PAF official among 12 more killed in Karachi
Salis bin Perwaiz
Sunday, August 21, 2011
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KARACHI: Twelve more people, including an official of the Pakistan Air Force, were killed in separate incidents of violence here on Saturday.
The PAF official, Ghazanfar, was shot dead by armed men in the Khokhrapar police limits on Saturday morning.
Police said the deceased was present near the Muna Denting Workshop when two armed men riding a motorcycle opened indiscriminate fire at him. He was rushed to hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.
SHO Shafqat Chandio of Khokhrapar police station said the deceased was an official of the Pakistan Air Force posted at Nawabshah.
He said the deceased had come to Karachi to meet his sister residing in Faisal Base. On Saturday morning, he left his sister’s house to meet some friends at the Masroor Base. In the meantime, he came to the Khokhrapar area where he was targeted.
The deceased had received a fatal bullet wound on his head while police recovered two empty casings of a 30 bore pistol from the crime scene. A case was registered and an investigation is under way.
In another incident, two bullet-riddled bodies were found from the Pak Colony police limits. Police said the bodies were dumped in Rexer Lane. Both were unidentified. According to the police, the deceased seemed to have been abducted, tortured and subsequently killed. An FIR into the incident was registered.
In the Iqbal Market area, armed men attacked a mini-bus on Saturday morning killing its conductor, Faqeer Mohammed. The incident took place near Dabaa Moore, Sector-11 of Orangi Town. The deceased was the resident of Ittehad Town and left behind a widow and four children.
In Orangi Town’s Bazaar Market another bullet-riddled body was found. Police said the deceased could not be identified.
In the same area late on Friday night armed men had attacked an ambulance of the Khidmat-i-Khalq Foundation, injuring its Driver Mehboob and helper Saifullah.
In the Garden area, armed men threw a hand grenade in Usmanabad late on Friday night, injuring a woman Fatima.
In the Docks police limits, an unidentified body was recovered from Machar Colony. The deceased was tortured before being killed and his identity could not be ascertained.
Another tortured and bullet-riddled body of a man aged about 32-35 was found near the L-5 bus stop of Mochko police limits.
In the Sharea Noor Jehan area, another bullet-riddled body was found near Qalandaria Chowk. The deceased could not be identified.
Gul Alam, 35, was shot dead near Javed Nehari House in the Jauharabad police limits Saturday morning. Police said the deceased was a garbage picker.
According to the police, an employee of the Karachi Water & Sewerage Board (KWSB) was gunned down in the Gulshan-i-Hadeed area on Saturday night.
Khalid was travelling in his car, along with his female cousin, and when he reached Phase-II of Gulshan-i-Hadeed two armed men riding a motorcycle opened indiscriminate fire, killing Khalid on the spot while his cousin remained unhurt. They added the deceased, a resident of Gulshan-i-Hadeed, had received six to seven bullet wounds on various parts of his body.
Meanwhile, an armed clash between two drug mafia groups took place in the Chanesar Goth area on Saturday night, leaving two children dead.
Police say the two children were severely injured in the crossfire that took place in the limits of Tipu Sultan police station. Sheheryar, 10, and Zeeshan,13, were taken to Jinnah Hospital where they were pronounced dead on arrival.
A labourer was killed in firing in Gulistan-e-Johar on Saturday night. Police say unknown attackers riding a car opened fire on the deceased in front of the Shamama Shopping Center, leaving him critically injured. He was shifted to hospital where he breathed his last.
Meanwhile, an FIR of the terrorists’ attack on a police bus in Chakra Goth has been registered at the Zaman Town police station in which 24 suspects had been nominated. Police say they had arrested three hardcore criminals including Madhuri, Shoaib and Faisal.
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