The tight measures taken for the security of President Asif Ali Zardari and visiting British foreign minister David Milliband in the city could not prevent the incidents of abduction and killing.
Most of these killings, however, were reported in the early hours of Sunday or after sunset.
Two young men were shot dead by unidentified attackers outside a restaurant in Sector 32-D of Korangi.
The Korangi Industrial Area police said that Sabit Hussain, 26, and Mohammad Rizwan, 30, were sitting outside Sharjah Restaurant when two men riding a motorbike arrived and opened fire on them.
Both the victims died on the spot. The bodies were shifted to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre.
“The victims were residents of Rato Dero,” said Sub-Inspector Ismail Lashir, the SHO of the Korangi Industrial Area police station. “The victims appeared to be labourers but we don’t have more details about them now.”
An hour later, some miscreants set a nearby restaurant, Akram Ghazi Hotel, on fire apparently in protest against the killings.
In a similar attack, a 40-year-old trader was shot dead when he was leaving Abbasi Hotel near the CIA Centre within the remit of Saddar police station.
Nisar Ahmed dealt in herbal medicines under Al-Makkah Traders. Two attackers riding a motorbike fired three gunshots at him before fleeing.
“We have suspended the SHO of the Saddar police station for his failure to keep a check on pillion-riding that resulted in the killing,” said SSP Abdullah Sheikh. “He has also been demoted from sub-inspector to assistant sub-inspector.”
In Surjani Town, a 33-year-old resident of Liaquatabad was on his way to a friend when he was gunned down in the early hours of Sunday.
Police said the victim, later identified as Shahid Iqbal, was on a motorbike when he was targeted.
Another resident of Liaquatabad was found dead with severe torture marks on his torso and mutilated head in Lyari.
The victim was shifted to the Civil Hospital Karachi for medico-legal formalities. He was identified as Mubin Sheikh and stated to be a sympathiser of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement. The party said that the victim was abducted when he was visiting the old city area.
A 36-year-old owner of a hotel and activist of the MQM was shot dead in Khamosh Colony, Nazimabad.
Gunmen riding a motorcycle killed Akhlaq Hussain and escaped in the early morning.
The victim was stated to be associated with Unit No 168 of the area’s sector defined under the party’s organisational structure.
The bodies of two unidentified men, aged between 22 and 25, were found within the remit of the Shah Latif police station.
“One of the victims received 25 bullets,” said an official of the Shah Latif police station.
The bodies were shifted to the JPMC for post-mortem examinations. After carrying out medico-legal formalities at the hospital, the bodies were taken to the Edhi morgue at Sohrab Goth for want of identification.
In the Kalakot area, a young man was found killed. Claimed by the MQM as its worker, 19-year-old Zeeshan was reportedly kidnapped along with his 20-year-old cousin, Rehan, while they were returning home from the Chakiwara area.
The unidentified kidnappers killed Zeeshan and tortured his cousin before sparing him. Both the dead man and the injured were shifted to the civil hospital.
The victims were residents of Orangi Town. A man, believed to be in his early 30s, was found dead with multiple bullet wounds and torture marks in the Eidgah area.
The police suspected that the victim was kidnapped before being shot dead by unidentified persons who dumped his body later. “He has been identified as Irfan Lahoti, a resident of Lyari. But, we have not yet found further details,” said an official at the Eidgah police station.
According to Sindh Home Minister Dr Zulfiqar Mirza, the security measures taken by the government including the arrest of more than 50 suspects will deliver results and lead to controlling the situation within a day or two.
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