Showing posts with label Karachi News. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Karachi News. Show all posts
Wednesday, 15 May 2013
Thursday, 5 April 2012
7 killed in Karachi suicide blast, firing
7 killed in Karachi suicide blast, firing
KARACHI – A suicide bomber targeted the motorcade of SSP
Malir, killing four people and wounding 16 others near Malir Halt, while
three policemen were killed in a drive-by shooting in PIB Colony on
Thursday.According to sources, a bomber rammed an explosives-laden
motorbike into a police armoured personnel carrier (APC) at Malir Halt
and killed four persons including two policemen while 16 others
sustained injuries and condition of four of them was stated critical. A
police official, however, said a bomber blew up his suicide vest in
front of the APC. Police suspect the bomber was among the dead. All of
the dead were men and there were two teenagers among the wounded.SSP
Malir Rao Anwar said he was the target of the blast, which tore through a
busy area lined with market stalls at around 10:30 am, and said he had
been threatened by militants.“I was moving with my squad in Malir Halt
when the explosion took place. I am unhurt, but some of my men have been
injured,” Anwar said.An armoured police vehicle and vendors’ stalls
were damaged in the explosion which a police official said was a suicide
attack.Anwar has been involved in a campaign against militants in
Karachi.“I got several letters sent by unknown militants, the latest of
them was received last month, in which they had threatened me with grave
consequences if I continued to hunt their terror accomplices,” he
said.“Such attacks will not deter us from our mission to keep our people
safe,” he said.Anwar held Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) responsible
for the attack.Anwar was also involved in last December’s raid on a
self-styled seminary, where officers said they rescued 53 students,
including children as young as seven chained up in the basement, who
said they had been regularly beaten.Up to five kilograms of explosives
were used in the device, according to a bomb disposal official. He said
legs and pieces of head of the bomber were also found.The bomber struck
near a bank in a garrison area of the city.Soon after the explosion,
rescue teams reached the spot and started relief efforts while police
and Rangers cordoned off the area.In another incident, unknown armed men
riding motorbikes and two cars opened fire at a police vehicle in the
PIB Colony, killing three policemen.A police vehicle was on routine
patrol in PIB Colony when it came under firing by unknown assailants,
critically injuring all three policemen boarding the vehicle.The injured
policemen were rushed to Jinnah Hospital where they succumbed to their
wounds. Those killed in the attack were identified as ASI Dhani Bux,
constable Mohammad Nisar and constable Ramzan Brohi. According to the
residents, after killing the cops, the gunmen opened fire at the house
of a local MQM man located in the same area where the police mobile was
stationed. The incident created panic in the PIB Colony as markets and
other business activities were closed down. The attackers fled the scene
along with the weapons of the deceased policemen. Earlier, an armoured
vehicle of the police was on routine patrol when it was attacked by
unknown gunmen in the Naya’abad area of Lyari. No one was injured in the
attack whereas firing continued periodically and tension gripped the
area after the incident.
Tuesday, 3 April 2012
Ethno-sectarian violence sows panic
Ethno-sectarian violence sows panic
KARACHI - At least four more people, including an MQM
supporter, were gunned down in different neighbourhoods in the
metropolis on Tuesday while a dozen political activists were rounded up
in separate raids.
A Muttahida Qaumi Movement supporter, identified as 20-year-old Altaf Malik, son of Hasnain Malik, was killed and his companion, namely Ali Hassan, was wounded, when two armed men, riding a motorcycle, sprayed them with bullets. The two men were sitting near their residence in an Orangi Town locality. The incident triggered panic and fear in the area.
Separately, a clearing and forwarding agent of Pakistan Customs was gunned down in Medicine Market in the jurisdiction of the Aram Bagh Police Station.
The victim, identified as Naeem Naqvi, belonged to the Shia community and was on his way to work when attacked by a bike-borne armed duo. He sustained two bullets and died instantly. The body was taken to the Civil Hospital Karachi for medico-legal formalities and later handed over to the heirs. Police officials said the victim, a resident of Gulbahar, Rizvia Society, was father of four children.
