One killed in on-going violence in Karachi

KARACHI: One man was killed while five others were injured in different firing incidents in Karachi Wednesday morning, Geo News reported.

According to sources, unknown gunmen opened fire on a passenger bus in Quaidabad area near Landhi that injured three persons. One man later succumbed to his injuries.

Firing incidents also took place in Lyari, Lee Market, Kharadar, Usmanabad, Pak Colony, Nazimabad, Sachchal Goth, Malir, Gulshan-e-Hadeed and at Shahrae Faisal and Napier Road that injured five persons.

Following an attack on Awami Tehreek’s (AT) ‘Mohabbat-e-Sindh’ rally which left 12 people dead on Tuesday evening, life in old city areas remained paralysed today.

Additional forces of Police, Rangers and Frontier Corps (FC) were deployed in affected areas after which the situation came under control.

Tension has gripped several other areas including Gulshan-e-Hadeed, Sachchal Goth, Safora Goth and Malir while normal activities have resumed in other parts of the city.

Sources from Transport Ittehad told that transport has been suspended in the affected areas only and it is functioning in other areas. Petrol pumps and CNG filling stations are also open in majority of the areas.

Due to the volatile situation in the city, the Board of Intermediate Education Karachi (BIEK) also postponed the scheduled papers of ongoing Intermediate examination at all its exam centers. The postponed paper would now be held on May 30.

The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) Hyderabad also postponed the scheduled Intermediate paper that would now be held on Saturday, May 26.

It is pertinent to mention that President Awami Tehreek Ayaz Latif Palijo on Tuesday called for a province-wide strike to be observed today.

The Sindhi nationalist leader said that call had been made to protest the killing of the innocent people who had gathered to express their reservations against the demands for a Mohajir province.

Moreover, Karachi President of the Jeay Sindh Qaumi Movement, Elahi Bux Bikak, also condemned the killings and demanded the government to arrest all those responsible for the crime.