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7
political workers slain in a day
By Faraz Khan
KARACHI: Seven people affiliated with different political parties
were killed in separate incidents on Thursday.
This raises the death toll of political workers
in targeted killings in the city during the last three days to 13.
Of the seven political activists slain on Thursday, three belonged
to the Mohajir Qaumi Movement-Haqiqi (MQM-H), two to the Muttahida
Qaumi Movement (MQM), one to the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) and one to the
Pakistan People’s Party (PPP).
Tension gripped different areas of the city, especially those in
which the killing took place. Riots broke out in various part of the
city including Landhi, Korangi, Shah Faisal Colony and Lines Area
but no major incident was reported. Shops were closed in most parts
of the city after the incidents of violence as well as firing.
On the other hand, despite the heavy contingent of law enforcers
deployed in all affected areas, the situation remained tense. In
many areas, unidentified persons resorted to aerial firing and also
tried to set vehicles on fire.
Aziz-ur-Rehman, 30, alias Chohta Zubair, a former activist of MQM-H
was on his way to work at a garment factory in the limits of Awami
Colony police station, when two armed men riding a motorcycle
intercepted him near Korangi Darul-Uloom at and opened
indiscriminate fire on him. The victim died on the spot, and the
killers easily managed to flee from the scene.
Another MQM-H activist named Sanaullah, 35, was gunned down on
Thursday morning when four unidentified armed men barged into his
residence in Korangi and shot him dead. The victim died on the spot.
He was said to be a former body guard of MQM-H Chairman Afaq Ahmed.
Adil, 15, was shot dead in Landhi area in the early hours of
Thursday. The incident took place near to deceased’s home located at
Landhi 1-C area where the two unknown culprits sprayed with bullets
to him when he was sitting with friends. The deceased Adil was the
brother of MQM-H’s area in charge Aqeel, who is currently hiding.
MQM Unit 97 activist, Khalid Ansari, 32 was gunned down when armed
men on a motorbike sprayed him with bullets near Student’s Bakery in
Malir Jinnah Square H Area in the limits of Saudabad police station.
In another incident, MQM worker Mohammad Arshad, 34, was gunned down
in Faisal Goth, Gulistan-e-Jauhar when two armed persons on a
motorbike sprayed him bullets outside his aunt’s home in limits of
Sohrab Goth police station.
In a separate incident, Riaz Ali, 30, was gunned down at Qasba Morr
near Ibrahim Ali Bhai School within the limits of Orangi Town Police
station. Police said the body of the deceased, who was earlier
abducted and tortured, was found from a toilet of Ibrahim Ali Bhai
School. PPP leaders have confirmed the affiliation of the deceased
with the party.
A senior JI leader and former UC Nazim of Al-Khidmat group, Nazir
Sajid, son of Noor Mohammad was gunned on Thursday noon in Surjani
sector 7-D when unidentified assailants on two motorbikes riddled
him with bullets. The deceased, who was currently working as the
general secretary of the Shabab-e-Milli Karachi and JI Naib Amir of
Gadap town, sustained five bullets wounds and died on the spot.
Soon after learning about death of the Nazir
Sajid, a large number of JI, Islami Jamiat Talaba (IJT) and
Shabab-e-Milli activists took the body to the Sindh Chief Minister’s
House, where they held a protest demonstration.
Incidents of targeted killing escalated in the city especially in
Landhi, Korangi and Shah Faisal Colony areas. It believed that the
same modus operandi was used in such targeted killings. The culprits
all arrived at the spot on motorbikes and used 9mm pistols in the
assassinations and always managed to flee from the scene.
In the last three days, at least nine MQM-H workers including a
woman and a youth, two MQM workers, one JI worker as well as one PPP
worker have been killed.
Despite the imposition of a ban on pillion riding, LEAs have failed
to stop such acts of terrorism and so far no arrests have been made.
Daily
Times:June 05,2009
CCTV network being expanded at zonal level’
KARACHI: The Sindh Police Department, under the Command and Control
System, would expand its Close Circuit TV network to ensure
surveillance and monitoring in Karachi at regional and zonal level,
said Sindh IGP Sultan Sallahuddin Babar Khattak on Thursday.
Briefing the provincial standing committee on home affairs in a
meeting, also attended by Home Minister Dr Zulfiqar Mirza, The IGP
said that this would improve the police performance, as
extraordinary security measures could be taken through this system.
Moreover, this would help improve traffic system.
The IGP further said that steps were afoot to ensure coordination
among the police across the country through trunk radio system. “A
central database of all the police stations of the country is also
being established under Police Record and Office Management
Integrated System,” he informed the meeting adding that fingerprint
system in all the four provinces was being computerised under the
automated fingerprint identification system. This would be linked to
the central fingerprint bureau at Islamabad National Police Bureau.
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