KARACHI: 15 people including security in-charge of Awami National Party (ANP) were killed on Thursday in target killing incident with Airport Police limits.

Police sources told The Express Tribune that the incident took place near Star gate at around 4.15 pm when some gunmen shot and killed Ubaidullah Yousufzai and Saleem Akhtar. The bodies were shifted to Jinnah Hospital where a large number of people gathered and chanted slogans against the killers.

According to spokesperson for ANP Yousufzai was security in-charge (Saalar) of their party and was working in Cargo Department of PIA.

Violent reaction

In reaction to the killings, some people came out to protest on the streets and set a bus on fire in Sultanabad. Sources in the Fire Brigade department said that the enraged people threatened the rescue staff who rushed to extinguish the fire.

There were also reports of aerial firing at the mortuary and stones being pelted on moving vehicles. Markets and shops have closed down in certain areas. (The Express Tribune)

KARACHI: The latest incidents of target killings have claimed the lives of five people, including a DSP and the son of a religious scholar.

Unknown gunmen gunned down Mirza Khadim Hussain as he was walking home late Monday night in Nazimabad.

He was the son of Maulana Yousaf Hussain, a leader of the Majlis-e-Wahdat-e-Muslimeen.

The religious group has announced a mourning of three days.

In another incident on Monday evening, gunmen opened fire at DSP Preedy Nawaz Ranjhat at MA Jinnah Road. The official and his driver died on the spot.

Ranjhat had investigated the October 18, 2007 Karsaz bomb attacks on Benazir Bhutto’s procession.

In Korangi town, unknown gunmen opened fire at the car of Dr. Najam ul Hassan, who died on the spot.

KARACHI: Protests and violence crippled life in some areas of the city on Tuesday after a fresh outbreak of murders on sectarian grounds.

Enraged protesters forced shops to shut down in Rizvia, Golimar, Orangi Town, Ancholi, Water Pump, Nazimabad, Lasbela and parts of Malir. Public transport came grinding to a halt when buses were torched in Golimar and Nazimabad. The unrest erupted following the murder of a Deobandi cleric on Tuesday morning and the son of a Shia cleric on Monday night.

The Deobandi cleric, Mufti Furqan, a peshimam, was gunned down in Ranchore Line. SP Saddar Town Javed Akbar Riaz said the method used for killing the Deobandi cleric was similar to the way four other people have been murdered in the last 24 hours – a Shia cleric’s son Mirza Khadim Hussain in Nazimabad, Dr Najamul Hassal in Orangi and DSP Nawaz Ranjha and his driver at MA Jinnah Road.

“The tactic used in these murders is similar. People on motorcycles opened fire on the victims and escaped,” the police official said.

Warning

Jafferia Alliance Pakistan (JAP) president Allama Abbas Komaili warned on Tuesday that if the government fails to arrest the culprits responsible for the murder of the Shia cleric’s son within 24 hours, a protest movement would be launched against the government.

In a statement, Komaili said banned terrorist outfits such as the Taliban and Sipah-e-Sahaba are involved in the target killings in the city. Meanwhile, Ahle Sunnat wal Jammat spokesman Qari Ihsanullah condemned the recent killings and demanded an inquiry into the murders.

Funeral

Sindh IGP Sultan Salahuddin Babar Khattak participated in the funeral prayers for DSP Nawaz Ranjha offered at the police headquarters, Garden on Tuesday. Ranjha and his driver Jehangir were gunned down by unidentified men on Monday night at MA Jinnah Road. The IGP announced Rs2 million in compensation for the slain DSP’s family.

Body found

The body of 26-year-old man identified as Mudassir Hussain was found at a plot near Jamia Manhajul Shariah Madrassa in Orangi Town, within the jurisdiction of the Iqbal Market police station. The body was taken to the Jinnah hospital. The victim was shot in the head. He was a resident of Tauheed Colony in Orangi.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 18th, 2010.

KARACHI: The city descended into violence after Awami National Party’s provincial leader Ubaid-ullah Yousuf Zai was gunned down with another man on Thursday, Geo News reported.

At least 13 people were killed and 40 others sustained injuries in the latest wave of violence that engulfed the city in the aftermath of the incident.

As soon as the news of killing of Ubaid-ullah Yousuf Zai broke, the city, descended into disorder with incidents of killings, firing and setting ablaze of vehicles reported from across the metropolis.

Over a dozen vehicles were reportedly torched in Landhi, Sultanabad, Tower, Abul Hasan Isphahani Road, Shah Faisal Colony and Keemari.

Many of the city’s commercial centers including Gulistan-e-Jauhar, Banaras, Qasba Colony, and Orangi Town were seen shut down with commuters struggling for safety.
13 killed in Karachi after ANP leader assassination

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