Karachi Violence

[batmannow]

Karachi unrest: More than 30 dead, several injured
Friday
Reports have indicated 3 individuals were gunned down in the Mansehra Colony area of Landhi while 1 got injured. Another individual was reported to have been shot down in the Shah Faisal Town area.

3 men were shot down in the FB area. The deceased were later identified as Imran, Abdul Basit and Shoaib.

Thursday

5 civilians and 2 policemen were also murdered in different areas of the metropolis on Thursday.

A young man was shot dead by anonymous armed men near Al-Asif Square within the Sohrab Goth area while 2 cops were killed near the Khaibar Chowk of Muhammad Khan Colony, where armed men opened fire on the policemen after they were signaled to stop for checking.

Four people including a child were shot dead and four others injured within the Malir area.

Wednesday

Violent activities on Wednesday snatched the lives of 10 people in different areas of the city. Reports indicated that 2 individuals were killed in the Baldia Town area whilst one individual, later identified as Khurshid Iqbal (Former UC), was gunned down within the Malir area.

One man succumbed to death in a grenade explosion, within the Liaqatabad area, that also resulted in 7 other being injured.

Another individual, identified as Hasnain Malik, was gunned down in Orangi Town area on Wednesday. Police reported the man to be politically affiliated.

A man was shot dead in Dariya abad, Lyari. Another man was shot dead near Banaras flyover.

The tortured dead body of a woman was recovered from New Karachi sector 5-F.

A man was shot at Burns road; later* succumbing to his injuries.

A three-day old dead body was recovered from a house in Ghaziaabad, Manghopir.

Tuesday

At least 4 people were assassinated and 4 were injured in different firing incidents within the city on Tuesday. One bullet-riddled body was recovered from the Agha Foundation Graveyard in Malir Cantt.

One person was gunned down by unknown armed men on Super Highway, while a woman was shot in the Landhi area of the city. Another man, later identified as Mehdi Raza, was killed by unknown gunmen in the Nazimabad no. 2 area of Tuesday.

The recent wave of violence is being considered as target killing incidents. Over the last five days, these incidents have claimed more than 30 lives in different parts of the city. Police have reported that majority of the deceased had some political affiliation as well.
Karachi unrest: More than 30 dead, several injured | AAJ News

 

[batmannow]

Karachi violence claimed at least 12*lives

http://dawn.com/2012/05/18/karachi-violence-claimed-at-least-12-lives/
Dawn.com | Agencies | 6 hours ago
KARACHI: The incidents of targeted killings continued in the city, as at least 12 people were killed and four other dead bodies were found from different areas of Karachi on Friday.
Three men were shot dead by unidentified assailants in Federal B Area in the jurisdiction of Samanabad police station today. The deceased were identified as Imran, Abdul Basit and Shoaib. An official at the police station said they had come from Balochistan to receive bodies of their two relatives killed in Baldia town a few days earlier.
Two bullet-riddled and tortured dead bodies were found from Baldia Number 5. The deceased were identified as 22-year-old Mitho and 25-year-old Amir.
A young man, Usman Ali, was shot dead by unidentified armed men near Al-Asif Square, Sohrab Goth area last night.
Unidentified armed men attacked three policemen, who were patrolling the area of Baldia town last night; two of the policemen were dead on the spot while the third received minor injuries.
Meanwhile, bullet riddled body of a young man was found in Liaquatabad on early hours of Friday, police said.
Four people, including a child, were shot dead in Mansehra Colony in the jurisdiction of Sharafi Goth police station.
Decomposed body of a girl was found from a Gulshan-e-Iqbal on Friday, police said.
At least ten days old body of eight-year-old girl was recovered from empty plot in block 20 of Gulshan-e-Iqbal.
Two men were shot dead at Gul Bai, Sher Shah Area and Shah latif town area. They were identified as Abdul Qadir and Sabir respectively.
After these incidents of violence police and rangers beefed up patrolling and started snap checking in different parts of Karachi.

 

[Indus Pakistan]

Batmannow ....................... May I suggest the perfect solution to the gangsters in Karachi might be spot of 'Hawai Firing'?

