Sunday, July 05, 2009
By our correspondent
Karachi
Two activists belonging to the Mohajir Qaumi Movement-Haqiqi (MQM-H) were shot dead by unidentified men in the Mominabad and Liaquatabad police limits.
Salamat Ali, a resident of Mohajir Chowk, was shot dead in the Mominabad police limits. The police said that on Saturday afternoon, the Ali was sitting near his house, when two unidentified men riding on a motorcycle came, started firing indiscriminately at him, injured him, and fled.
Ali, an ex-activist of the MQM-H, was taken to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries. He worked at the Zonal Municipal Corporation of Orangi Town. He is survived by his wife and two children. A case was registered at the area police station on the complaint of the Ali’s son, Irfan.
In a separate incident, 40-year-old Sikander Ali, also an MQM-H activist, was shot dead in the Liaquatabad police limits.
The police said that Sikander Ali, a resident of Korangi, was temporarily staying at his relatives’ house in Liaquatabad No-10 due to political threats. On Saturday morning, while he was present near a shop in that area, unidentified armed men, riding on a motorcycle, opened indiscriminate fire at him, killed him on the spot, and fled.
The victim, who worked at a garment factory, leaves behind his widow and four children. A case was registered on the complaint of Sikander Ali’s brother, Safdar.
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