Tension simmered in Rizvia Society and its surrounding areas when unidentified gunmen went on a shooting spree, forcing shopkeepers to shut their shops. Angry over the killing, a group people took to the streets and set fire to tyres, causing a traffic snarl.
The police officials suspected that it was a sectarian killing. Later in the evening, anger writ large in the faces of participants of Naqvi’s funeral. Tyres were burnt and passing vehicles were pelted with stones on Shahrah-e-Pakistan near Ancholi area. A police mobile van also came under attack. Naqvi was laid to rest in Wadi-e-Hussain graveyard.
In another act of targeted killing, a 30-year-old man, identified as Sajid Ali, was gunned down in Pehlwan Goth in the jurisdiction of the Gulistan-e-Jauhar Police Station. Sources said the deceased was a drug peddler and was killed over his refusal to pay extortion money to Awami National Party men.
Refuting the charges of extortion and killing, the ANP, claimed it had no link to the incident.
Police officials said they could not say anything until the investigation was finalised. After the incident, intense cross-firing was reported in Pehlwan Goth and its surrounding areas. Law enforcers could not bring the situation under control until the filing of this story.
Meanwhile, at least a dozen men were taken into custody in raids conducted by the rangers and police. Their families and community members railed against the law-enforcement agencies demanding their immediate release. Separately, the SITE police claimed to have arrested four criminals, Kokab Noorani, Naimatullah, Gohar and Khurram Shehzad, in a raid on Labour Colony. Four weapons were seized from them.
According to SHO Shafiq Tanoli, the four men, who belonged to a Pakhtoon-based political party, had killed four shopkeepers over their refusal to pay extortion money. They were also charged with killing two policemen in a shootout in Jackson area.
Meanwhile, the Anti-Violent Crime Cell arrested a man, namely Furqan Ahmed, for killing a bakery owner, namely Malik Azam Hussain, in Baloch Colony after he refused to shut his bakery on the day of mourning the MQM announced on March 27.
A Muttahida Qaumi Movement supporter, identified as 20-year-old Altaf Malik, son of Hasnain Malik, was killed and his companion, namely Ali Hassan, was wounded, when two armed men, riding a motorcycle, sprayed them with bullets. The two men were sitting near their residence in an Orangi Town locality. The incident triggered panic and fear in the area.
Separately, a clearing and forwarding agent of Pakistan Customs was gunned down in Medicine Market in the jurisdiction of the Aram Bagh Police Station.
The victim, identified as Naeem Naqvi, belonged to the Shia community and was on his way to work when attacked by a bike-borne armed duo. He sustained two bullets and died instantly. The body was taken to the Civil Hospital Karachi for medico-legal formalities and later handed over to the heirs. Police officials said the victim, a resident of Gulbahar, Rizvia Society, was father of four children.
Tension simmered in Rizvia Society and its surrounding areas when unidentified gunmen went on a shooting spree, forcing shopkeepers to shut their shops. Angry over the killing, a group people took to the streets and set fire to tyres, causing a traffic snarl.
The police officials suspected that it was a sectarian killing. Later in the evening, anger writ large in the faces of participants of Naqvi’s funeral. Tyres were burnt and passing vehicles were pelted with stones on Shahrah-e-Pakistan near Ancholi area. A police mobile van also came under attack. Naqvi was laid to rest in Wadi-e-Hussain graveyard.
In another act of targeted killing, a 30-year-old man, identified as Sajid Ali, was gunned down in Pehlwan Goth in the jurisdiction of the Gulistan-e-Jauhar Police Station. Sources said the deceased was a drug peddler and was killed over his refusal to pay extortion money to Awami National Party men.
Refuting the charges of extortion and killing, the ANP, claimed it had no link to the incident.