I am following from your suggestion from another thread, that 'Hawai Firing' would scare off the Americans.

So by extention of that logic I thought if 'Hawai Firing' can work against America, surely it should work against Karachi gangsters?

 

[batmannow]

Batmannow ....................... May I suggest the perfect solution to the gangsters in Karachi might be spot of 'Hawai Firing'?

I am following from your suggestion from another thread, that 'Hawai Firing' would scare off the Americans.

So by extention of that logic I thought if 'Hawai Firing' can work against America, surely it should work against Karachi gangsters?

Mate ,
That was a different matter, in a different situation, btw nice & fancy trolling? Isn't it?

 

[batmannow]

SHC orders Sindh to hold LG polls in 90 days
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Jamal Khurshid
Saturday, May 19, 2012
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KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Friday directed the Sindh government to hold the local government elections within 90 days and ordered the Election Commission to announce the schedule for the elections.
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The SHC gave these orders on the petition of former district Nazims, Nasir Hussain Shah and Dr Raheela Magsi. The counsel for the petitioners, Shabbir Shah, said the people's right to franchise by forming local governments was being denied due to the prolonged delay in the local government elections.
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The counsel said each provincial government was duty-bound to establish a local government system and devolve political, administrative and financial responsibilities and authorities to elected representatives of the local government. "The non-holding of the local government polls is a violation of articles 32, 140-A, 17(2) and 2-A," he added.
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Sindh Law Officer Shafi Mohammad Memon requested the court to adjourn the case as the Supreme Court had already taken up the matter. He said the requirements for the elections, including delimitation of talukas, districts and computerised voters' lists, were yet to be made.
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The Sindh government had earlier submitted in January that the local government elections could not be held due to flooding and poor law and order situation in the province. The comments filed by the chief secretary in the petition stated that the Sindh Assembly had passed the Act 2010 introducingSection 179-A regarding the local government elections and appointment of administrators. He said the assembly decided to enact a new law on the pattern of old Sindh Local Government Ordinance 1979 after coordination with other provinces and the election would be held under the new rules and regulations.
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The SHC division bench, led by Justice Faisal Arab, observed that the holding of local government elections was the constitutional requirement of the government and Election Commission. The court allowed the petition through the short order, for reasons to be recorded later, and directed the Election Commission to announce the schedule for the local government elections.
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[batmannow]

ANP, Haqiqi say polls in Karachi ‘impossible’
M. Waqar Bhatti
Saturday, May 19, 2012
*ANP, Haqiqi say polls in Karachi
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Karachi
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The Awami National Party (ANP) and the Mohajir Qaumi Movement (MQM-Haqiqi) stressed on Friday that conducting local bodies’ (LB) elections in Karachi was impossible, given the prevailing law and order situation and serious discrepancies in the electoral rolls.
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Their statements came in reaction to a Sindh High Court (SHC) ruling which had directed that the LB elections be held within 90 days.
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When asked about the SHC directive, ANP leader Rana Gul Afridi said: “The Supreme Court of Pakistan’s decisions regarding the elimination of no-ho areas, improvement of law and order and arrest of target killers have not yet been implemented by the government. Holding polls in the city is impossible until these objectives have been achieved.”
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He said that the coalition partners had not yet agreed on any system of local governance.
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“Given the circumstances, the ANP doesn’t believe that holding any type of elections in the province — especially in Karachi — is possible, as it would only further aggravate the law and order situation.”
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The Mohajir Qaumi Movement also expressed its doubts over the possibility of the local bodies’ elections, pointing out that the federal and provincial governments of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) had not implemented a single court order.
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“Though the SHC has asked the government to hold these polls with 90 days, it should be noted that the PPP has never held LB elections while in power,” noted Vice Chairman MQM-H Shamshad Ghauri.
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He claimed that the SHC order would ultimately benefit the MQM, which, he said, had been calling for the LB polls in an attempt to strengthen its control over Karachi and its resources.
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Ghauri demanded that law and order be improved and the voters’ lists rectified before local bodies’ elections were held, as this would guarantee “a level playing field for all political parties.”
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Conversely, the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) welcomed the SHC directive; however, it also demanded improvement in law and order and the preparation of flawless voter lists before the polls.
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The party’s chief in Karachi, Muhammad Hussain Mahenti, also asked the government and the election commission to ensure that the voters’ lists were purged of all mistakes so that people could vote freely.
*well, you can check, MQM (mutahida) has wellcomed, the deceion , So I, guss it is going to become a major, voilence booster, in comming days in karachi?
All parties, who can't win, any election in karachi, they will going, to do anything to stop MQM , giving itS basic power back? Even by voilence & killings, to delay LB polls, in karachi, because kite has never flowen in their way?

