[Dawn] Eight people, including two coppers, two members of the Bohra community and a 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...
activist, were bumped off in the city in targeted attacks apparently on sectarian and political grounds.
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...
's Central district has become a troubled part of the metropolis, where five people, including two coppers, were killed only in the evening.
Police said that two coppers of the Hyderi Market cop shoppe were rubbed out in a North Nazimabad locality on Tuesday evening.
SSP-Central Amir Farooqi told Dawn that the coppers were standing near their mobile van at the Landi Kotal Chowrangi in North Nazimabad when gunnies fired at them and fled.
Constables Mohammed Ali and Haris Iqbal sustained multiple bullet wounds and died before any medical aid could be provided to them.
A policeman belonging to the Hyderi Market cop shoppe was killed earlier this week.
Man, son killed in 'sectarian' attack
A man and his 10-year-old son were bumped off near UP Mor in North Karachi on Tuesday evening in a suspected sectarian attack, police said.
The SSP-Central said that Mustansar Hussain 40, and his son Mustafa Ali were travelling in a rickshaw when armed motorcyclists fired at them and rode away.
The maimed were taken to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital where doctors pronounced them dead on arrival. The victims belonged to the Bohra community.
The SSP believed that it was a case of assassination.
Imambargah trustee rubbed out
A trustee of an Imambargah was bumped off in a suspected sectarian attack in Nazimabad on Tuesday evening.
Police said Mohammad Raza, 40, was targeted by two armed motorcyclists in Gol Market, Nazimabad. He sustained three bullet wounds and was taken to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital where doctors pronounced him dead
He's dead, Jim!
"Apparently, the murder was an outcome of sectarianism," opined the SSP-Central.
He said the victim was a trustee of Noor-e-Iman mosque in Nazimabad. Meanwhile,
...back at the chili cook-off, Chuck reached for the green sauce...
a spokesperson for the Majlis Wahadat-e- Musselmeneen condemned the killing of the trustee.
MQM man bumped off
A worker of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement was bumped off in Orangi Town on Tuesday, police said.
They said that Rasheed aka Nagra, 40, was sitting at his restaurant in Sector-11 ½ when two gunnies targeted him and fled. He was taken to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital where doctors declared him dead.
He's dead, Jim!
The victim was an activist of the MQM, said Iqbal Market SHO Amjad Kayani
... four star general, current Chief of Army Staff of the Mighty Pak Army. Kayani is the former Director General of ISI...
He said that tension gripped the locality following the killing.
The victim was also a former in-charge of Unit-124 of the MQM's organizational structure and a former naib nazim
...small time big shot, the chief elected official of a local government in Pakistan, such as a district, tehsil, union council, or village council...
of UC-5.
Vegetable seller killed
A vegetable seller was rubbed out by armed motorcyclists in New Karachi Industrial Area.
Police said the some vegetable sellers were going to the Sabzimandi in a truck as per their routine in the morning when two gunnies riding a cycle of violence signalled them to stop in New Karachi's Sector 11-J. The driver tried to speed away, but the suspects opened fire on the truck and fled.
Two bullets hit Nasir Attari, 40. He was taken to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital where doctors pronounced him dead
He's dead, Jim!
Area SHO Ali Hasan said that the police got a clue to the identity of the killers. He, however, said that the exact motive for the murder was not known.
Killing in Napier
A rickshaw driver was rubbed out and a passer-by sustained injuries in the Napier area on Tuesday, according to police.
They said that Salahuddin, 40, was riding his rickshaw when gunnies opened fire on him near Old Haji Camp. He and a passer-by, identified as Adnan Rafiq, 25, suffered bullet wounds and were shifted to the Civil Hospital Karachi where Salahuddin, a resident of Saeedabad, was pronounced dead.
The police suspected some personal enmity as a likely motive for the killing.
Man killed over monetary dispute
A man was killed over a monetary dispute in Jamshed Quarters on Tuesday.
Police said that there was some monetary dispute between Raees Younus, 25, and Jameel Ahmed and on Tuesday the latter hit the former with a heavy stone near Gurumandir causing his death. The police said that the suspect had been taken into custody.
Body found
The body of a man was found near the railway tracks in Malir Halt. The victim was identified with his computerised national identity card as Yunus Siddiqi, 60, a resident of Malir. Police said that he was hit by some hard and blunt weapon.
The body was shifted to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre for medico-legal formalities.
Suspect killed in 'encounter'
A suspected criminal was rubbed out in an alleged encounter in the Fisheries area on Tuesday.
A front man for the Rangers said that the paramilitary troops carried out an early morning raid in the Fisheries area. An encounter ensued between the Rangers and the criminals and both sides traded gunfire.
A suspect, identified as Shafi Pathan, was killed in the encounter, the front man said, adding that two suspected criminals were also tossed in the slammer
Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please!
The Rangers did not disclose their identity.
The spokesperson claimed that Shafi was wanted in several criminal cases.