Two dead, six injured in Karachi violence.

Two dead, six injured in Karachi violence.

KARACHI | Dawn | 18 Jan 2014 :: Two people, including a woman, were killed and six others were injured in incidents of violence in Karachi, DawnNews reported on Saturday

In the city's Liaquatabad area, a woman was killed in an incident of firing, whereas a man who was injured during a shooting in Gulbahar succumbed to his injuries during treatment at a hospital.

Meanwhile, in Karachi's Lyari Town, six people were injured in a hand grenade attack in Khadda market on Saturday. The wounded were shifted to a nearby hospital for treatment.

Following the hand grenade attack, fear and panic gripped the area and shops and business were closed.

Karachi, the largest metropolitan city of Pakistan, is riddled with targeted killings, gang wars, kidnappings for ransom, extortion and terrorism. Targeted operations led by Rangers’ forces with the support of police are ongoing in the city under a directive issued by the federal government against criminals already identified by federal, military and civilian agencies.

Earlier on Thursday, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif also declared that the operation launched in Karachi by law enforcement agencies would continue because the government was fully committed to restoring peace in the restive city.

Expressing satisfaction over the ongoing operation against criminal elements and outlaws in Karachi, he had said efforts to bring normality to the city would continue.( Courtesy : Dawn.com )

Four killed in Karachi violence.

Dawn News

KARACHI|13|June|2013:: Four people were killed in incidents of firing and violence in different areas of Karachi, DawnNews reported on Thursday.

Two bodies bearing torture marks were recovered from Abbas Mor near Karachi’s Northern Bypass. According to the police, the deceased were abducted and subjected to torture before being shot dead. Their bodies were then thrown on the road. The deceased had not been identified until the filing of this report.

Separately, one person was killed in a firing incident near North Nazimabad’s Pahar Ganj area.

In another incident, a body bearing marks of torture was found in Steel Town.(Courtesy:Dawn)

Eleven killed in fresh spate of violence in Karachi.

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Pakistani policemen examine

 a police van after an attack 

by gunmen in Karachi on

 June 9, 2013. – AFP Photo

KARACHI|11|June|2013:: At least 11 people, including three policemen and a child, were killed in the fresh spate of violence in Karachi on Sunday.

Police and rescue services said unknown snipers ambushed a police mobile van in the city’s Patel Para neighbourhood, killing three policemen. The slain cops belonged to PIB Colony police station.

Separately, two bodies with bullet wounds were recovered from Bihar Colony area of Lyari town. The victims were shifted to Civil Hospital Karachi.

Another bullet-riddled body was found from Garden’s Dhobi Ghat area.

In Lyari also a man and an eight years old girl, identified as Dua, died and eight others injured when criminal threw a hand grenade near Gabol Park. The bodies and injured were moved to Civil Hospital Karachi

In Hangoorabad neighbourhood of Lyari, at least 3 persons were injured in a hand grenade attack. They were also shifted to the CHK.

A man died and two others injured in a firing incident at Hussain Hazara Goth located in the city’s Gulshan-e-Iqbal, while dead body of a woman was found near Altaf Nagar in Korangi crossing area.

Lyari and adjoining areas remained tense throughout the day where police and rangers conducted a door-to-door search operation. They also arrested some suspects during the operation.

Karachi, the financial and economic hub of Pakistan, is plagued with political, ethnic and sectarian violence in which hundreds and thousands have already lost lives.—PPI/DawnNews(Courtesy:Dawn)

Four gunned down in Karachi violence.

KARACHI|05|June|2013:: Police on Monday recovered four dead bodies from Jam Goth in the Malir area of Karachi who were gunned down after being abducted, DawnNews reported.

According to the police, the deceased persons were kidnapped from Karachi’s Landhi area on their way to work in the early hours of Wednesday. All four were employers at a private denim company.

The bodies were shifted to Jinnah Hospital’s emergency and accident ward. Due to the ongoing strike observed by doctors, the deceased could not be shifted to the hospital’s mortuary deterring police personnel from launching criminal investigation into the incident.(Courtesy:Dawn)