhood. "Gunmen on a cycle of violence fired at (Sindh) provincial assembly member Sajid Qureshi, his son and a pedestrian when they were coming out of mosque," senior police official Amir Farooqi told AFP. "He was struck down in his prime, while his son and the third victim died at hospital," Farooqi said. Nasir Jamal, a senior member of MQM, confirmed the death of Qureshi and his son.
The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain (TTP) grabbed credit for the attack. The MQM has announced three days of mourning against the murder of its MPA and his son. The Board of Intermediate Bloody Karachi
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, University of Karachi, Federal Urdu University and other associations postponed their examinations after the mourning call. The party appealed to the business community to keep their businesses closed during the mourning period. It also requested transporters to keep their vehicles off the road in protest against the murder of its politician.
Police officials said that Qureshi along his son Waqas was returning home after offering Friday prayer at a mosque located near Ziauddin Hospital, North Nazimabad. A large number of MQM leaders, workers and supporters, including Central Coordination Committee's Saleem Siddiqi, Amir Khan, Khalid Sultan and the victims' relatives rushed to the hospital where they were taken. Extra contingents of law enforcement agencies, including Rangers and police, reached the site and collected evidence from the scene of the crime. Police have found the slippers of the accused who left them behind while fleeing and also collected 11 empty shells of the pistol used in the killings.
Police said that the incident took place when the security guard of the slain MPA went for lunch. Police has jugged
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the guard and initiated interrogation. Tension gripped the city following the incident, and all petrol pumps, CNG stations, markets and all kinds of businesses shut down across the city. Qureshi was elected from PS-103 in the May 11 elections. The MQM Rabita Committee has strongly condemned the incident. Prime Minister
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also strongly condemned the killing and directed immediate arrest of the killers and ordered an enquiry.