Target killing claims six lives in Karachi

ASWJ’s unit president in Shah Faisal Colony also shot dead.

KARACHI: At least six people were killed, including an Ahle Sunnat wal Jamaat (ASWJ) leader, in separate incidents in Karachi Saturday morning.

ASWJ’s unit president in Shah Faisal Colony Green Town, Mufti Nadeem Muavia, was shot dead by unknown miscreants and his body was shifted to the Jinnah hospital, ASWJ spokesperson Maulana Akbar Saeed said.

In Orangi town, two people were killed and three were injured by unidentified gunmen, while three others were killed in New Mianwali Colony. Five people, including women, were also injured.

Bodies of five people who were earlier kidnapped were recovered from Gulshan, Liaquatabad and Mauripur areas.

On Friday, a seminary administrator was among the four people gunned down in Karachi. Late Thursday night, a leader of the ASWJ, Afroze Zafar, was shot dead in a targeted attack in Orangi Town.