7 killed in Karachi violence
By: Online | 37 minutes ago
Incidents of target kilings continued as seven people lost their lives in different areas of Karachi on Thursday.
A man was killed in the Sherpao Colony area of Lyari while another was shot dead in Saeed Manzil, after unidentified men opened fire, according to media reports.
In another incident of violence, a man lost his life when a heavy object was hit on his head.
Meanwhile, the tortured bodies of three men were found from Ghani Chowrangi, Ramswami and Radio Pakistan area.
A policeman, who got critically injured on October 25, also died in hospital during his treatment.
At least 207 people were deprived of their lives during the month of October with over 400 cars snatched or stolen.
The October’s violence claimed the lives of at least 24 political activists and 13 police personnel as well as six sectarian killings were witnessed in the months.
Those killed this month include ten operatives of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), four of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), nine of Awami National Party (ANP) and a worker of MQM-Haqiqi.
Another 12 people sustained injuries in cracker attacks street crimes, bank robberies and kidnapping for ransom.
Over 1900 motorcycles were snatched or stolen during October.
7 killed in Karachi violence | The Nation
Balochistan violence: Three killed in separate incidents
QUETTA:
As many as three people, including a security operative, were killed in different incidents of violence in Balochistan.
Abdul Ghafar, a security official, died after stepping on a landmine during a routine patrol in the Bhalol Basti of Chamalang. Another security official, Umar Aziz, was badly wounded. Both the deceased and the injured were shifted to the district headquarters hospital.
Abdul Malik, a private security guard, was killed while resisting robbers at a filling station in Hub.
Two armed robbers tried to loot cash from a cashier of a local filling station. Malik resisted the attempt and was killed on the spot.
DSP Muhammad Rafique Lasi and SHO Nabi Bakhsh arrested the alleged robbers after a hot chase on Makran Coastal Highway and seized the weapons used in the crime. Police said interrogation of the suspects was likely to yield leads to the gangs active in looting filling stations and passenger buses on the highway.
Muhammad Ali Qambrani was shot dead by unknown assailants in Pirangabad area of Mastung district. The Balochistan Levies shifted the body to the Civil Hospital Mastung. The reason behind the killing could not be ascertained, Levies sources said.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 1st, 2012
http://www.newsonpakistan.com/2012/11/01/balochistan-violence-three-killed-in-separate-incidents/