8 killed, 12 injured as Karachi violence continues

[majesticpankaj]

At least eight people were killed while 12 others were injured in separate incidents during last 24 hours here in across the city, police said.
According to the details, some unidentified gunmen shot and killed Imran, a youth riding in a rickshaw in the Lyari area. The victim was resident of Turbat, Balochistan.
Unidentified gunmen riding on a motorbike opened fire on the vehicle of the contractor of the Benazir Shaheed Trauma Centre, Haji Ghafoor in the Garden area. As a result, the guard of Haji Ghafoor, Noveed was killed.
In another incident, a dead body was found near Dhobi Ghat in the Garden area.
A passerby woman was killed when two drug selling groups opened clashed in Saeedabad in the Balida Town area. In a police encounter, Surjan a passerby was killed due to the firing of the robbers in the Guilistan Johar area.
In another incident in Gulistan Iqbal, a man was killed when unidentified gunmen opened fire while a tortured dead body was found in Surjani Town.
More than 12 people were injured in different firing incidents in Qasba Colony, Orangi Town, Liaqatabad, Sharafi Goth, Shorab Goth and Shachal. The injured were shifted to hospitals for medical assistance.
Police registered cases of the incidents and started investigation.

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[majesticpankaj]

what is happening in karachi ?? hundreds are being killed ?? where is law enforcement forces ??

 

[majesticpankaj]

Miscreants distribute ‘hit list’ leaflets in Karachi

KARACHI - Unidentified terrorists have distributed instigating leaflets in various outskirts of the city to maintain a ‘hit list’ of anti-jihadi personalities and kill them and their family members.
The copy of the handbill, obtained by The Nation, showed scores of high-profile personalities’ list and indicated to enhance it. It showed a set schedule to kill the said personalities. It gave the names of various personalities belonging to journalist community, political, non-political figures, government high-ups, intelligence officials and law enforcement agencies personnel.
The communiqué justifies jihad and urges to wage jihad against the people, who are creating problems against the jihadi elements, and also asks individuals to maintain the hit list of people and kill them after taking ‘fatwa’ from religious clerics.
The areas where the communiqué, composed in Urdu was said to be distributed included Keamari, Kunwari Colony, Sultanabad, Manghopir, Sohrab Goth, Ittehad Town, Baldia, Orangi Town, Metrovill, Korangi, Saeedabad and others. “Make the list in a sequence and if you feel any problem to achieve the target, kill the family members of target,” the leaflet reads adding that it was aimed “To make the list of wanted criminals because they are the actual criminals labelling jihadis as terrorists.” The communiqué includes the names of 18 people at the hit list. The names are Jasmin Manzur, Mazhar Abbas, Kamran Khan, Veena Malik, Begum Nawazish Ali, former director general Federal Investigation Agency Wasim Ahmed, Capital City Police Officer (CCPO), Karachi Saud Mirza, CID SSP Chaudhry Mohammad Aslam Khan, CID SSP Fayyaz Khan, Anti Violent Crime Unit Chief SSP Farooq Awam, Special Investigation Unit chief SSP Raja Omar Khattab, Sunni scholar Mufti Naeem, Shia scholar Mirza Yousuf Baig, Dawat-e-Islami chief Ilyas Qadri, Muttahida Qaumi Movement leaders Haider Abbas Rizvi, Faisal Raza Abidi, Farooq Sattar and Rashid Qureshi, the former spokesperson of the former president of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf.

The communiqué ends with provoking poetry “Pas Aey Shehsawaran-e-Islam. Utho Aey Allah k Lashkar. Agay Barho Aey Din ki talwaron. Chamko aur bijli ki karak ban kar dushmanan-e-Din per tot paro.” The leaflet further said that the definition of a ‘wanted criminal’ had been changed, as earlier, it was used for robbers and dacoits but after 9/11, it was started to be used for the people who were honest and sincere with Islam and wanted to wage jihad. It said the real wanted criminals were those people who were dishonest and insincere with Islam rather they were engaged with plotting against Muslims.
The communiqué stated that these elements played their role as the backbone of ‘kufar’ (infidelity) adding that these personalities included the leaders of non-Muslim countries, United Nations, World Bank, IMF, diplomats of European countries, multinational companies owned by the ‘Yahood o nasara’ (jews), army leadership, police and intelligence officials, leaders of the secular political parties, top officials of bureaucracy, media and others.
When contacted, IGP Wajid Durrani said the police had the details about the distribution of the said letters and investigation in this regard was underway.

