Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Four more killed in Karachi; parts of city remain tense

KARACHI: At least four people were killed in different incidents of firing in Karachi on Tuesday, DawnNews reported.

Unknown assailants gunned down a man near the city’s Jama Cloth market and another man was shot dead in Karachi’s Quaidabad neighbourhood.

Furthermore, one person was killed as a result of firing in the North Nazimabad area and another was shot dead in Orangi Town’s Kati Paharhi area.

Several people were also wounded in incidents of firing and parts of Karachi remained tense as a result.

Markets were also being forced to shut.

Earlier on Monday, a senior leader of the Awami National Party (ANP), a brother of a Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) worker and a religious teacher were gunned down in separate incidents in different parts of the city, police and party sources said.