 

[batmannow]

Karachi descends into violence; 11 killed, scores injured
Updated 4 hours ago
Karachi descends into violence; 11 killed, scores injured - geo.tv


KARACHI: At least 11 people including were killed while 35 others were injured as violence erupted in several parts of the old city following firing on Awami Tehreek's 'Mohabbat Sindh' rally, Geo News reported.

Unknown armed men opened fire on the rally when it reached old city area. Hospital sources have confirmed receiving 11 dead bodies and many injured.

A reporter and a cameraman of a private news channel were among the injured. Several shops and vehicles have also been set ablaze by the miscreants.

DIG South Shaukat Ali told Geo news that a search operation was underway in the areas from where the rally was attacked and the situation was under control.

A woman killed during the clashes was later identified as Ghazala Batool, an employee of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA).

Firing incidents were also reported from Nawa Lane, Denso Hall, Dhobi Ghat, Ranchore Line, Lee Market and Jona Market.

All the roads towards Sindh Governor House and Chief Minister House had been closed with containers at the Shaheen Complex since noon ahead of the Mohabbat Sindh rally.

The Awami Tehreek (AT) and the People’s Amn Committee (PAC) had decided to bring out a rally from Cheel Chowk, Lyari, on Tuesday and to gather outside the Karachi Press Club (KPC), where the participants were to be addressed by President AT Ayaz Latif Palijo and Chairman PAC Uzair Jan Baloch.

PPI adds: Some victims whose bodies were brought to the Civil Hospital Karachi (CHK) were identified as Muhammad Yousuf, 43, s/o Abdullah, Aijaz Khan, 20, s/o Muhammad Bakhsh, Muhammad Mnzoor, 30, s/o Muhammad Farid and Amna, 15, daughter of Abdur Rehman, while identity of six other victims was yet to be ascertained.

The injured journalists was identified as reporter Aslam Khan and cameraman Khalil, who were assigned to cover the rally against the demand of carving out a separate Mohajir province in Sindh.

The other injured were identified as Hawa Bibi, 15, Muhammad Sajid, Noor Muhammad, 45, and Nauman, 22, Danial, 35, Aslam Khan, 22, Muhammd Yousuf, 45, Karim, 30, Rehmatullah, 20, Muhmmad Hussain, 39, Khalid, 28, Majid, Khan, 30, Zulfiqar and Jamal, 28.

this was about ,to happen as sindh high court, decided to hold, LB elections, PPP& ITS all, allies are, resposible, for this , bloody incident, it was astoninshing, why ozair baloch , with head money , been let marched freely?
why marvi memmon, was not, bieng , interogaed, about pml n , s suspected rule, in inviting ozair baluch, to PMLn?
why she was attending, a march called by, ANTI-PAKISTAN , elements?

 

[batmannow]

]Karachi killings: AT announces Sindh strike, day of mourning

Tuesday, May 22, 2012 9:03:27 PM
Staff Report
Karachi killings: AT announces Sindh strike, day of mourning :: CNBC Pakistan ::

KARACHI: Awami Tehrik announced Tuesday that it would observe a day of mourning and strike across Sindh on Wednesday.

Participants of the rally chanted slogans against the demands to form a South Province.

Sindh’s nationalist party Awami Tehrik took out a Mohabbat Sindh rally from Karachi’s Lyari.

The objective of the rally was to raise its voice against the possible partition of Sindh and Lyari operation.

When the participants of the rally reached Napier Road, intense firing began, forcing protesters to disperse. However, rally’s leaders staged a sit-in on MA Jinnah.

After staging a sit-in for about one hour, participants headed to press club amid police security.

