Severed head of ex-navy man found hanging from bridge in Karachi

This is revenge for the Rawalpindi incident, SHO Ejaz Lodhi says.

KARACHI: The severed head of a retired civilian employee of the Pakistan Navy, whose beheaded body was found in Buffer Zone on Thursday, was found by the police on Friday from the Sohrab Goth flyover.

Saleem Raza Qaimkhani was killed inside his house in Sector 16-4 in Buffer Zone. The police also found a Panaflex sheet along with the head on Friday. “This is revenge of the Rawalpindi incident,” said SHO Ejaz Lodhi.

Twitter reaction

Pakistani journalists comment on the incident, terming it tragic:

@murtazasolangi @MinallahAthar His severed head was left with a message saying its revenge for Rawalpindi.

— Quatrina (@QuatrinaHosain) November 30, 2013

https://twitter.com/akchishti/status/406724315527127040

The decapitation of Saleem Raza in Karachi and the taking of his severed head bears close resemblance to an incident in Peshawar in Oct 2012

— omar r quraishi (@omar_quraishi) November 30, 2013

The head on a bridge in #Karachi is just the most brutal, most blood-chilling sign of how life has no value here. And lawlessness is the law

— Mehr Tarar (@MehrTarar) November 30, 2013