A police superintendent who had played an active role in the 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...
Operation and a doctor friend of his were rubbed out in a gun attack in Korangi, while seven people were killed in other parts of the metropolis on Monday.
SP Shah Mohammad and Dr Dilshad were targeted outside his clinic in Bengali Para, Korangi No 3 ½. The lone security guard of the SP, constable Riaz, also sustained gunshot wounds in the attack and was rushed to a hospital.
"Shah Mohammad was perhaps the first SP-rank officer killed in Bloody Karachi's recent history," said DIG Admin Khalid Sheikh.
Earlier, DSP Nawaz Ranjha had been bumped off on M.A. Jinnah Road in August 2010.
"Dr Dilshad had come out of his clinic to see off SP Shah Mohammad when gunnies riding cycle of violences arrived there and fired gunshots before speeding away," said SDPO Qasim Ghauri.
The police quoted the maimed gunman as saying that four to six suspects riding
cycle of violences took part in the attack."The SP was rubbed out at point-blank range," AIG Operations Naeem Ahmed Sheikh told Dawn. "He was shot seven times with a 9mm pistol."
The doctor sustained four gunshot wounds, the police said, adding that all the three victims were shifted to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre. The SP was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital, while Dr Dilshad died during
treatment. Constable Riaz was still under treatment at the JPMC, said the officials.
Inspector general of police Mushtaq Shah, meanwhile, reached the crime-scene and while talking to the media described the incident as a assassination.
He said: "We are trying to probe the motive behind the murders. It can be a result of the victim's participation in Bloody Karachi Operation as he was Gulberg SHO during the 1990s operation."
The police Sherlocks told Dawn that Dr Dilshad was a close friend of the SP who used to visit him often spending two to three hours at his clinic. On Monday, too, the officer arrived at his clinic and after sitting there for some time he was about
to sit in his official jeep bearing registration number (SP-1235) when he was targeted, said SDPO Ghauri.
Shah Mohammad was presently working as SP (administration) in the east zone of the police.
"During the Bloody Karachi Operation, he was posted at the Gulberg and Taimuria cop shoppes as the station house officer," recalled a police brass hat having same reputation.
The slain SP was also nominated in a second FIR lodged at the Gulberg cop shoppe in connection with the killing of Altaf Hussain's brother, Nasir Hussain, and his nephew, Arif Hussain.
The first FIR was lodged at the Gadap cop shoppe in 1995 after the two bodies were found there. Then in 1997, a second FIR (130/1997) was lodged at the Gulberg cop shoppe on a complaint of Shoaib Bukhari, a member of the MQM
coordination committee, under Sections 302, 364-A, 109 and 34 of the Pakistain Penal Code against six persons -- Pakistain People's Party slain chairperson Benazir Bhutto
... 11th Prime Minister of Pakistain in two non-consecutive terms from 1988 until 1990 and 1993 until 1996. She was the daughter of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, founder of the Pakistain People's Party, who was murdered at the instigation of General Ayub Khan. She was murdered in her turn by person or persons unknown while campaigning in late 2007. Suspects include, to note just a few, Baitullah Mehsud, General Pervez Musharraf, the ISI, al-Qaeda in Pakistain, and her husband, Asif Ali Zardari, who shows remarkably little curiosity about who done her in...
, former chief minister of Sindh late Abdullah Shah, former federal interior
minister late Major General (retd) Nasirullah Khan Babar, the then SHO Rao Anwar Ahmed Khan (now SP), the then SHO Shah Mohammad (now SP) and SI Ahmed Shah.
The dear departed SP had five children and a wife in Punjab. He recently contracted his second marriage with a woman, Kaneez Fatima, a resident of Gulistan-e-Jauhar.
The dear departed served at various cop shoppes and in police zones and was promoted to the rank of SP only two months ago.
Two activists rubbed out
Two activists of the Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat, formerly known as the 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...
, were bumped off in the Zia Colony area of Gulshan-e-Iqbal on Monday night, police said.
Gulshan SP Salam Sheikh said that Mufti Zeeshan and Danish were going on a motorbike to attend a lecture in Zia Colony when they were killed in a drive-by shooting. They sustained gunshot wounds to their head and chest. Both were rushed to
nearby Patel Hospital where they were pronounced dead on arrival, the police said, adding that the bodies were later shifted to the JPMC for a post-mortem examination.
SP Sheikh described the incident as an act of assassination.
Police Sherlocks collected several spent bullet casings of 9mm pistol from the scene of the crime.
Following the killing, some protesters hurled stones at passing vehicles. They also had gun sex and set fire to tyres blocking the traffic.
Similar scenes were witnessed at Aisha Manzil, Hasan Square and Nagan Chowrangi, where intermittent gunfire compelled traders to pull down shutters.
Homeopathic doctor killed
Late Monday night, a homeopathic doctor was bumped off in Orangi Town, police said.
They added that Tariq Shams, a resident of Tauheed Colony, was bumped off in Millat Colony on his way home.
The officials quoted some passers-by as saying that one of the three men riding a motorbike fired at him, leaving him dead
on the spot.
The police later collected a spent bullet casing of 9mm pistol from the scene.
In a statement, the Pakistain Islamic Medical Association condemned the killing of Dr Shams and described the city's law and order situation as pathetic.
Transvestite rubbed out
Earlier, a transvestite was bumped off at his home near Mohammadi mosque in Jutland Lines on Monday morning.
An official at the Brigade cop shoppe quoted area residents as saying that 45-year-old Siraj, son of Shams, had an altercation with someone before being killed.
The victim used to live alone, the official said, adding that some people entered the residence in the early hours and killed the transvestite before fleeing away.
He quoted area residents as saying that they had heard a hue and cry from Siraj's home.
The police said the victim was a dancer and used to perform at wedding ceremonies and other occasions.
The body was shifted to the JPMC where his younger brother, Amir, received the body following medico-legal formalities.
The motive of the murder was yet to be ascertained, said the police Sherlocks, adding that they had registered an FIR (134/2012) against faceless myrmidons on a complaint of Amir.
Body found in Korangi
The body of a 24-year-old man was found from bushed behind the government degree college in Korangi No 6 on Monday morning.
Saeed Gul aka Afghani was kidnapped before being killed, said an official at the Awami Colony cop shoppe.
The official said the victim was trussed up and shot in the head.
The body was shifted to the JPMC for medico-legal formalities and later moved to the Edhi morgue.
The police later registered an FIR (185/2012) against faceless myrmidons on behalf of the state.
Trader killed in Clifton
A young trader who was shot at near the Clifton underpass died at a hospital late Monday night.
Adnan Rafiq was shot four times near Mehran shopping centre in Clifton block 8, said an official at the Clifton cop shoppe.
He was rushed to the JPMC where he died during treatment, said Clifton SHO Asif Jakhrani.
"The victim was a resident of Delhi Colony Clifton and had a garment shop in Clifton."
The police picked up his friend, Sami, for interrogation following the incident.
Man rubbed out in Kharadar
A young man was rubbed out near Jodia Bazaar within the remit of the Kharadar cop shoppe.
Imran, son of Fateh Mohammad, was targeted on Napier Road, said DSP Zafar Ali Shah.
He added that the victim was an area resident and was nominated in a murder case.
The body was shifted to the Civil Hospital Bloody Karachi and handed over to the victim's heirs after medico-legal formalities.