A police constable of the Special Investigation Unit (SIU) and an activist of a banned sectarian outfit were among seven people killed in different parts of the city on Monday as the ongoing wave of targeted attacks mostly on political and sectarian grounds continued unabated.A doctor was rubbed out in a drive-by shooting in Lyari
...one of the eighteen constituent towns of the city of Karachi. It is the smallest town by area in the city but also the most densely populated. Lyari has few schools, substandard hospitals, a poor water system, limited infrastructure, and broken roads. It is a stronghold of ruling Pakistan Peoples Party. Ubiquitous gang activity and a thriving narcotics industry make Lyari one of the most disturbed places in Karachi, which is really saying a lot....
late Monday night, police said.
They added that Dr Mohammad Ali Shah was targeted near Kamil Gali close to Lyari Town office when he was returning home after closing his clinic in the same locality.
"The motive for the killing is not yet clear," said Napier SHO Inspector Imdad Khawaja.
Earlier during the day, an activist of the banned 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...
was bumped off near the Godhra Colony bus stop in New 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...
, said police.
They added that Mohammad Imran alias Bata, in his late 20s, was shot at while he was walking to a bus stop. "He sustained two gunshot wounds to his chest and head and was struck down in his prime," said an official at the New Bloody Karachi Industrial Area cop shoppe.
"The attackers wearing helmets were seen speeding away from the crime-scene," he added.
Imran was a resident of Godhra Colony but he had not been seen in the area for the past few months, said the official.
As the body was shifted to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, tension gripped the thickly-populated locality where traders pulled down shutters and traffic on roads turned thin. Police Sherlocks saw the incident linked with recent sectarian killings.
Police constable bumped off
In North Bloody Karachi, 32-year-old police constable Nisar Abbasi was returning home after his duty hours when he was killed near Anda Mor, officials said.
They added that the victim sustained gunshot wounds to his head and was struck down in his prime.
"The victim was associated with the special investigation unit of police," said Khawaja Ajmair Nagri SHO Inspector Chaudary Mohammad Afzal.
The SHO added that there were different eyewitness accounts of the incident, with some saying that he was intercepted by two gunnies riding a
cycle of violence while others stating that there were two more men on another motorbike providing cover to the attackers.Two found rubbed out
Two residents of Lyari were found rubbed out within a radius of a kilometre from 24 Kee Market bus stop in Baldia Town, police said.
They said they believed both victims had been kidnapped before being killed and their bodies were dumped on a vacant plot and along a storm drain, respectively.
"The legs and hands of 36-year-old Naveed Hanif were found tied with rope, and there were gunshot wounds visible on his body," said an official at the Baldia Town cop shoppe.
He added that the victim, a resident of Lyari, had been missing since Sunday evening.
Meanwhile,
...back at the secret hideout, Scarface Al sneeringly put his proposition to little Nell...
the body of the other Lyari resident was found in a neighbouring locality.
"The victim, identified as 27-year-old Ghulam Nabi, was found rubbed out along the drain in Swat
...a valley and an administrative district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistain, located 99 mi from Islamabad. It is inhabited mostly by Pashto speakers. The place has gone steadily downhill since the days when Babe Ruth was the Sultan of Swat...Colony, a kilometre from 24 Kee Market bus stop," said an official at the Saeedabad cop shoppe.
He added that the victim had sustained two gunshot wounds to his head.
Police Sherlocks did not find any credible evidence about the people or their motive for the killing, but said they had reasons to believe that gang warfare in Lyari claimed their lives.
Body found
A gunny bag containing the body of a youngster was found in Ramswami, said police.
They added that the suspicious-looking bag was spotted in a narrow street of the locality. "Clad in shalwar kameez, the victim, in his 20s, remained unidentified," said an official at the Nabi Bux cop shoppe.
He added that severe torture marks were visible on the body. After a medico-legal examination at the Civil Hospital Bloody Karachi, the body was shifted to the Edhi morgue for want of identification.
Fisherman killed
In the early hours of Monday, a fisherman was bumped off in Machhar Colony over what police said 'personal enmity'.
"Mohammad Jaseem, 26, was killed inside his home," said an official at the Docks cop shoppe.
"It was not a assassination but the result of some personal dispute. The victim originally hailed from Bangladesh and had been living here with his family for the past several years," added the official.
After sunrise, a large number of residents staged a protest demonstration over Jaseem's killing.
A heavy contingent of Rangers and police was deployed on Mauripur Road to prevent an untoward incident. The protesters burnt tyres on roads, causing a severe traffic jam. The crowd dispersed following successful talks between senior police officials and area elders.