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[majesticpankaj]

Five killed in fresh violence in Karachi

At least five people including two brothers were killed in separate incidents of violence in various areas of Karachi early Wednesday, police said.
According to details, tortured bodies of two youths were recovered one each from Orangi Town area of Qasba Colony and a nullah near Shafiq Morr, New Karachi.
According to police, both the deceased were abducted, tortured and shot to death. The deceased have not been identified as yet.
Some armed men gunned down Qasim s/o Muhammed Eesa, 30, in the limit of Alfalah Police Station near a stream in Gulistan-e-Malir, Jumma Goth.
Two brothers Habibullah and Nazeerullah were killed in firing incident by motorcyclist miscreants in Awami Colony, Korangi Industrial Area during night between Tuesday and Wednesday.
Bodies of the deceased were brought to Jinnah Hospital.
Some dacoits shot and injured Edhi volunteer who put up resistance during their bid to rob at Edhi booth in Baldia Town. The miscreants fled after their attempt.

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5 more gunned down in Karachi

At least 5 people were killed in different incidents of firing in Karachi, media reports said on Sunday.
According to police, at least one man was killed by the shooting unknown miscreants at Agra Taj area of Liyari.
Meanwhile police recovered 4 bodies of unidentified men covered in sacks from Liyari and these people were murdered by firing, police said.
The bodies were shifted to local hospital were postpartum would be conducted while police investigating the incidents.
Firing incidents and target killing become common in the financial capital of the country and dozens of people have been killing daily which was damaging the economy of the city and the country as a whole.

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[majesticpankaj]

why is there so much violence in karachi.. i was just checking the news.. it is outrageous.. can any pakistani tell us why this happening on regular basis in karachi ??

 

[justanobserver]

This is an ethnic conflict right ?

 

[majesticpankaj]

Is that the shias hate sunni or the other way round ??

 

[alphamale]

Is that the shias hate sunni or the other way round ??

no it's not shia or sunni only idiots hate other idiots.

 

[KS]

Is that the shias hate sunni or the other way round ??

This is not a Shia-Sunni fight.

This is Mohajir vs Pathan with the Balochs and Sindhis inbetween.

 

[majesticpankaj]

Death toll rises to 15 in Karachi violence

KARACHI: A fresh wave of violence blamed on political and ethnic tensions has killed at least 15 people in Karachi, DawnNews reported, adding that incidents of firing continued in the city on Tuesday.

Two people were wounded in an incident of firing in the city’s Liaquat National Hospital.

However, AFP quoted officials as saying that at least 12 people were killed in the city overnight.

“At least 12 people were killed in targeted killings, which started Monday evening and lasted late in the night,” Sindh’s home ministry spokesman Sharfuddin Memon told AFP.

Memon said police and paramilitary troops were stepping up patrols in the troubled western and central neighbourhoods to avert further violence.

Among the dead was an MQM activist in Aligarh Bazaar area and local lawyer Zia Alam, a member of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP).

In 2010, political violence in Karachi was the deadliest for years, dominated by flare ups in August after an MQM lawmaker was shot dead and in October on the eve of the election for his successor.

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan says 748 people — 447 political activists and the rest innocent citizens — were killed in targeted shootings last year. Targeted killings in 2009 claimed 272 lives.

Karachi is also plagued by ethnic and sectarian killings, crime and kidnappings.

Death toll rises to 15 in Karachi violence | Metropolitan | DAWN.COM

 

[majesticpankaj]

Karachi in grip of ethnic violence; 50 killed in a week

Karachi, June 19: Pakistan's biggest city was in the grip of a fresh round of ethnic violence with 10 people found dead today, taking the number of killings in a week to almost 50.
Police officials said they had recovered bodies of 10 more people who appeared to have been killed in different incidents of target killings and firing.
"Eight of these victims still have to be identified," a police official said.
In the last week ethnic-related violence has broken out in some parts of the city with the worst hit being the Orangi town where over 25 persons have been killed.
The Mutthaida-e-Qaumi Movement which has the highest number of seats in the National Assembly and Sindh Assembly in the province distributed video tapes yesterday showing calls being made in some Masjids in Orangi, with muazzins allegedly urging Pashtuns to rise up against the Urdu-speaking 'mohajirs'.
The three main coalition partners in the province, the MQM, the Pakistan Peoples Party and the Awami National Party which represents the Pashtuns have set up a joint peace committee in a bid to stop the target killings and violence in various parts of the city.
The three parties under a joint agreement have also begun a campaign to remove party flags, chalkings and posters from the city in a bid to cool down the temperatures.
MQM leader, Wasi Jalil said the wave of violence was a bid by some elements to pit the 'Mohajirs' and Pashtuns against each other and give the violence an ethnic colour.
"But all three parties have agreed that they need to work jointly to defeat these elements".

