UN doctor injured in attack on vehicle near Sohrab Goth
Initial reports suggested that the doctor, identified as Dr Foston, received injuries when unknown men opened fire on the SUV he was seated in. However, it could not be ascertained as to how many people were travelling with him.
Local police said two young Afghan men opened fire on the vehicle.
“A foreigner was wounded critically while his driver sustained superficial wounds,” senior police official Shahid Hayat told AFP.
“One of our drivers and one of our staff were hurt, but currently they are both stable,” an official from the UN’s World Health Organization (WHO) told AFP from the capital Islamabad.
Dr Foston was shifted to Patel Hospital situated nearby, where doctors declared that he was out of danger.
He went on a visit to Koochi Camp, one of the Afghan refugee settlements in Karachi for a polio immunisation campaign.
According to Express News correspondent Nadeem Ahmad, Dr Foston is in Pakistan for the polio eradication campaign.
Soon after the incident, police started a search operation in the Sohrab Goth area for the culprits.
Security personnel had raided a house belonging to Sher Zaman Mehsud apart from other places in the area and had arrested five people on suspicion and seized two pistols from them.
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Something wrong in Islamic culture. You kill the peoples who help you. You do not belong in civilized societty.
Dr Shakeel Afridi's crime of using Polio campaign for CIA spying has cost this poor Doctor Foston dearly. Now every single NGO rep is considered a CIA spy. Sad
I do not understand why a foreigner has to administer the vaccine when any one of the local doctors or assistants can do it. It's not that complicated, is it? Can someone explain.
@fcuk: I wish our rulers are sincere.
I really cant understand whether it is extreme sense of altruism or sheer foolishness to get to un protected areas and do polio vaccination ..
A foreign doctor in afghan refugee camp for polio vaccination? I smell something fishy here
A sad news to hear . I may not call it 02 young Afghan Male had done this act, as bikers sitting on a bike and shooting bullets will not be so recognizable to all those who were in shock and in a state of trauma. Putting it on Afghans or any other party at this premature state will be a disgrace to entire nation and for those who are being hosted for so long by our country in time of their need.
@Nasir Mahmood: true image- intolerance
Until and unless criminal elements are not dragged out from areas of Karachi like the one mentioned above the lawlessness will continue no matter what you say or do.
He went on to visit Koochi Camp, one of the Afghan refugee settlements in Karachi for a polio immunisation campaign? What a brilliant man. Salute to him.
Sad, we surely are going crazy! Killing those who are trying to help us.
We friends think a lot of times before having 'karhai gosht' at Sohrab Goth, Al-Asif Square because of the law and order situation. So I am wondering what this guy, Dr. Foston, was doing there? And that too without a police escort. I hope he would be genuinely working for the UN!
A negligence on the part of Sind Govt. What image of Pakistan we are portraying?