MQM’s former sector in-charge among nine people shot dead

KARACHI:

Around nine people, including two activists of the Sunni Tehreek, were killed in the city on Monday. 

Aleemullah, 30, a former Muttahida Qaumi Movement sector in-charge, was shot dead on his way back home from a mosque by unidentified men riding on motorcycles in Sector 11 1/2, said the Orangi Town police.

District west SSP, Amir Farooqui said that Aleemullah, who worked for the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board. The body was taken to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital.

In Gulshan-e-Ghazi, a transporter identified as 58-year-old Khan Pasand Khan and his nephew Raees Khan, 32, were gunned down by unidentified suspects, said the Mochko police. SHO Imtiaz Jutt said that Khan Pasand owned the G-7 route bus stand and Raees worked with him. He added that the men were killed over a personal enmity.

Thirty-year-old head constable Ejaz, 30, was shot and injured near Hassan Square, said the New Town police.

In an unrelated incident, 35-year-old Syed Mohtisham was killed in Orangi Town. The police suspect that he was killed over a financial dispute. In Hassan Square, ASI Farooq Mustafa Lassi was shot and injured by two men on a motorcycle, said the New Town police. They claim that Farooq was on his way home from work, he was on duty at Zardari House, when the incident took place.

However, DSP Nasir Lodhi claimed that Farooq worked with the Anti-Car Lifting Cell and was shot dead near his father’s house.
Rait Khan, 45, and his 40-year-old wife were shot dead inside their house in Madina Town, said the Shah Latif police.

Tehseen and Imran, activists of the Sunni Tehreek, were shot dead in Orangi Town. SHO Naeem Khan said that they were residents of  Baldia Town.
A man identified as Amir Ali was shot and injured on his way home from work, said the Solider Bazaar police. They claimed that he worked for the Sindh Building and Control Authority and lived in Kalakot. He was taken to Aga Khan University Hospital.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 11^th, 2012.