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| ANP activist gunned down in Karachi |
| 2010-12-06 |
| [Pak Daily Times] An activist of the Awami National Party (ANP) has been killed while his elder brother has been injured after unidentified gunnies opened fire on their car on the Abul Hassan Isphani Road, Mobina Town police said on Sunday. The incident took place near the Paradise Bakery. 35-year-old Dawood Khan, son of Haji Abdul Qayyum, was going to Al-Asif Square with his brother Irfan, 35, on his car. As they crossed a bridge, two faceless myrmidons approached them on two cycle of violences and open indiscriminate firing on them, with both brothers being injured as a result. Police shifted them to the Agha Khan University Hospital (AKUH), where during treatment, Irfan passed away. After the incident, tension engulfed the Abul Hassan Isphani Road, the Quaid Azam Colony and other surrounding areas. SHO Ejaz Khokar said the victim was the resident of the Azeem Goth Quaid-e-Azam Colony, Gulshan Iqbal, and used to run a transport business, adding that after the incident, heavy contingents of police and rangers were deployed in the affected areas to main the law and order situation. He said that the victim hailed from Wazoo and was an active member of the ANP. The ANP's front man, Qadir Khan, condemned the incident and demanded that the government arrest the culprits who were involved in assassinations. Police officials said the Irfan received three bullets, while his brother received four bullets, adding that his condition was critical. They said that Dawood was a member of the ANP Sindh Council. The victim's funeral will be offered today at the Masjid Umar Bin Khitab after Zuhr prayers and will be buried in a local graveyard situated at the same area where he resided. No case had been registered unil the filing of this report. In another incident, a participant of the Sindh Cultural Day was killed and two others were maimed as they made their way back from a programme celebrated at the press club in Sacchal Goth, while seven shops and dozens of pushcarts were set ablaze, Sacchal police said. SHO Asif Jakhrani said that to mark the day, the residents of Sacchal Goth and Sindhi nationalists brought a rally and reached the press club in large numbers and after attending the programme, the rally was on its way to Sacchal Goth when the participants stopped at the Khyber Hotel located near the Sacchal Goth for tea. After having tea, the participants of the rally exchanged hot words with a group sitting near them. After a quarrel erupted, and the opposite group opened fire on the participants, as a result of which three participants, namely Waheed Hussain, 25, Ghulam, 28 and Latif, 26, were maimed. All three were rushed to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) for treatment, where Waheed succumbed to his injuries. Meanwhile, ...back at the ranch... the Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz (JSQM) claimed that Waheed was an active worker of their organisation. After the incident, the angry mob torched three hotels, four makeshift restaurants and six pushcarts and pelted stones at traffic. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 ION PAKISTANI DEFENCE FORUM > WIKILEAKS: LeT GROUP PLANNED TO KILL MODI, SET UP BASES IN KERALA, TAMIL NADU [+ "facilitation centre" in Sri Lanka], to launch Terrstrikes agz SOUTHERN INDIA. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-12-06 01:37 |