The three men were taken to a hospital after they sustained bullet injuries in the attack. All three men died on the way.
After the incident, unidentified men opened fire and closed down shops in the area.
According to sources, the deceased were affiliated with the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).
The families of the deceased protested against the killing and wanted to take the bodies to the Chief Minster House.
Police and security personnel have tried to disperse the protestors by resorting to shelling.
Funeral procession: National Highway blocked
The funeral procession of Ghulam Abbas, a Shia boy who was killed on Thursday, passed through the National Highway, blocking the road for those going through the area.
Markets on the highway also remained closed for business. The procession later headed towards the graveyard.
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@liberalpak, you are also forgetting during last 4 years most of the people killed belonged to mqm, almost half. also PPP is only strong in Liyari, and its always shut down, its a news when Liyari is peaceful. Aman comitee still operates with ppp flags, there are pictures of PPP members all over Karachi with benazir and Rehman Dakait on banners. stop being so naive. NATO ammunition supplies havent got lost in the city they have always been lost outside, usually in KP.
@Copper: Your statment is full of contradiction, you say, PPP has no influence and then you say they have weapons and Lyari is shut down. MQM has weapons but its popular. Bro, if PPP has weapons and government, CANT they shut down whole city in a min?? Dont under-estimate PPP's strength. See the difference between a violent demonstrations of MQM and peaceful PPP.
@Farnham: Aman committe has already been banned by PPP govt and When will MQM ban its militant wing? As per wikileaks, JITs and SC observations; in extortion, violence and hate crimes, the party which gets top slot is MQM. What about missing Nato ammunition supplies from Karachi port? Who was minister? Check facts please.
@liberalpak: Every party can exert pressure where it has influence, PPP can not shut down Karachi, but the effects are visible in Lyari. MQM is more popular and has better network of sector incharges. Both parties have a lot of weapons but MQM is clear winner because of its larger support
It was in Karachi on 18 Oct 2007, that there was a brutal and ferocious attack on Benazir Bhutto, in which over 150 people lost their lives. Who was in power than, running provincial government, city government and also heading the federal govt. This city is ruled by violent mobsters, who have used violence as a tool to assert their political authority and a way to settle political disputes. These crimiunals are murderers and as long as these murderers are free, people will continue to die, or get robbed, or get kidnapped for ransom and keep on paying Bhatta.
Some very stupid comments here. What about the death of benazir Bhutto? Has anyone remember the day of carnaige, independent resources believes that only in sindh province we had 23 Arab rupees lost in burning & lootings. Where we're democracy on that day? Every political party is just same either ppp,mqm,anp, any nationalists or religious party. What about the violence in lyari and why ppp and amn community, they are killing law enforcement people?
See the difference, if MQM's worker get killed, city will be forced to closed down and violence erupts every where. But it's not the case with PPP because they believe in democracy and will challenge such people through democratic way, unlike others who use violence to exercise their control.
PPP bowed down on the pressure of MQM to launch operation against its own power center Lyari and now look what is happening, in their coalition partner's constituency, loyal PPP workers are being targeted. If PPP cant save its die-hard workers and sincere Jiyalas, what else it can do for a common people of Pakistan. PPP should not bow down on the pressure of MQM and go ahead for deweaponising Karachi and then conducting a full fledged operation to unearth criminals and their supporters.