MQM leader's coordinator gunned down in Karachi

Initial investigation suggests that it was not an act of target killing.


Faraz Khan September 10, 2014

KARACHI: Salman Kazmi, a coordinator to Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Haider Abbas Rizvi, was gunned down in a firing incident in District Central of Karachi late on Wednesday night.

Kazmi, 35, was shot by armed men inside a barber’s shop in Naseerabad locality near Ayesha Manzil within the limits of Jauharabad police station.

He was shot once and succumbed to his injuries during medical treatment at Abbasi Shaheed Hospital. A large number of people including leaders and workers of the party also reached the hospital and shouted against the incident.

Jauharabad SHO Anila Qadir said that the initial investigation suggests that it was not an act of target killing but he was killed as he resisted during a robbery at the barber’s shop. However, further investigations still going on.

Deceased Kazmi used to live in Gulberg locality and was a director at the KMC’s land department.

No case had been registered till the filing of this report.

Earlier, the target killing toll in the city rose to ten in 24 hours. On Wednesday afternoon, Binoria town seminary teacher was killed in Hyderi area of Karachi.

COMMENTS (2)

Aysha M | 9 years ago | Reply

MOURN NOT THE DEAD by Ralph Chaplin

Mourn not the dead that in the cool earth lie- Dust unto dust- The calm, sweet earth that mothers all who die As all men must;

Mourn not your captive comrades who must dwell- Too strong to strive- Within each steel-bound coffin of a cell, Buried alive;

But rather mourn the apathetic throng- The cowed and the meek- Who see the world's great anguish and its wrong And dare not speak!

Aysha M | 9 years ago | Reply

Karachi an unarmed, civilized, liberal & progressive society until the 60s turned into tribal turf. Heart bleeds at all the mindless killings the city is made to suffer, with criminal negligence by those who have power & authority, Karachi developed insatiable thirst for blood when hordes with the philosophy if HATHYAAR HAMARA ZAYWER HAI, descended upon the metropolis. Karachites are trained into becoming silent spectators to their destruction when they deserved so much better. RIP Kazmi, we wait for our turn

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