Police officials said they could not say anything until the investigation was finalised. After the incident, intense cross-firing was reported in Pehlwan Goth and its surrounding areas. Law enforcers could not bring the situation under control until the filing of this story.
Meanwhile, at least a dozen men were taken into custody in raids conducted by the rangers and police. Their families and community members railed against the law-enforcement agencies demanding their immediate release. Separately, the SITE police claimed to have arrested four criminals, Kokab Noorani, Naimatullah, Gohar and Khurram Shehzad, in a raid on Labour Colony. Four weapons were seized from them.
According to SHO Shafiq Tanoli, the four men, who belonged to a Pakhtoon-based political party, had killed four shopkeepers over their refusal to pay extortion money. They were also charged with killing two policemen in a shootout in Jackson area.
Meanwhile, the Anti-Violent Crime Cell arrested a man, namely Furqan Ahmed, for killing a bakery owner, namely Malik Azam Hussain, in Baloch Colony after he refused to shut his bakery on the day of mourning the MQM announced on March 27.
Monday, 2 April 2012
Karachi , Lyari front heats up
Lyari front heats up
KARACHI - At least six people were killed and over 28
wounded in a pitched gunbattle between police and gangsters affiliated
with the outlawed People Amman Committee (PAC) in Lyari and surrounding
areas. A local PPP leader Hassan Soomro was also among the dead.
The bloody Monday afternoon came, as President Asif Ali Zardari ordered fencing the Karachi-Balochistan border to stop the movement of miscreants and arms, reported a private TV channel.
He also called for taking a number of other stringent measures, including geo-fencing of localities infested with criminal elements.
The criminal elements in Lyari backlashed after a week-long pause against the law enforcement agencies, as they propelled rockets and used hand grenades and automatic weapons for their survival.
On the other hand, the police, headed by Crime Investigation Department (CID) SSP Chaudhry Aslam Khan, were still unable to enter into the congested areas owing to furious resistance and gunfire.
The gunfight started after locals pelted stones and gathered on the main roads to stop police from moving forward.
Witnesses said heavy contingents of police was unable to get inside Lyari because of the armed resistance and remained stuck at the Lee Market area.
Armed men were roaming on the streets freely and targeting the law enforcers.
Police were attacked several times while two personnel were wounded along several other innocent locals, including women and children. Sources say the criminals did not set up posts in the area and were using motorbikes to attack the police.
Sources say key PAC leaders have fled the area. They include Uzair Jan Baloch, Zafar Baloch, Habib Jan Baloch Baba Ladla, Rashid alias Raikah, Jabbar alias Jango, Shahid alias MCB and others.
They said some of them had either left the country or province, while many of them were hiding in different areas of Karachi and interior Sindh.
Earlier, the gangsters were trying to settle the issue through negotiations and portrayed themselves as victims of police atrocities, while reacted like ‘normal enraged mob’ through pelting stones and petrol bombs at police.
Sources said negotiations had failed between the criminal elements and the PPP leadership, triggering violence in the area after the deployment of police.
Police officials said gangsters attacked armed personnel carrier (APC) and police mobiles in Bakrapiri, Aath Chowk, Shah Beg Lane, Lee Market and other surrounding areas.
Local PPP leader Hassan Soomro was gunned down near to his residence in the Bakrapiri area. Police sources say gangsters assassinated him over suspicion of his involvement in police operation.
Other dead people include Ali, Qasim, Shafiq, Zakir and Haq Nawaz, while some 30 people including women and children were also wounded during the exchange of fire.
Most of the victims were shifted to the Lyari General Hospital, but all the attempts to shift the injured to the Civil Hospital failed as ambulances remained stuck outside Lyari because of intense fire.
Meanwhile, President Zardari chaired a high-level meeting at the Bilawal House where he ordered the provincial bosses to observe zero tolerance to street crimes and extortion in Karachi that has paralysed the life of ordinary citizen.
He called for geo-fencing of the localities infested with criminal elements and the provision of latest equipment to police and asked the provincial government to consider innovative ways and means for resource generation for the purpose.
