Karachi violence: Four dead in incidents of targeted killing

Unidentified gunmen killed Haji Mohammad Din Babar, local leader of the Pakhtun Action Committee.


Our Correspondent April 10, 2012

KARACHI: At least four people including a local leader of the Pakhtun Action Committee (PAC) were killed on Tuesday, while four Station House Officers (SHO) were suspended over their failure to prevent target killing incidents.

In the latest incident, unidentified culprits gunned down 75-year-old Haji Mohammad Din Babar in the North Nazimabad area of Karachi. He was shot four times and was taken to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, where he succumbed to his injuries. He was a senior member of the PAC and was father of four children.

SHO Nadir Khan confirmed that the incident was an act of targeted killing, however police were yet to ascertain a motive for the murder. The officer said that two armed men riding a motorcycle came close to him when Babar, who as per routine was sitting in a garden outside his house.

An Awami National Party (ANP) spokesman condemned the incident and said that the deceased was a senior member who had been killed as part of the ongoing violence. He, demanded that the government arrest the culprits behind the murder.

Three other people were also killed in similar incidents of targeted killing in the city.

Soon after the murder of Haji Babar, the situation in the Pakhtun-dominated areas turned tense and incidents of aerial firing was reported in the disputed areas including Sohrab Goth, Abul Hassan Isphani road, Quaidabad, Orangi town, Kati Pahari, Safora Goth, Gulistan-e-Jauhar and Keamari.

COMMENTS (2)

Syed Faisal | 11 years ago | Reply I lived in the same locality where Mr Haji Deen Baber was living, he was a latest victim of the poisonous politics. Karachi is being ruled by the thugs and mafias.
Mohammad Ali Siddiqui | 11 years ago | Reply

It seems that it is not the same Karachi where people from different communities use to live like brothers once upon a time.

Every day people are killed in the city as if there is no value of human lives and yet neither the Provincial Home Minister, nor the IGP of Sindh is ready to resign?

Life in Karachi seems to be an old story of Texas. I don't think that now people are been killed in Texas any more like they are killed in Karachi.

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