[DAWN] KARACHI: A worker 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...
, who was a former councillor, and his young son were bumped off in an attack apparently carried out on political grounds in Orangi Town on Tuesday, police said.
They added that Syed Rasheed Ahmed, 50, and his son, Syed Adil Ali, 23, were sitting at their 'Hamara Bloody Karachi
...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous...
Restaurant' near Sabri Chowk when at about 8.30am three assailants riding a cycle of violence emerged there, fired at them indiscriminately and rode away.
The father and the son sustained multiple bullet wounds and were taken to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, where doctors declared them dead on arrival.
Hospital source said Rasheed and his son sustained five and seven bullet wounds, respectively.
Tension gripped the Orangi Town locality after the attack.
SSP-West Irfan Baloch said the incident appeared to be an outcome of assassination on political grounds.
The victim, Rasheed, was a former councillor in the area.