KARACHI: Trader shot dead

Published August 10, 2008

KARACHI, Aug 9: A 50-year-old man was shot dead in Ibrahim Haidri on Saturday.

Police said that the victim, Jaffer Bengali, son of Alam Ali, was a trader of crabs.

They said the man was on his way to his workplace in the morning when unknown motorcyclists opened fire killing him instantly.

The body was shifted to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre. Sources at the hospital said that the victim had received two bullets in his upper torso from a close range.

The Ibrahim Haideri police have registered a murder case against unknown attackers on the complaint of the victim’s son.

Opinion

Editorial

Centre vs provinces
Updated 10 Jun, 2026

Centre vs provinces

The reason the centre finds itself in this position is rooted in its failure to expand the tax net and boost revenues.
Party in crisis
10 Jun, 2026

Party in crisis

THE young KP chief minister must be starting to realise just how thorny a seat he occupies. There has been a flurry...
Varsity woes
10 Jun, 2026

Varsity woes

FINANCIAL crises affecting public sector universities across Pakistan are now having an impact on academic...
Doctor attacked
09 Jun, 2026

Doctor attacked

AN act of reprehensible violence has shaken the medical community. On Saturday, an employee of the Provincial Civil...
AJK flare-up
Updated 09 Jun, 2026

AJK flare-up

The situation started deteriorating after a trader affiliated with the JAAC was reportedly shot in an altercation with law-enforcers.
Fault lines
09 Jun, 2026

Fault lines

THE April 8 ceasefire that halted hostilities between Israel and Iran has encountered its most serious test yet....