Second KMC officer shot dead in 24 hours

Nasir is the third KMC officer to be shot dead within a month. At least 2 other men shot dead on Wednesday.

KARACHI: Another officer working for the city administration was shot dead on Wednesday in Karachi bringing the tally to two Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) officers who have been killed within 24 hours.

Two armed motorcyclists shot dead KMC inspector Shafqat Nasir, who was giving directions to sweepers to clean the roads in Shadman Town, said Shahrah-e-Noor Jahan police.

The father of three was affiliated with the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM). SHO Raja Tariq claimed that the victim may have been killed on ethnic basis.

Nasir was the third city administration official to have been killed since September 18 when KMC’s SITE Town assistant director education Moin Gham Pasar was killed in Pak Colony. On Tuesday, KMC director education Shamim Khan was gunned down inside his office at Jamshed Quarters.

In Orangi Town, a young man was shot dead by two unidentified attackers inside his automobile spare parts shop, Pirabad police said.

Ali Raza, 28, was apparently a victim of the recent wave of sectarian targeted killings as the police did not find any evidence of a robbery attempt or a personal enmity, said SHO Ashfaq Baloch.

Another activist of the MQM was found dead in Munnu Goth within the PIB Colony police remits. Bahadur Ali, 22, lived in Nishter Basti and had gone to visit her sister’s home on Wednesday night where he was kidnapped, said DSP Nasir Lodhi. The man was later killed and his body was dumped at an abandoned place. Ali was associated with at the MQM’s unit 58 and worked as a loader at a plastic factory, the police officer added.

On Manghopir Road, four armed men on two motorcycles fired a volley of bullets at a bus carrying workers of a ceramics company. At least two men were injured in the attack, Manghopir police said.

Unconfirmed reports suggested that a militant group had demanded Rs20 million as extortion from the company’s administration and attacked the bus on being refused.

After the incident, Manghopir SHO Shams Zaman was suspended and Nasir Mehmood was appointed in his place.