[DAWN] KARACHI: A young man was killed and nine others were maimed in celebratory firing on the eve of Independence Day in different parts of the city, police and rescuers said on Sunday.A stray bullet killed 20-year-old Rohail Iqbal in Gulistan-e-Jauhar. The Sharea Faisal police said that the victim, a first-year student, was standing outside his home in Al-Sham Complex on Rashid Minhas Road when a stray bullet hit him.
He was taken to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, where he was pronounced dead.
He's dead, Jim!
on arrival, said Dr Seemin Jamali, head of the JPMC’s emergency department.
He sustained a bullet wound in the head.
Gulshan SP Dr Fahad Ahmed told Dawn that he became a victim of celebratory firing. Meanwhile,
...back at the Alamo, Davy was counting their remaining cannon balls and not liking the results...
a stray bullet hit 15-year-old Uzair Iftikhar at Jail Chowrangi. Rehmatullah, 55, was also maimed by a stray bullet at old Subzi Mandi. Both incidents took place within the remit of the Mobina Town cop shoppe.
Meanwhile,
...back at the Alamo, Davy was counting their remaining cannon balls and not liking the results...
a police spokesperson said Shariq Javed was maimed in Lines Area within the remit of the Brigade cop shoppe.
Two men -- Waleed Muhammad, 20, and Abdul Malik, 30 -- suffered gunshot wounds in Lyari’s Khada Market and Niazi Chowk areas. They were shifted to the Civil Hospital 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...
for treatment.
A stray bullet hit Mohammed Yunus, 30, in Chanesar Goth near Rehmania Masjid. He was admitted to the JPMC for treatment, said Dr Jamali.