Three killed in Karachi violence
Three people have been killed and 30 injured during the last 24 hours of violence in Karachi.
KARACHI:
Three people have been killed and 30 injured during the last 24 hours of violence in Karachi.
Two people lost their lives overnight when unidentified men opened fire in Liari Kalri and Liaqat Abad areas. Express News Cameraman Imran Ali who was injured due to fuel tank blast is in critical condition.
Updated from the print edition below.
Target killing: MQM activist gunned down, riots disrupt city life
A worker of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) was gunned down in PIB Colony on Saturday.
In the resulting violence, at least three buses and a motorcycle were torched, while a dozen people were injured. The firing also caused an explosion in the petrol tank of a passenger bus and caused severe injuries to Express News cameraman and a policeman.
The victim, 38-year-old Yawar Abbas, son of Sardar Ali Jafferi advocate, was killed around 1:20 pm.
Witnesses said that Abbas was shot when he was sitting with his friend at a spare parts shop on Marton Road that falls within Gulshan-e-Iqbal Town. The police and ambulances also reached the site soon after the incident and took the victim to a private hospital but he died on the way. Later, his body was taken to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre for an autopsy. Abbas was buried at Bagh-e-Hyderi in Mewa Shah Graveyard.
Abbas, the only brother of four sisters, lost his father to target killings around seven years ago. MQM’s Haider Abbas Rizvi told The Express Tribune that the deceased was a former unit incharge of the party and currently associated with MQM Unit 57 as a senior worker. He added that he does not want to give additional comments on the killing and will address all questions at the party’s news conference today (Sunday).
Meanwhile, Sindh Home Minister Dr Zulfiqar Mirza ordered law enforcement agencies to take strict action against the elements behind the violence.
“First, we are busy controlling the law and order situation. We will take action later,” said DIG Commandant east zone Shoukat.
Ten minutes after this incident, angry protesters gathered on the road and started pelting passing vehicles with stones. They also torched several vehicles.
A witness recalled that unidentified men first evacuated the bus and then torched it. The worst affected areas were Gulshan-e-Iqbal Town and several parts of Nazimabad.
The law and order situation worsened rapidly and caused severe traffic jams in the city. Sharae Pakistan was blocked for several hours.
In Gulistan-e-Jauhar, unidentified people torched a passenger coach near Jauhar Morr and two people were injured in firing. Various parts of the Nazimabad town were also badly affected during the riots where commercial life was suspended after aerial firing.
A man identified as Naeem was injured in firing near Hyderi shopping centre. Shahzad, son of Ghulam Muhammad, was injured in firing in Shah Faisal Colony while Zafar was injured in firing in Aziz Bhatti.
BDS defuses bomb planted on motorcycle
The Bomb Disposal Squad defused a bomb carrying five kilograms of explosive on a motorcycle in Mawach Goth within the jurisdiction of Saeedabad police station on Saturday.
Police officials said the culprits planted the explosives in the battery socket of the motorcycle (BD-1868). The wires were connected with the ignition and may have exploded if the motorcycle was switched on.
“Someone called me and told about a suspicious motorcycle parked near the Mawach Goth bus stop number 2,” said SHO Jan Mohammad.
FIR No. 19/11 has been registered and further investigation is in progress to probe the matter, the officer said.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 9th, 2011.
Three people have been killed and 30 injured during the last 24 hours of violence in Karachi.
Two people lost their lives overnight when unidentified men opened fire in Liari Kalri and Liaqat Abad areas. Express News Cameraman Imran Ali who was injured due to fuel tank blast is in critical condition.
Updated from the print edition below.
Target killing: MQM activist gunned down, riots disrupt city life
A worker of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) was gunned down in PIB Colony on Saturday.
In the resulting violence, at least three buses and a motorcycle were torched, while a dozen people were injured. The firing also caused an explosion in the petrol tank of a passenger bus and caused severe injuries to Express News cameraman and a policeman.
The victim, 38-year-old Yawar Abbas, son of Sardar Ali Jafferi advocate, was killed around 1:20 pm.
Witnesses said that Abbas was shot when he was sitting with his friend at a spare parts shop on Marton Road that falls within Gulshan-e-Iqbal Town. The police and ambulances also reached the site soon after the incident and took the victim to a private hospital but he died on the way. Later, his body was taken to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre for an autopsy. Abbas was buried at Bagh-e-Hyderi in Mewa Shah Graveyard.
Abbas, the only brother of four sisters, lost his father to target killings around seven years ago. MQM’s Haider Abbas Rizvi told The Express Tribune that the deceased was a former unit incharge of the party and currently associated with MQM Unit 57 as a senior worker. He added that he does not want to give additional comments on the killing and will address all questions at the party’s news conference today (Sunday).
Meanwhile, Sindh Home Minister Dr Zulfiqar Mirza ordered law enforcement agencies to take strict action against the elements behind the violence.
“First, we are busy controlling the law and order situation. We will take action later,” said DIG Commandant east zone Shoukat.
Ten minutes after this incident, angry protesters gathered on the road and started pelting passing vehicles with stones. They also torched several vehicles.
A witness recalled that unidentified men first evacuated the bus and then torched it. The worst affected areas were Gulshan-e-Iqbal Town and several parts of Nazimabad.
The law and order situation worsened rapidly and caused severe traffic jams in the city. Sharae Pakistan was blocked for several hours.
In Gulistan-e-Jauhar, unidentified people torched a passenger coach near Jauhar Morr and two people were injured in firing. Various parts of the Nazimabad town were also badly affected during the riots where commercial life was suspended after aerial firing.
A man identified as Naeem was injured in firing near Hyderi shopping centre. Shahzad, son of Ghulam Muhammad, was injured in firing in Shah Faisal Colony while Zafar was injured in firing in Aziz Bhatti.
BDS defuses bomb planted on motorcycle
The Bomb Disposal Squad defused a bomb carrying five kilograms of explosive on a motorcycle in Mawach Goth within the jurisdiction of Saeedabad police station on Saturday.
Police officials said the culprits planted the explosives in the battery socket of the motorcycle (BD-1868). The wires were connected with the ignition and may have exploded if the motorcycle was switched on.
“Someone called me and told about a suspicious motorcycle parked near the Mawach Goth bus stop number 2,” said SHO Jan Mohammad.
FIR No. 19/11 has been registered and further investigation is in progress to probe the matter, the officer said.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 9th, 2011.