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Ghanchi was immediately shifted to a hospital after being shot in his leg. Police arrested Karachi Timber Market Association (KTMA) President Suleman Soomro and his son Ali Soomro, they are trying to arrest his other son Shahnawaz Soomro as well.
In his statement, Ghanchi told the police that he had an argument with Soomro and his sons late on Thursday night over the area's water supply.
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During the argument, they fired at him and the bullet caught his leg but doctors declared him out of danger.
PTI Karachi chapter President Khurrum Sher Zaman and other party workers rushed to the hospital. On Zaman's directives, Ghanchi has been shifted to the orthopedic hospital in Nazimabad.
After the incident, PTI workers gathered outside the police station in Napier Road demanding action against the accused.
‘Sindh needs water’
“A PPP leader injured Ghanchi after a fight last night. All Ghanchi wants is water for the people of his constituency in Karachi. The water board should have taken a decision about the distribution of water in the city,” said PTI leader Firdous Shamim Naqvi.
According to Naqvi, the PPP worker who opened fire at Ghanchi was not arrested.
He said, “It is the eleventh year of the Sindh government and Karachi is still deprived of water.”
“We are ready to cooperate with the provincial government but a water emergency should be declared in Karachi,” said the PTI leader.
Commenting on the state of development works in the port city, Naqvi said, “Sindh government get a share in the budget from the centre for development works but one cannot see any such projects in Karachi.”
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