Addressing a press conference after the protest, AT leader Ayaz Palejo said that their peaceful rally came under attack. He said that a complete strike would be observed against the killings.

He accused ruling parties of launching terrorism. CNBC

 

[batmannow]

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[batmannow]

Abducted neurosurgeon killed in police recovery*operation

Mohammad Hussain Khan | DAWN.COM | 10 mins ago
HYDERABAD: Noted neurosurgeon Dr Aftab Qureshi, who was abducted from Karachi on May 12, 2012, was gunned down on Wednesday in an exchange of fire after police conducted a raid on his captor’s house in Qasimabad area early morning.
The encounter — supervised by Citizen Police Liaison Committee (CPLC) and Karachi’s Anti Violence Crime Unit (AVCU) – also led to killing of the captor, the Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) of AVCU and injuries to another policeman.
Two other hostages, Dr Ashok and his mother Kamla escaped taking advantage of the encounter.*They were kidnapped from Karachi’s Memon Goth area. They were taken to CIA centre Hyderabad for interrogation.
Dr Qureshi’s body was taken to his native town Kandiaro in upper Sindh.
“I have to see whether standard operating procedures (SOP) of police whereby a police party of another district needs to take concerned police on board was followed…yes it is a requirement of the law but I need to verify it whether it was done,” DIG Sanaullah Abbasi told Dawn.com outside Civil Hospital.
CPLC chief Ahmed Chinoy defended the police action, saying right from Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Crime (Karachi) Manzoor Mughal to Inspector General Police (IGP) Sindh Mushtaq Shah were on board.
“Qureshi was gunned down by the captor who was drunk,” Chinoy said quoting Dr Ashok.
Even Hyderabad’s police control was informed about the arrival of the AVCU, he said.
In fact, the lone captor-cum-kidnapper, who was later identified as Mohammad Akhtar, a resident of Usta Mohammad, Balochistan, was killed by a policeman from the Qasimabad police station, Chinoy said.
The DIG termed it a failure of the Hyderabad police who he said could not spot the location where Dr Qureshi was held hostage for 15 days.
“Of course, it is the Hyderabad police’s failure…why they didn’t have any information regarding the hideout of the captor,” the DIG said.
Enraged doctors, paramedics, nurses and hospital employees boycotted work in the Civil Hospital soon after Qureshi’s body arrived.
Work remained suspended in the outpatient department (OPD), wards and casualty wards by doctors on the call of PMA general secretary Dr Hadi Bux Jatoi.
Before being kidnapped, Dr Qureshi had recovered from a major intestinal illness. He had gone into coma and was on life support drugs when abducted.
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[pak-marine]

karachi has become a slaughter house now... those who can afford are moving their investments to safer countries ... many many are leaving the town .. the situation have become hopeless ... its becoming a reality Pakistan say zinda bhag

 

[ziaulislam]

i heard during whole MUSH era there was a single incidence that killed 36 people and opposition mourned for it for years ...
but during Zardaris era such incidents are taking place on weekly bases!!!! yet people say nothing!

 

[AbhimanyuShrivastav]

Fresh wave of violence engulfs Karachi, 10 killed - The Times of India

KARACHI: At least 10 people have been killed in Karachi, indicating no respite in the fresh wave of violence that has engulfed Pakistan's financial hub since last week.

Sixteen people including political activists and a senior police official have been killed in the city since Monday, while unidentified gunmen wounded a civil judge yesterday.

Police said that 10 people were killed and at least nine others were injured, including four in the posh shopping area of Tariq road, in firing incidents yesterday.

The fresh wave of violence started last week and police said in many incidents assailants targeted political activists of different parties.

Imran Baig a political activist was shot dead in Shah Faisal colony and the incident sparked chaos and panic in the locality and normal business activity was suspended.

Mehdi Raza and Ahmer Raza were killed by unidentified armed assailants in Orangi Town number 10 near Aslam Shaheed Roundabout.

 

[PakiRambo]

Good to see Indians are concerned for these issues.

 

[Ignited Mind]

Why Muslims killing Muslims in a country of mostly Muslims created for Muslims by Muslims?