KARACHI: A trader was shot dead in a suspected sectarian attack in Gulberg Town on Tuesday evening, Samanabad police said.

They added that as Syed Sajjad Mehdi, 30, left his home in Block-18 in a car, gunmen riding a motorcycle, wearing uniforms of security guards and masks intercepted him near Syed Asghar Ashfaq School in the same locality. One of the attackers got off the motorbike and opened fire on him. The wounded man was taken to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead.

The police investigators found four empty casings of bullets fired from a 9mm pistol at the crime scene.

A Samanabad police official said the victim was Shia and his murder might have been prompted by sectarianism.

PML-N worker kidnapped, killed

A worker of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz was kidnapped, tortured and killed on Tuesday.

His body stuffed in a gunny bag was found in Haji Mehmood Goth in Surjani Town near Cattle Colony. The dead was identified as Mohammed Ayub, 30, resident of Manzoor Colony. There were injury marks on his head, forehead and other parts caused by a hard and blunt weapon.

Surjani police said he was riding a motorcycle with his cousin Nasir Khan near the Civil Hospital Karachi when he received a call from someone, asking him to take back his Rs30,000. He went with his cousin to North Karachi, Sector-11-A. Again, he received a call and the caller asked him to come to another street at around 12:30pm on Monday from where he disappeared.

On Tuesday morning at 7:15am, the body of the man stuffed in a gunny bag was found in Surjani. PML-N District South president Rana Iftikhar told Dawn that Ayub Jadoon was a former senior vice president of the PML-N in District South and at present was a worker of the party in Manzoor Colony.

Opinion

Editorial

Free, fair & timely
Updated 01 Jun, 2023

Free, fair & timely

The stakeholders need to take a step back and let democracy take its course.
Virtual SCO summit
01 Jun, 2023

Virtual SCO summit

HOSTING multilateral summits is a matter of great prestige for states, as world leaders gather at the same table to...
Missing anchorperson
Updated 01 Jun, 2023

Missing anchorperson

IT gives insight into the obduracy of those in whose custody Imran Riaz Khan is being held that multiple appeals ...
Constitutional courts
Updated 31 May, 2023

Constitutional courts

While the idea may not be without its merits, the establishment of a constitutional court cannot be done without national consensus.
Hunger pangs
31 May, 2023

Hunger pangs

A RECENTLY released report by two UN agencies should serve as a wake-up call to the ruling elite — that is, if ...
No-Tobacco Day
31 May, 2023

No-Tobacco Day

DESPITE successive governments’ efforts, tobacco use continues to remain a significant public health challenge for...