Karachi mobile dealer shot dead

A Karachi-based mobile phone dealer was killed and a woman injured when unidentified armed men opened fire in the Dasht area of Balochistan's Mastung district, according to representatives of a traders' association.

Karachi Mobile and Electronics Dealers Association Chairman Minhaj Gulfam said the incident took place late on Saturday night when a family from Nazimabad was travelling from Karachi to Quetta by road.

He said the family reportedly lost their way after being misdirected by a navigation app and inadvertently reached the Khund area of Dasht, where their vehicle came under indiscriminate firing by unidentified armed men.

As a result, family head Ali Jamil was killed on the spot, while a woman sustained serious injuries. Two minor children travelling with the family remained unharmed, he added.

Minhaj Gulfam said the body of the deceased and the injured woman had been shifted to Karachi. He confirmed that Ali Jamil was a member of the association and was engaged in the mobile phone business in Karachi.