Among other stringent measures that the president advised are equipping the police with aerial patrolling equipment as well as heavy Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs).
Sindh Governor Ishrat-ul-Ibad, Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah, Interior Minister Rehman Malik, Home Minister Manzoor Wasan, provincial ministers Syed Murad Ali Shah, Muhammad Ayaz Soomro and Agha Siraj Khan Durrani, besides the IGP, DG Rangers, DG IB and senior federal and provincial government officials.
Presidential Spokesperson Senator Farhatullah Babar said the president called for a report on the implementation of the decisions taken at the last meeting on law and order held late last month and the difficulties encountered during execution.
“We cannot and must not permit the criminal mafia to hold the city to ransom,” the president remarked.
President Zardari directed strengthening the Special Branch Police and capacity building at all levels to prevent and combat crime.
The president said a scientific study should be carried out about the nature of each crime committed whether it was related to sectarianism, extremism, land grabbing, street crimes, targeted killing, political rivalries and migration from other areas of the country.
President Zardari said efforts be undertaken to ensure law and order in the economic hub of the country and those involved in criminal activities be brought to justice without any consideration of their political affiliations.
Earlier, a meeting of the Sindh PPP core committee was held at the Bilawal House which was attended by the chief minister and provincial ministers Manzoor Wasan, Agha Siraj Durrani, Ayaz Soomro, Murad Ali Shah and Senator Faisal Raza Abidi.
The committee discussed overall political situation in the province and coalition matters. The meeting expressed satisfaction over the policy of reconciliation being pursued and said the policy would be pursued in the large interest of the province and the country.
On the other hand, four people were killed in separate incidents of violence.
The MQM worker, Salman Saleem (22), was gunned down and his friend was wounded in Faiz-e-Aam Colony within the precincts of Mominabad Police Station.
In another gunbattle between the rival political parties left, two men were killed in the Sachal Police Station’s precincts.
The clash took place between the Awami National Party (ANP) and Muttahida Organizing Committee (MOC) over hoisting party flags.
The exchange of fire resulted in the killing of Akhtar Audh, affiliated with MOC (a MQM sister organisation) and a passer-by Shakirullah Mehsud.
A manager of a CNG Station in Nazimabad was gunned down apparently in an act of targeted killing.
Thirty-year-old Syed Asghar Hussain killed at Nazimabad No 7, when attackers sprayed a volley of bullets on his red Cultus.
The bloody Monday afternoon came, as President Asif Ali Zardari ordered fencing the Karachi-Balochistan border to stop the movement of miscreants and arms, reported a private TV channel.
He also called for taking a number of other stringent measures, including geo-fencing of localities infested with criminal elements.
The criminal elements in Lyari backlashed after a week-long pause against the law enforcement agencies, as they propelled rockets and used hand grenades and automatic weapons for their survival.
On the other hand, the police, headed by Crime Investigation Department (CID) SSP Chaudhry Aslam Khan, were still unable to enter into the congested areas owing to furious resistance and gunfire.
The gunfight started after locals pelted stones and gathered on the main roads to stop police from moving forward.
Witnesses said heavy contingents of police was unable to get inside Lyari because of the armed resistance and remained stuck at the Lee Market area.
Armed men were roaming on the streets freely and targeting the law enforcers.
Police were attacked several times while two personnel were wounded along several other innocent locals, including women and children. Sources say the criminals did not set up posts in the area and were using motorbikes to attack the police.
Sources say key PAC leaders have fled the area. They include Uzair Jan Baloch, Zafar Baloch, Habib Jan Baloch Baba Ladla, Rashid alias Raikah, Jabbar alias Jango, Shahid alias MCB and others.
They said some of them had either left the country or province, while many of them were hiding in different areas of Karachi and interior Sindh.
Earlier, the gangsters were trying to settle the issue through negotiations and portrayed themselves as victims of police atrocities, while reacted like ‘normal enraged mob’ through pelting stones and petrol bombs at police.