50 killed in a week: What is that ?? karachi is the financial and economic capital of Pakistan

 

[majesticpankaj]

Karachi violence is still intensifying for a big hit and Islamic hatred.

Death toll in Karachi unrest rises to 20
GULF TODAY || Wednesday 15th June 2011, Rajab 12, 1432 || KARACHI: The death toll in a fresh wave of violence blamed on political and ethnic tensions in Pakistan’s biggest city of Karachi rose to at least 20 on Wednesday, an official said.

Renewed tensions between the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and the Awami National Party (ANP), which represent different ethnic communities, have triggered serious fears that the violence could spill over on a wider scale.

“The death toll has risen to 20 with eight more targeted killings overnight in different areas of Karachi,” provincial home ministry spokesman Sharfuddin Memon said.

The violence erupted late on Monday.

The government in Sindh province said it had stepped up police and paramilitary patrols in the troubled western and central neighbourhoods to avert further killings.

Memon gave no specific reason for the renewed violence in Karachi but analysts believe conflicting interests of political forces and poor governance trigger routine flare-ups.

“Karachi is a big city where crime and corruption is rampant and targeted killings is convenient cover for criminal mafia to continue their activities,” analyst Imtiaz Gul said.

“While political parties fight to retain their clout in the city, criminal gangs, involved in organised crimes take advantage of the situation.”

Both MQM and ANP have accused each other of killing their supporters, fanning tensions within Karachi that reverberate to the capital Islamabad, where both factions are also members of the federal governing coalition.

In 2010, political violence in Karachi was dominated by flare-ups in August after an MQM lawmaker was shot dead and in October on the eve of the election for his successor.

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan said 748 people – 447 political activists and the rest civilians – were killed in targeted shootings in the city last year.

Targeted killings in 2009 claimed 272 lives.

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[President Camacho]

what is happening in karachi ?? hundreds are being killed ?? where is law enforcement forces ??

Purely my personal view, but this is how I see it:

You remember that kid got killed by the Rangers and incident got caught on tape and made rounds all over?

The way the kid was handed over to the Rangers, and was shot, it clearly looked like a 'target killing' of someone belonging to the rival faction. That killing served more or less as a proclamation of war and what you see now, is that 'war'.

 

[pak-marine]

Violence in Karachi
By Editorial
Published: June 22, 2011

Political parties that should be more sensitive to igniting sectarian tensions have instead been fanning the flames. PHOTO: MOHAMMAD NOMAN
The intersection of politics and ethnicity in Karachi has ensured that whenever there is trouble in the city, these two toxic elements will combine to lead to even more lethal violence. It is not clear which of the two factors led to the violence that has taken over 50 lives in the past week but, ultimately, it does not matter. There is no tangible difference between the two in the metropolis. Political parties that should be more sensitive to igniting sectarian tensions have instead been fanning the flames. The MQM distributed to the media a recording, complete with Urdu translation, purportedly showing a Pakhtun cleric preaching hate and violence. This is a classic case of there being faults on both sides. There is no doubt that many preachers, some of whom are Pashto-speaking, have used their pulpit as a platform for spreading hate, but for the MQM to point this out now will be viewed by some as an incitement to violence against the Pakthun community.
At this point, there is no longer any value in assigning blame. The grievances of Karachi’s various ethnic communities have been simmering for so long that it is not possible to ascertain which side was first responsible for inciting violence. The political parties themselves need to stop playing the blame game and realise that since they can cool down tensions with the wave of a hand, they will all end up being blamed for the violence. The initial response has not been encouraging. The actions of the peace committee set up by the three main power brokers in the city — the MQM, the ANP and the PPP — has not inspired much confidence. Its proposal was to remove party flags and wall chalkings from the city, hardly a move that will deter murderers.
Conspiracy theorists will suggest that the rise in violence has coincided with the dip in the reputation of the Rangers following their pointblank murder of an unarmed civilian. We must resist the temptation to lionise the paramilitary force and not see them as the balm that will heal Karachi. The solution lies with the politicians, not the armed forces.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 23rd, 2011.

 

[majesticpankaj]

This is shameless and ridiculous on the part of pakistani law enforcement agencies that they are not able to control the Karachi for so long...

look at the figure: last year 748 people got killed, previous to last year272 people got killed and in current year so many people are already dead.. the average per day is horrifying..

I think no city in the world apart from rule by dictator have so much violence..