[Dawn] At least two people were rubbed out and a few others were maimed in armed attacks apparently on sectarian grounds in different parts of the city on Wednesday, officials said.An elderly person was rubbed out in an attack apparently on sectarian grounds in the Khokhrapar area on Wednesday, police said.
They added that Ansar Zaidi, 60, was targeted near his residence in D-Area of Khokhrapar. He sustained a single bullet wound in the abdomen and was taken to a nearby hospital. He was later referred to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre where he died.
Landhi SP Faisal Noor said that no spent bullet casing was found at the scene of the crime and it appeared that the assailant(s) targeted him from some distance.
He said the incident could be related to the ongoing wave of sectarian killings in the city.
In an armed attack near Sohrab Goth, an activist of the Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat
...which is the false nose and plastic mustache of the murderous
bannedextremist group Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistain, whatcha might call the
political wingof Lashkar-e-Jhangvi...
(ASWJ) was rubbed out while two others were maimed, police said.
The officials added that some ASWJ men were returning to a party office near Nagan Chowrangi from Regal Chowk after attending a rally when their vehicle came under attack near Sohrab Goth.
SSP-Central Amir Farooqi said that the three men sustained bullet wounds and were taken to a private hospital, where one of them, identified as Latif, died.
Later, the body was shifted to the JPMC for a post-mortem examination.
The SSP said that in another attack near Board Office, Nazimabad, two workers of the ASWJ riding a cycle of violence were shot at and maimed by person or persons unknown.
Killing in Lyari
A man, said to be a relative of a key figure of the 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....
gang warfare, was rubbed out in the Chakiwara area on Wednesday, police said.
They said that Gul Hasan, 28, was killed on main Tannery Road in Bihar Colony. He sustained six bullet wounds and was taken 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...
where doctors declared him dead.
He's dead, Jim!
Later, the body was handed over to his brother, Mohammed Yusuf, who told the police that they would get an FIR lodged after burial.
The police said that the victim was said to be a relative of alleged gangster Noor Mohammad alias Baba Ladla.
'TTP man' rubbed out in Pirabad
An elderly man, said to be a member of the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain, was rubbed out in a Pirabad locality on Wednesday, police said.
They said that Hameedullah, 65, was bumped off in Islamia Colony-1. The body was shifted to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for medico-legal formalities.
Pirabad SHO Abdul Moid said that he was a member of the banned TTP and killed due to ongoing infighting in his group.
He said that two TTP gunnies -- Saadullah and Faizullah -- had killed him.
He said that the two suspects had also kidnapped the dear departed's daughter around one month ago and she was not recovered yet.
Four booked for killing brother-in-law
A young man was bumped off over some domestic issue in Gulistan-e-Jauhar, police said.
They said that Murad Mustafa, 34, was rubbed out allegedly by his brothers-in-law near in Gulistan-e-Jauhar's Block 7, as he allegedly subjected his wife to torture.
The police said the victim, a driver by profession, was a resident of Ghazi Goth.
Paperwork was started but nothing else was done against four brothers -- Qasim, Sikander, Nawab and Hussain Bux -- under Section 302 (premeditated murder) and 34 (common intention) of the Pakistain Penal Code at the Gulistan-e-Jauhar cop shoppe.
However,
death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate...
all the nominated suspects are still on the lam.