Violence roundup: Targeted attacks claim lives of five people

Two workers of Sunni Tehreek and one of Jamaat-e-Islami among those killed in the city.

KARACHI: Three political workers were among the five people killed on Sunday while three bodies were also found.

Two workers of the Pakistan Sunni Tehreek, Suleman aka Sunny and Arif Qadri, were killed and a passerby, Amir Shakoor, was injured in Shah Faisal Colony No 5. The injured man and the bodies were taken to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center. Initial reports suggested that the victims were killed during a clash with a rival political party but according to DSP Shakeel Awan, they were both targeted.

The spokesperson for the Sunni Tehreek, Fahim Shaikh, condemned the incident. Following the incident, unidentified men opened fire in the area, bringing to halt the routine and commercial activities in the locality. Extra contingents of law enforcers later arrived at the scene to control the situation.



A worker of the Jamaat-e-Islami was shot dead outside his residence in Sector 7-D in Surjani. The deceased was identified as 55-year-old Hanif Ansari, son of Haji Mohammad Rafiq. Police officials said that two armed men riding a motorcycle shot and killed the victim while he was sitting outside his home, adding that the victim’s son, Azhar, was also killed a few months ago in a targeted attack.

In Hassan Panwar Goth, 24-year-old Mohammad Rafiq, son of Ali Hassan, was shot dead and two of his brothers, Majeed and Kareem, were wounded.

Police officials said that the victims were sitting outside their home when unidentified men opened indiscriminate fire on them. A butcher, 50-year-old Mohammad Hanif, son of Waheed Qureshi, was killed inside his house. The victim’s son, Nadir Ali Qureshi, has been arrested for stabbing his father over a family dispute. Bodies of two men were found near Pakistan Hotel in Gadap City. Mohammad Jan, 17, son of Yousuf, was found dead from Shaban Goth in Malir City.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 3^rd, 2013.