Arson and violence once again reared their ugly heads in Karachi on Thursday after the Awami National Party office bearer, Ubaidullah Yousufzai, was gunned down along with a colleague near the Quaid-e-Azam International Airport. In the subsequent violence, eleven people were shot dead and 16 others were injured, while 12 vehicles were set on fire by miscreants.Airport police station house office (SHO) Abdul Ghaffar Korai said Yousufzai, who was an employee at the PIA Cargo Terminal, and a coworker, Saleem Akhter, were sitting in their car when unidentified attackers opened fire on them.
"Both sustained several bullet injuries and the police shifted them to the PIA dispensary, where they succumbed to their injuries, the SHO said. Korai said the deceased were residents of Malir Cantonment.
ANP spokesman Qadir Khan said Yousufzai was the Salaar (security in-charge) of the party and announced three days of mourning.
The bodies were later shifted to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) for post-mortem examination, where ANP leaders and a large number of workers also gathered.
Violence: After the incident, unidentified miscreants resorted to aerial firing and pelted passing cars with stones while a passenger bus was also set ablaze.
Heavy contingents of police and Rangers arrived at the JPMC and Railways Cantonment area to control the situation. Sajid Ahmed, son of Sadiq Hussain, was gunned down in his car by unidentified men near Askari Park located at old Sabzi Mandi, PIB police said.
In Pirabad police precincts, a man was killed and seven people sustained injuries when gunmen sitting on nearby hills started firing shots in the Orangi Town area.
Dr Seemi Jamali of the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre said that two dead bodies had been brought to the hospital from Korangi. She said the identity of the victims could not be ascertained.
Another man, Shariq, was gunned down near A-1 Chowk, Siddique Goth in the Al Falah police limits by unidentified gunmen who escaped from the scene.
In the Saudabad police limits, Anwar, 40, was killed by unidentified attackers near the RCD ground. Police said the deceased was heading towards a mosque to offer prayers, when two motorcyclists opened fire on him.
Separately, unidentified men stabbed Saghir Ahmed in Ittehad Town in the Baldia Town area, who later died of the wound.
Unidentified attackers gunned down 16-year-old Daniyal, son of Afzal Jabbar, in Sector 19-D, Baldia Town in the Saeedabad police precincts. The violence continued overnight in Karachi and more casualties were being reported.