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Gunned down: Two brothers, both lawyers, slain in drive-by shooting
Police rule out sectarian motive, lawyers boycott courts.
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Target Killings: SHC converts first CPLC chief’s letter into petition
Former CPLC chief's letter on target killings in Karachi converted into a constitutional petition.
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Target killings: ST worker among two men gunned down
Body of a man was found in a sack.
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Assault: Journalist shot dead in Mirpurkhas
Journalist shot dead at nephew's wedding.
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Murders : Violence claims 3 more lives
All those killed tend to have a political background, says police.
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SSP member shot dead by former allies
Asghar Mawiya was shot dead at a wedding.
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Activists’ murder case: PFF lashes out at authorities for ‘laissez-faire attitude’
Organisation to observe black day today.
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Target killing: PPP activist shot dead
Deceased was nephew of President Zardari’s former security guard.
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Sindh high court: ‘Target killers’ remanded till May 8
Suspects believed to be involved in target killing, police encounters and possessing illegal arms.
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Target killings : Police charge MQM-H chief with Baig’s murder
Targeted murder results in riots across city, several killed and dozens of vehicles burnt in protest.
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MQM leader killed: As city braced for post-Laden chaos, it erupted for someone else
Initially the violence in Karachi was assumed to be in reaction to the news of the killing of Osama bin...
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‘Terrorists given a free hand to kill MQM leaders’
MQM announces May 1 as day of mourning.
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Wali Babar’s murder: Voluntary eyewitnesses lead police to ‘killers’
Fingerprints a match from the getaway car for one accused man.
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Rangers round-up 300 suspected criminals in Baldia Town raid
Men arrested based on reports that they are responsible for criminal activities in Karachi.
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One ANP, two PPP workers among six gunned down
Six people were killed in drive-by shootings across the city, five ‘target killers’ arrested by CID.
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Question Time: CID gets custody of four ‘target killers’ till May 3
Hit men remanded to CID custody by Judicial Magistrate West Abdul Hafeez Maitlo on Tuesday on request of police.
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Six people injured in attack on restaurant
Police arrests six people after attack on restaurant in Boat Basin area.
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Seven target killers arrested in Karachi: Information minister
Sharjeel Memon says the names of the arrested people cannot be disclosed yet.
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‘Police have mandate to arrest all target-killers’
Memon says all suspects, regardless of affiliation, will be caught.
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Target killing: Aftermath
The Shershah massacre sent Karachi into another spiral of violence.
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Rangers in Karachi: Special powers deadline extended
Sindh govt extends special powers given to Rangers in the province by three months due to rise in target killings.
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Rangers claim they can stop target killings in one month
Force’s top officials tell parliamentary panel they just need funds and a free hand.
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Target killing : MQM-H man shot dead
The victim, 24-year-old Amir Ahmed, son of Aslam Ali, was killed near Jewelers Market, Korangi.
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Target killing: Eight more killed
Violence in Karachi continues as eight more people die of target killings in separate incidents.
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Target killing: Gray areas
Emerging trends in target killings in Karachi point towards an increasing overlap in political and sectarian violence.
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Target killing: Stories behind the statistics
Qurban, an Urdu-speaking office worker was returning home from work when he was shot dead near Kati Pahari.
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‘Target killer’ held
Sindh police claimed to have arrested a man suspected of being involved in six target killings.
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Violence continues: Two political workers gunned down
Firing at MQM official’s house, tension grips Rizwan Society, Orangi.
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A different kind of target
Target killings not by activists of political parties, but by the people residing in the neighborhoods...
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Welcome to the jungle
The causes of this violence are many: political rivalry, sectarian tension, ethnic hatred, a bigger slice of the pie.
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Karachi violence: Six more killed overnight
Six more killed in various parts of Karachi.
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Drive-by shootings: 10 more bodies pile up
I think we will control the situation, says chief minister.
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Target killings: How not to solve the issue
Terrorism by religious-sectarian partisans, Al Qaeda has given rise to a copycat trend among the politically-linked.
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PPP, MQM agree to take action against extortionists, target killers
Parties agree to take indiscriminate action above all political affiliations.
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Karachi violence: Malik claims to have stopped target killings
One MQM, two ANP workers among six dead in Sindh metropolis.
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2 ‘ANP workers’ shot dead, 3 others killed
Police say killings are a deliberate attempt to stoke ethnic tensions.
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Wali Khan Babar murder: One by one, 4 men linked to investigations bumped off
The Geo reporter was shot dead in January.
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Target killings, extortion: ‘Witness protection bill to be tabled soon’
Information minister asks people to come forward and testify against criminals.
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Operation against extortionists, target killers to begin
Rehman Malik met with CM Sindh and Sindh ANP president to discuss the issue before reaching decision.
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Seven killed overnight in Karachi
MQM claims three of those killed in Orangi were political workers of the party.
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House & family listing : Victim was helping census team after violence in other areas
2 party workers with victim escaped, 2 other men mistaken and shot instead.
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Fading violence?: ‘80%’ of target killers arrested
Shah says there have been 29 incidents since January this year.
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Rangers deployed in Sindh during sixth national census
Rangers are deployed in sensitive areas of Sindh to ensure security of the census staff.
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Target killings : MQM-H 2nd in command gunned down at Tariq Road
Men were returning from a meeting in jail with Afaq Ahmed, whose lawyer was killed in March 2010.
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'Target killers are not expelled workers of political parties'
The Interior Minister issued the statement while speaking to the media outside the Parliament House.
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Helping the police : Neighbourhood watch to make our homes safe
Home dept plans to launch programme to improve security.
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Target killings : Bodies of ANP, Sunni Tehreek men found
Both the deceased were kidnapped, tortured then shot: police.
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Agha Siraj Durrani’s guard: Imran was killed by men picking off members from his old gang
Four out of six men from the 1990 group are dead.
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Target killings: Karachi deaths exceed 109 in first quarter of 2011
HRCP claims figure rapidly approaching that of 2008’s annual body count.
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SHC asked to take steps to end target killings
AG Sindh and chief secretary issued notices.