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Two killed, 12 injured in attack on MQM office

Published: July 23, 2010

A bus conductor succumbed to his injuries as unknown assailants set fire to a minibus in the same area.

Two people have been killed while 12  injured in the Gulistan-e-Johar area of Karachi on Friday.

The unit number 3 office of Muttahaida Qaumi Movement near Haroon Royal City Block 17 was attacked as unknown assailants opened fire, killing one MQM activist who died on way to the hospital.

In another incident linked to the attack a bus conductor succumbed to his injuries as unknown assailants set fire to a minibus in the same area.

All of the injured have been shifted to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital and five are said to be in critical condition.

Violence spread to other areas of Gulistan-e-Johar as unknown people torched four motorbikes and an ambulance. While the assailants managed to snatch another ambulance and flee from the area.

Reader Comments (25)

  • Ahsan
    Jul 23, 2010 - 11:37PM

    I reside in this area. And i happened to be right there 10min before the firing started. The infuriating thing is that this area was already full of heavy presence of rangers. They had armed unit placed in johar Chowrangi. How on earth did these people manage to shoot at a place, burn buses, steal ambulance right in fornt of the noses of Rangers and police.Recommend

  • Patriot
    Jul 23, 2010 - 11:50PM

    MQM is making a mockery of our systemRecommend

  • a citizen
    Jul 24, 2010 - 12:22AM

    What will we achieve with this madness?
    Where will this madness take us?
    When will this madness end?Recommend

  • Syed A. Mateen
    Jul 24, 2010 - 12:36AM

    The incidents of target killing is increasing day by day which should be stopped by all means.

    The police and the rangers should use iron hand to apprehend the culprits.

    On one hand Pakistan Army is fighting war with the terrorists in the Northern areas and on the other hand people are killed every day in target killings in Karachi.

    The basic reason for down turn on the economic front is mainly the law and order situation of Karachi and Pakistan.

    To control law and order situation it is the prime responsibility of the law enforcing agencies.

    If such incidents will not be stopped by force, who is going to invest in Karachi/Pakistan?

    The menace of target killings should be stopped by all means.Recommend

  • Monkey
    Jul 24, 2010 - 12:58AM

    It is absolutely ridiculous. Really, what are these law enforcers doing there when all these things are happening.Recommend

  • dee
    Jul 24, 2010 - 1:09AM

    I am just praying that Allah bring sanity to these people…Recommend

  • dee
    Jul 24, 2010 - 1:11AM

    The unit is located in Iqra Complex in Gulistan e Johar block 17. This place is nearer to Noman Grand City, Billy’s and Rufi Lake drive not Haroon Royal as mentioned in the report.Recommend

  • GJ Resident
    Jul 24, 2010 - 1:13AM

    Firing is still going on in the area…Recommend

  • asif
    Jul 24, 2010 - 1:16AM

    shame on rangers and police, they were heavily deployed in gulistane johar due to target killings two days back, but today it all happened under their nose, they are useless people, if these kinds of killing continue, time is not away when every area will have his own civilian militias.Recommend

  • naresh
    Jul 24, 2010 - 1:34AM

    Shame on our Law and enforce agencies……………………. ;(Recommend

  • rertet
    Jul 24, 2010 - 2:26AM

    karachi k halat jaan boojh kar kharab kye a rahe hainRecommend

  • Ali Xaidi
    Jul 24, 2010 - 2:52AM

    There is no Political will of Government to control this because right and left both are alliance parties of Government.

    So this thing will continue until end of the tenure of Government.

    But the families of victims had no linked with both parties than why they have to pay ???Recommend

  • Syed Fahad Ali Qadri
    Jul 24, 2010 - 4:20AM

    It was done by ANP terrorist,who been backed up by Land mafia,Drug Mafia,transsport mafia..tension is raising between mqm and ANP now PPI has joind ANP against MQM..they see MQM as threat because mqm is threat to their land mafia,weapon mafia and drug mafia.i think we need another operation like we had in 1992,so clean all terrorist in karachi..Operation Clean up.Recommend

  • Jul 24, 2010 - 4:31AM

    This is bad. But who are those people involved in the incendiary .. that they even burn ambulances that are meant to “help” the affectees? Shameful!Recommend

  • Jul 24, 2010 - 9:07AM

    IF i posted what’s going in my mind..I mind sound biased and the tribune guys might even ban me :D
    anyhow..whatever happened was wrong and i strongly condemn ! we should take stand against such issues and i just don’t get it WHY Mr President is not so serious about replacing Zulfiqar Mirza who has no knowledge or comments on the recent situation.Recommend

  • khalid
    Jul 24, 2010 - 9:53AM

    This is “Evil fighting Evil”, a true blessing of Allah, because common man is at the safe side.Recommend

  • abid
    Jul 24, 2010 - 10:14AM

    oh very sad of loss of humanbody i think MQM is responsible of all this killing coze they are don of cityRecommend

  • Hira Shah
    Jul 24, 2010 - 10:43AM

    i am sick and tired of this!!!! we need to do something about it!!!!Recommend

  • waseem
    Jul 24, 2010 - 10:57AM

    Media,Army,President,Prime Minister even every body knows that who are invole in this target killing and who are resposible but we know that if we try to evident we will be killed.But which time we will bear it.I request to media to please evident this target killing because our Govt can not take action against it because our Govt compel for saving its regency.please come ahead and fight against tihs current firaoniat.Recommend

  • Dk
    Jul 24, 2010 - 11:39AM

    its a fight ! for Karachi!Recommend

  • Majid hameed shaikh
    Jul 24, 2010 - 11:59AM

    shame on rangers and law enforcement agencies....
    Recommend

  • dee
    Jul 24, 2010 - 3:01PM

    @ Khalid…common man is safe? in which world do u live? Only common man suffers the most in such incidents. The traffic is thin, business is closed…how ill the daily-wage earners feed their children today?Recommend

  • tahir hamid
    Jul 25, 2010 - 11:16AM

    I See ANP and MQM as terrorist parties tht should be done away with…note that Karachi has been in the grips of violence since MQM came into existence..however ALL the political parties are made up of goons…the question is what to do with them…there is no security in this nation….Recommend

  • Tauseef Asghar
    Jul 25, 2010 - 3:46PM

    Before commenting on any such news, analyze what triggered this? As soon as Governor given the order to vacate the encroached land by land and drug mafia of karachi – they attacked the office of political force.

    Please open up your minds and understand whats going on ….. a patronized effort to eat up karachis land …. and i think this time mqm is on the receiving side of it. MQM is the party having all sort of disadvantages coming out of such incidents ..Recommend

  • mobeen ahmed Afghani
    Jul 27, 2010 - 9:54PM

    This all is done by MQM who is afraid of ANP and Pakhtoons.
    karachi is the city of Pakstoons.MQM knows that only ANP and Pakhtoons can face and defeat them and not other anyone.Therefore they are afraid of Pakhtoons and ANP.Recommend

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