[Dawn] A young activist 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...
(MQM) and a police constable were rubbed out in separate incidents of firing in the city on Tuesday, officials said.
The body of 23-year-old Mohammad Iftikhar was found at a garbage dump in the Azeempura area within the remit of the Al-Falah cop shoppe.
The police said the body bore two bullet wounds in the head and chest.
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They said the young man, a known worker of the MQM, went missing on Monday evening. "He was a resident of Gulshan-i-Fatima Housing Society in Malir. The motive and people behind his killing are not yet clear," said a police official.
In Orangi Town, a police constable, posted in a security zone of the police organizational structure, was bumped off outside his home.
The official said 26-year-old Ali Mazhar was rubbed out in Rabbani Muhallah of Frontier Colony No 3.
"The victim had worked on some important postings during his service but that doesn't seem to be the reason behind the killing," said an official of the Pirabad cop shoppe.
Earlier, a banking court official was found rubbed out inside his apartment in Gulistan-i-Jauhar, police said.
They added that 49-year-old Hussain Bux Solangi was living alone in a flat, situated in block 18 of Gulistan-i-Jauhar.
"He was an employee of a banking court. His friend came to see him and found him rubbed out in one of the rooms," said an official at the Sharea Faisal cop shoppe.
"The victim hailed from the interior of Sindh and had been settled here in Bloody Karachi for the last several years. We suspect some personal enmity behind the incident."