Sources said negotiations had failed between the criminal elements and the PPP leadership, triggering violence in the area after the deployment of police.
Police officials said gangsters attacked armed personnel carrier (APC) and police mobiles in Bakrapiri, Aath Chowk, Shah Beg Lane, Lee Market and other surrounding areas.
Local PPP leader Hassan Soomro was gunned down near to his residence in the Bakrapiri area. Police sources say gangsters assassinated him over suspicion of his involvement in police operation.
Other dead people include Ali, Qasim, Shafiq, Zakir and Haq Nawaz, while some 30 people including women and children were also wounded during the exchange of fire.
Most of the victims were shifted to the Lyari General Hospital, but all the attempts to shift the injured to the Civil Hospital failed as ambulances remained stuck outside Lyari because of intense fire.
Meanwhile, President Zardari chaired a high-level meeting at the Bilawal House where he ordered the provincial bosses to observe zero tolerance to street crimes and extortion in Karachi that has paralysed the life of ordinary citizen.
He called for geo-fencing of the localities infested with criminal elements and the provision of latest equipment to police and asked the provincial government to consider innovative ways and means for resource generation for the purpose.
Among other stringent measures that the president advised are equipping the police with aerial patrolling equipment as well as heavy Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs).
Sindh Governor Ishrat-ul-Ibad, Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah, Interior Minister Rehman Malik, Home Minister Manzoor Wasan, provincial ministers Syed Murad Ali Shah, Muhammad Ayaz Soomro and Agha Siraj Khan Durrani, besides the IGP, DG Rangers, DG IB and senior federal and provincial government officials.
Presidential Spokesperson Senator Farhatullah Babar said the president called for a report on the implementation of the decisions taken at the last meeting on law and order held late last month and the difficulties encountered during execution.
“We cannot and must not permit the criminal mafia to hold the city to ransom,” the president remarked.
President Zardari directed strengthening the Special Branch Police and capacity building at all levels to prevent and combat crime.
The president said a scientific study should be carried out about the nature of each crime committed whether it was related to sectarianism, extremism, land grabbing, street crimes, targeted killing, political rivalries and migration from other areas of the country.
President Zardari said efforts be undertaken to ensure law and order in the economic hub of the country and those involved in criminal activities be brought to justice without any consideration of their political affiliations.
Earlier, a meeting of the Sindh PPP core committee was held at the Bilawal House which was attended by the chief minister and provincial ministers Manzoor Wasan, Agha Siraj Durrani, Ayaz Soomro, Murad Ali Shah and Senator Faisal Raza Abidi.
The committee discussed overall political situation in the province and coalition matters. The meeting expressed satisfaction over the policy of reconciliation being pursued and said the policy would be pursued in the large interest of the province and the country.
On the other hand, four people were killed in separate incidents of violence.
The MQM worker, Salman Saleem (22), was gunned down and his friend was wounded in Faiz-e-Aam Colony within the precincts of Mominabad Police Station.
In another gunbattle between the rival political parties left, two men were killed in the Sachal Police Station’s precincts.
The clash took place between the Awami National Party (ANP) and Muttahida Organizing Committee (MOC) over hoisting party flags.
The exchange of fire resulted in the killing of Akhtar Audh, affiliated with MOC (a MQM sister organisation) and a passer-by Shakirullah Mehsud.
A manager of a CNG Station in Nazimabad was gunned down apparently in an act of targeted killing.
Thirty-year-old Syed Asghar Hussain killed at Nazimabad No 7, when attackers sprayed a volley of bullets on his red Cultus.
Friday, 30 March 2012
Three including ANP worker killed in Karachi city.
Three including ANP worker killed in Karachi city.
March 31, 2012
RECORDER REPORTAn activist of Awami National Party (ANP) was gunned down in Kanwari Colony, Manghopir Road in the limits of Peerabad Police Station here on Friday.
