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| Fresh spate of target killings across metropolis |
| 2012-02-15 |
| KARACHI: Three people, including two activists of Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistain ...a Sunni Deobandi organization, a formerly registered Pak political party, established in the early 1980s in Jhang by Maulana Haq Nawaz Jhangvi. Its stated goal is to oppose Shia influence in Pakistain. They're not too big on Brelvis, either. Or Christians. Or anybody else who's not them. The organization was bannedin 2002 as a terrorist organization, but somehow it keeps ticking along, piling up the corpse counts... (SSP), were rubbed out in a fresh spate of murders across the metropolis on Tuesday. Two activists of banned SSP were bumped off near Rickshaw Stand, Nazimabad within the precincts of Shamim Shaheed police check post. Two friends 35-year-old Shabbir, son of Wakeel and Ateeq, 40, son of Hanif, also the activists of SSP were on a cycle of violence when unidentified gunnies in a hi-roof van sprayed bullets. As a result, Shabbir was struck down in his prime whereas Ateeq was critically injured. The culprits managed to flee after their swift operation. Subsequently, police rushed to the scene and shifted the body and injured to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital where Ateeq also departed this vale of tears during treatment. Soon as the news spread, scores of Ahl-e-Sunnat Wal Jamaat - ASWJ (formerly known as SSP) activists rushed to the hospital. SHO Rao Ehsan said culprits used 9mm pistols and both victims were affiliated with SSP. He further informed that police assume that the victims were killed over sectarian bias. Officer further said both victims were the residents of Firdous Colony, Gulbahar and Shabbir used to run a sweet shop whereas Ateeq was an air-conditioning technician. Later police handed over their bodies to the heirs. ASWJ front man Maulana Taj Hanfi, condemning the incident, said both victims were the activists of ASWJ, Gulbahar unit. He informed that at least 15 activists of the ASWJ had been killed in the current year and the police had failed to arrest any single culprit. Meanwhile, ...back at the Hubba Hubba Club, Nunzio had his hands full of angry bleached blonde... funeral prayers of both victims were offered at Khajji Ground, Nazimabad. Case could not be registered till filing of this report. Separately, a butcher was rubbed out in an act of murder at Bhimpura within the remit of Risala cop shoppe. Police officials said that the victim was identified as Saleem Qureshi, son of Abdul Aziz. He was sitting at a friend's shop when two armed motorcyclists shot him four times and decamped. The victim was struck down in his prime and body was taken to the Civil Hospital Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It may be the largest city in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... for an appointment with Dr. Quincy. Police officials said that the dear departed lived in New Bloody Karachi and was a butcher by profession. |
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| #12 It's a title, Mr. Grammar. It should have every word capitalized. But only the first word is capitalized, so how is anyone to know? |
| Posted by: gromky 2012-02-15 20:51 |
| #11 That's why it's important when writing to use both upper and lower case letters. oK bUt WhAt Is ThE cUtOfF pOiNt? |
| Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 2012-02-15 20:07 |
| #10 Can't we all just get along? |
| Posted by: Rodney King 2012-02-15 19:14 |
| #9 Proper nouns get capitalized. These are the names of people, places and things. Therefore the Metropolis in the Superman comic books is capitalized. But the common noun metropolis is not capitalized and can be used in reference to any big city. There's your English lesson for the day, folks. That's why it's important when writing to use both upper and lower case letters. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2012-02-15 18:42 |
| #8 Metropolis is the analogue to New York City in comic books and their related films, not out in the real world. Nor is New York "the City", no matter what parochial residents might think. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2012-02-15 14:24 |
| #7 more like a hive |
| Posted by: Frank G 2012-02-15 14:12 |
| #6 metropolis 1. any large, busy city. 2. the chief, and sometimes capital, city of a country, state, or region. 3. a central or principal place, as of some activity: the music metropolis of France. 4. the mother city or parent state of a colony, |
| Posted by: Willy 2012-02-15 12:56 |
| #5 I'm pretty sure New York is Metropolis, but Karachi is Arkham. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2012-02-15 12:16 |
| #4 Yeah, well, it certainly sounds like the city that Superman defends. Should have just said Karachi in the headline, it's more informative, and I would have known to not even bother clicking on it. |
| Posted by: gromky 2012-02-15 11:56 |
| #3 No, it isn't a bad headline. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2012-02-15 11:25 |
| #2 Bad headline, Metropolis is New York. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2012-02-15 10:16 |
| #1 Where's Superman when you need him? |
| Posted by: gromky 2012-02-15 07:04 |