A Shia man and an owner of a plastic warehouse were gunned down in separate incidents of targeted killings in Karachi on Tuesday, bringing the death toll in target killings to 104. After a day’s-break, two more people, Mirza Abid Shirazi and Anwar Khan were shot dead in separate localities of Karachi. According to details, Abid was shot by a an unidentified motorcyclist while he was parking his car in Ferozabad police precincts. He died shortly after being attacked. Shirazi is survived by a wife and three children and was the brother of Mirza Asghar Shirazi, the trustee of Aza Khana Zahra Imambargah in Soldier Bazaar. Separately, Anwar Khan was killed and his employee Faiz injured when they were shot at their warehouse in Hadi Market in Nazimabad police precincts.

Gunmen killed at least 45 people and injured 93 others in Karachi, Pakistan’s largest city, after the assassination of a prominent lawmaker set off a cycle of revenge attacks, officials said yesterday.

Dozens of vehicles and shops were set ablaze as security forces struggled to regain control of the city.

At least four people died from electrocution and another drowned as heavy rains wreaked havoc on the city and inundated many roads and low-lying areas on Tuesday.

Rains which continued intermittently throughout the day exposed the working of the city’s municipal services as almost all the major thoroughfares were submerged by rainwater, causing traffic jams and immense hardship to motorists and commuters.

The target killing in the city is being continued unabated as three more people lost their lives on Tuesday.

According to a private TV channel, unidentified men opened indiscriminate firing on a car on Rashid Minhas Road, in which, two people were killed.

According to the police, one person received 11 bullets while another received 6 bullets and their bodies have not been identified, till filing of this report.

At least two more persons were gunned down by unidentified armed men in two separate incidents of target killing in the city on Tuesday. According to police sources, unknown armed men shot dead a man identified as Fayyaz (24), son of Suleman Naqvi in Orangi 11 near his house and another person Naveed in Lyari area of the metropolis. The dead body of Fayyaz was shifted to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for medico-legal formalities. Meanwhile, police arrested two suspected persons in an operation against miscreants in Resala area and recovered weapons and mobile cells phones from their possession. Police in the Sadar Police Station jurisdiction raided a house located in Resala area and arrested two suspected men identified as Aafaq and Nadar. The culprits were involved in various street crimes and had snatched over dozen mobile cells phones from people. The police recovered weapons including TT pistol, rifle and eight mobile phones from their possession. Police filed cases against them and started investigation from them.

The Karachi share market fell more than one percent due to institutional selling on Monday, dealers said.

“Institutional investors’ focus remained in line with the year-ending in the absence of any good news,” said Sajid Bhanji, Vice President, Arif Habib Capital Markets. The KSE-100 Index fell 1.28 percent, or 125.30 points, to close at 9,671.55 points. The KSE-30 Index down by 1.57 percent, or 151.96 points to close at 9,510.19 points. More >

Police in Pakistan’s largest city, the port of Karachi, say the Taliban are increasing in numbers and appointing new leaders.

The sprawling southern city, with its population of about 18 million, is an ideal place for militants to get lost in the crowd.

Karachi look set to bag the Mohenjo-Daro trophy as the region dominated the second day of the 13th Sindh Games with 19 gold medals, while Sukkur came in second with 5 and Hyderabad secured third position with 4 gold medals.

Karachi’s Almas Ibrahim won the 3000 metres race and her teammates Umema and Nazma Azhar secured first place in High Jump and Discus competitions, leaving the men to take the 400 metre relay race. Meanwhile, Sukkur emerged as the champion in the traditional sports of Kodi Kodi and Wanjwatti.

Cyclone Phet lashed Karachi June 5, and heavy rains paralysed life in coastal areas and adjoining cities in Sindh and Balochistan provinces as well as damaging infrastructure before moving on Sunday.

The cyclone did not directly cause any deaths, since authorities evacuated coastal areas in time, but winds and rains caused 12 casualties in Karachi, Hyderabad and Ghotki.

Police on Tuesday baton charged the participants of a rally organized by Imamia Organization against Israeli aggression which was trying to reach US Consulate.

Manhandling was observed between the protestors and the police near Fawara Chowk when the police tried to stop the participants of the rally from proceed towards the US Consulate to protest against Israeli assault on aid convoy.