Police said that ANP worker, identified as Hidayatullah Mehsud, was killed at a hairdresser shop over some personal dispute.
Police said that after exchange of arguments between the deceased and his friend at a hairdresser shop, his friend, Mustaq, opened fire on Hidayatullah, killing him on the spot.Police said that incident was not a result of targeted killing.
But General Secretary ANP Sindh Bashir Jan while terming the killing as targeted said that it was conspiracy to destroy the peace of the city.
Commenting over police statement, Jan added ANP would not term the killing of its worker as 'targeted killing' if it was proved that both the men quarrelled.In another incident, a man was shot dead at Shahzad More in Orangi Town by unidentified armed men.
Ashiq S/O Muhammad Umer, 35, received bullets on his right leg, belly and other body parts.
He was a resident of Qasba Colony.
The body was shifted to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for medico-legal formalities.Meanwhile, a man was killed and two others injured when two rival groups clashed in Qasba Colony.
According to SHO Orangi Town, two groups exchanged fire at Qasba More that injured three persons, who were shifted to hospital.
One of the injured later died at the hospital, who was identified as Ashiq Afghani.
Ashiq Afghani was wanted in murder cases.
Following the killing riots erupted in the area, where miscreants burnt a car.
Rangers and police cordoned off the area and arrested more than a dozen suspects.
Saturday, 24 March 2012
Pakistan Day marked with traditional zeal
Pakistan Day marked with traditional zeal
KARACHI - Pakistan Day was celebrated on Friday with
traditional zeal and enthusiasm to commemorate the passage of the Lahore
Resolution, later called the Pakistan Resolution, which eventually led
to the creation of Pakistan.
The day begun with special prayers for the progress and prosperity of the country with a 31 guns salute in the federal capital as well as 21-gun salute in the provincial capitals.
Change of guards ceremony took place at the mausoleum of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah in Karachi. Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah, Governor Dr Ishratul Ebad along with the cabinet members and other dignitaries visited the mausoleum and laid floral wreaths, besides paying homage to the founder of the nation.
Talking to media, the CM said that keeping in view the 1940 Resolution Shaheed Zulfiqar Bhutto had given 1973 constitution which help strengthen the democracy in Pakistan. He said that 20th Constitutional Amendment would further strengthen the provincial autonomy. The governor congratulated the nation on the Pakistan Day, saying that democratic institutions are strengthening during the present regime. The national flag were hoisted at important public and private buildings across the metropolis. Family members of Quaid-e-Azam led great grand son of Qauid, Muhammad Aslam Jinnah laid floral wreath on the Mazar and offered fateha.
People from all walks of life had also visited the mausoleum, laid floral wreaths and offer fateha. Governmental, political, cultural, social and other organisations have chalked out various programmes to mark the day in a befitting manner.
The day begun with special prayers for the progress and prosperity of the country with a 31 guns salute in the federal capital as well as 21-gun salute in the provincial capitals.
Change of guards ceremony took place at the mausoleum of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah in Karachi. Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah, Governor Dr Ishratul Ebad along with the cabinet members and other dignitaries visited the mausoleum and laid floral wreaths, besides paying homage to the founder of the nation.
Talking to media, the CM said that keeping in view the 1940 Resolution Shaheed Zulfiqar Bhutto had given 1973 constitution which help strengthen the democracy in Pakistan. He said that 20th Constitutional Amendment would further strengthen the provincial autonomy. The governor congratulated the nation on the Pakistan Day, saying that democratic institutions are strengthening during the present regime. The national flag were hoisted at important public and private buildings across the metropolis. Family members of Quaid-e-Azam led great grand son of Qauid, Muhammad Aslam Jinnah laid floral wreath on the Mazar and offered fateha.
People from all walks of life had also visited the mausoleum, laid floral wreaths and offer fateha. Governmental, political, cultural, social and other organisations have chalked out various programmes to mark the day in a befitting manner.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
