[Dawn] Five people, including a woman, were maimed when the bus they were travelling in came under fire in a Malir locality on Monday, police said.The Awami National Party, however, put the number of maimed at seven and claimed that all of them were its supporters, who were returning home from the welcome rally of Senator-elect Shahi Syed.
SSP East Khadim Rind said that five persons, including a woman, were maimed in the firing near Kala Board.
He said that participants in the rally were firing into the air and at Kala Board they exchanged gunfire with unknown persons. Five persons were maimed in crossfire.
The SSP said that the maimed woman was a passer-by.
The ANP took out a rally towards 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...
airport to receive Shahi Syed, who was returning to the city after being elected senator by the Khyber Pukhtunkhwa Assembly, on Monday.
Since afternoon, the traffic police had been diverting the Sharea Faisal-bound traffic coming from different directions, but despite the diversions, serious traffic jams were witnessed on different portions of the thoroughfare.
Due to the traffic jams, several domestic and international flights were also delayed.
The participants in the rally were on cycle of violences, buses and cars.
Heavy celebratory firing was in evidence during the rally, which almost paralysed Sharea Faisal traffic causing hardship to road users.
All the petrol and CNG stations along Sharea Faisal had been shut since noon. Similarly some fuel stations located in Malir and on Rashid Minhas Road had also closed their premises.
However,
we can't all be heroes. Somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by...
the fuel stations resumed their normal operation after the rally passed through Sharea Faisal.
After reaching near Defence Mor on Korangi Road, Shahi Syed addressed the rally participants.
"We are peace-loving people and have fought against the enemies of the peace in the city and will continue to do so and that no single organization can keep its control over the city," said Mr Syed.
He urged the people to support the ANP to end the reign of terror in the city.
He demanded a high-level inquiry into all incidents of assassination to trace the culprits. He also advised Baba Haider Zaman of the Hazara Sooba Tehrik to launch a movement for a province in Khyber Pukhtunkhwa and not in Bloody Karachi.