Four Shias, three PPP men among 14 shot dead in city
Sectarian killings continue as victims of previous day’s violence laid to rest.
KARACHI:
Four more Ahle Tasheeh men and three Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) activists were among 14 people gunned down in targeted killings across the city on Wednesday.
In the latest sectarian killings, at least four armed men on two motorcycles killed 42-year-old Zafar Ahmed Alvi near his house in Gulbahar, Rizvia.
As the armed men fired indiscriminately, they also shot dead another man, Zahid Ali Jaffery, 45, while three passersby - Altaf, Iqbal Ahmed and Jackson Pervez - were injured, said DSP Rustam Khattak.
Alvi was also associated with the Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s Unit 189 of Gulbahar sector. He was the actual target of the assailants but they killed Jaffery on suspicion that he was following them, said Khattak.
Earlier in the day, 35-year-old Zaheer Abbasi was shot dead in Gulberg, Block 17 of FB Area. Samanabad police said that two armed motorcyclists shot the victim dead while he was returning home after dropping off his son to school. Abbasi worked at Mobilink as an engineer.
Another Shia man was shot dead and his brother and cousin wounded in a targeted attack in New Karachi. At least four attackers targeted Nisar and his brother Nadeem at the Wednesday Bazaar in New Karachi. Apparently they were attacked due to a personal enmity, said DSP Mohammad Akhtar.
Three activists of the ruling party were also killed in drive-by shootings. In Shanti Nagar, the PPP Sukkur division vice president, 30-year-old Jamil Shahnawaz, was shot dead by unidentified assailants, Aziz Bhatti SHO Safdar Mashwani told The Express Tribune.
In a targeted attack in Sector 7-B, Surjani Town, two more PPP workers were shot dead and four others were injured. The victims were taken to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, where the deceased were identified as Omar Sheikh and Fazlur Rahman. SHO Irshad Gabol said Sheikh was the chairperson of the PPP’s Zakat Committee in Surjani Town while Fazlur Rahman was a worker.
In the Korangi Industrial Area, Maher Ali, a member of the Muttahida Organising Committee was gunned down near Haji Ibrahim Goth. Two armed motorcyclists shot dead the 34-year-old man as he was going to pick up his children from the school, said SHO Tariq Raheem.
In Kharadar police remits, a youngster identified as Bilal alias Balu was gunned down by four armed motorcyclists in a targeted attack near Lea Market. Some reports suggested Balu was affiliated with the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, but ASP Usman Bajwa said that the victim had a criminal record and might have been killed over a personal enmity.
An elderly man, 65-year-old Hanif Nawab, was killed near Kala Board allegedly over a personal enmity.
In Quaidabad, the mother of two, Shahnaz, was killed inside her house by her brother over a family dispute, Sukkhan SHO Mohammad Sarfaraz said.
An alleged drug peddler, identified as Naeem Baloch, 30, was shot dead in Faqir Colony, Orangi Town. Baloch had a criminal record and was released from the prison only three days ago, said the Mominabad police officials.
A samosa seller, Khalid Abdul Ghaffur, 26, was targeted near Fawara Chowk, Garden police said.
Another pushcart vendor was found dead at Mirza Adam Khan Road in Lyari, Chakiwara police said. Khurram Shahzad, 32, lived in Mauripur and had been kidnapped two days ago. He was tortured before being shot in the head.
Laid to rest
The funeral prayers of Mohammad Raza and his sons, Mohammad Abbas Raza and Kumail Raza, who were killed in Soldier Bazaar on Tuesday, were offered at Mehfil-e-Shah-e-Khorasan on MA Jinnah Road. The victims were later buried at the Hussain Bagh graveyard in Mewashah.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 27th, 2012.
Four more Ahle Tasheeh men and three Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) activists were among 14 people gunned down in targeted killings across the city on Wednesday.
In the latest sectarian killings, at least four armed men on two motorcycles killed 42-year-old Zafar Ahmed Alvi near his house in Gulbahar, Rizvia.
As the armed men fired indiscriminately, they also shot dead another man, Zahid Ali Jaffery, 45, while three passersby - Altaf, Iqbal Ahmed and Jackson Pervez - were injured, said DSP Rustam Khattak.
Alvi was also associated with the Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s Unit 189 of Gulbahar sector. He was the actual target of the assailants but they killed Jaffery on suspicion that he was following them, said Khattak.
Earlier in the day, 35-year-old Zaheer Abbasi was shot dead in Gulberg, Block 17 of FB Area. Samanabad police said that two armed motorcyclists shot the victim dead while he was returning home after dropping off his son to school. Abbasi worked at Mobilink as an engineer.
Another Shia man was shot dead and his brother and cousin wounded in a targeted attack in New Karachi. At least four attackers targeted Nisar and his brother Nadeem at the Wednesday Bazaar in New Karachi. Apparently they were attacked due to a personal enmity, said DSP Mohammad Akhtar.
Three activists of the ruling party were also killed in drive-by shootings. In Shanti Nagar, the PPP Sukkur division vice president, 30-year-old Jamil Shahnawaz, was shot dead by unidentified assailants, Aziz Bhatti SHO Safdar Mashwani told The Express Tribune.
In a targeted attack in Sector 7-B, Surjani Town, two more PPP workers were shot dead and four others were injured. The victims were taken to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, where the deceased were identified as Omar Sheikh and Fazlur Rahman. SHO Irshad Gabol said Sheikh was the chairperson of the PPP’s Zakat Committee in Surjani Town while Fazlur Rahman was a worker.
In the Korangi Industrial Area, Maher Ali, a member of the Muttahida Organising Committee was gunned down near Haji Ibrahim Goth. Two armed motorcyclists shot dead the 34-year-old man as he was going to pick up his children from the school, said SHO Tariq Raheem.
In Kharadar police remits, a youngster identified as Bilal alias Balu was gunned down by four armed motorcyclists in a targeted attack near Lea Market. Some reports suggested Balu was affiliated with the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, but ASP Usman Bajwa said that the victim had a criminal record and might have been killed over a personal enmity.
An elderly man, 65-year-old Hanif Nawab, was killed near Kala Board allegedly over a personal enmity.
In Quaidabad, the mother of two, Shahnaz, was killed inside her house by her brother over a family dispute, Sukkhan SHO Mohammad Sarfaraz said.
An alleged drug peddler, identified as Naeem Baloch, 30, was shot dead in Faqir Colony, Orangi Town. Baloch had a criminal record and was released from the prison only three days ago, said the Mominabad police officials.
A samosa seller, Khalid Abdul Ghaffur, 26, was targeted near Fawara Chowk, Garden police said.
Another pushcart vendor was found dead at Mirza Adam Khan Road in Lyari, Chakiwara police said. Khurram Shahzad, 32, lived in Mauripur and had been kidnapped two days ago. He was tortured before being shot in the head.
Laid to rest
The funeral prayers of Mohammad Raza and his sons, Mohammad Abbas Raza and Kumail Raza, who were killed in Soldier Bazaar on Tuesday, were offered at Mehfil-e-Shah-e-Khorasan on MA Jinnah Road. The victims were later buried at the Hussain Bagh graveyard in Mewashah.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 27th, 2012.