Target killings: 18 killed in fresh Karachi violence
The 48-hour death toll since PPP called for a day of protest, goes up to 28.
KARACHI:
Shooting in Karachi has claimed at least 18 lives in the last 24 hours while police have failed to arrest even a single suspect.
Six people were killed in the recent incidents of violence across the city on Sunday.
Most of the incidents were reported in Ranchor Line, SITE, Liaquatabad, Garden, Korangi, Kharadar and Abul Hassan Isphahani Colony.
An angry mob also set three cars and an office on fire in the Kharadar area against the killing of a political worker.
Police are investigating the matter but no suspects have been arrested so far.
Updated from print edition (below)
Target killings: 12 killed in fresh Karachi violence
A fresh spate of violence in Karachi, following the Pakistan Peoples Party’s call on Thursday night for a day of protest, claimed 12 lives on Saturday – taking the 48-hour toll to 22.
At least 12 men were shot dead as targeted killings incidents flared up on Saturday despite the presence of the president and the prime minister in the city.
At least three vehicles and an office of Lyari’s Peoples Amn Committee were set on fire in Kharadar.
One man was killed on Thursday night and seven more lost their lives on Friday. In addition to the 12 shootings on Saturday, two victims injured in earlier shootings succumbed to their injuries.
Sindh Home Minster Dr Zulfiqar Mirza ordered law-enforcement agencies to take stern action against elements involved in the lawlessness but there was little to be done against drive-by shootings.
Sindh Inspector-General of Police Fayyaz Leghari sounded surprisingly relaxed when he described the “overall situation in the city [as] peaceful”.
“Only two incidents [Kharadar and Gulistan-e-Jauhar] occurred while the rest of the city remained under control,” he added.
As news of the killings spread, traffic snarled up on MA Jinnah Road, II Chundrigar Road, Sharae Liaquat, Rizvia, Pak Colony, Gulistan-e-Jauhar, Old Golimar, where men on motorcycles fired shots in the air.
Jodia Bazaar, Boulton Market, Jama Cloth, Motandas Market closed down.
Aerial firing terrified people in Saddar, Gulistan-e-Jauhar and Orangi Town.
Published in The Experss Tribune, March 13th, 2011.
Shooting in Karachi has claimed at least 18 lives in the last 24 hours while police have failed to arrest even a single suspect.
Six people were killed in the recent incidents of violence across the city on Sunday.
Most of the incidents were reported in Ranchor Line, SITE, Liaquatabad, Garden, Korangi, Kharadar and Abul Hassan Isphahani Colony.
An angry mob also set three cars and an office on fire in the Kharadar area against the killing of a political worker.
Police are investigating the matter but no suspects have been arrested so far.
Updated from print edition (below)
Target killings: 12 killed in fresh Karachi violence
A fresh spate of violence in Karachi, following the Pakistan Peoples Party’s call on Thursday night for a day of protest, claimed 12 lives on Saturday – taking the 48-hour toll to 22.
At least 12 men were shot dead as targeted killings incidents flared up on Saturday despite the presence of the president and the prime minister in the city.
At least three vehicles and an office of Lyari’s Peoples Amn Committee were set on fire in Kharadar.
One man was killed on Thursday night and seven more lost their lives on Friday. In addition to the 12 shootings on Saturday, two victims injured in earlier shootings succumbed to their injuries.
Sindh Home Minster Dr Zulfiqar Mirza ordered law-enforcement agencies to take stern action against elements involved in the lawlessness but there was little to be done against drive-by shootings.
Sindh Inspector-General of Police Fayyaz Leghari sounded surprisingly relaxed when he described the “overall situation in the city [as] peaceful”.
“Only two incidents [Kharadar and Gulistan-e-Jauhar] occurred while the rest of the city remained under control,” he added.
As news of the killings spread, traffic snarled up on MA Jinnah Road, II Chundrigar Road, Sharae Liaquat, Rizvia, Pak Colony, Gulistan-e-Jauhar, Old Golimar, where men on motorcycles fired shots in the air.
Jodia Bazaar, Boulton Market, Jama Cloth, Motandas Market closed down.
Aerial firing terrified people in Saddar, Gulistan-e-Jauhar and Orangi Town.
Published in The Experss Tribune, March 13th, 2011.