KARACHI: A 38-year-old general manager of a factory was shot dead in a targeted attack on his car in the Manghopir area on Wednesday morning, police said.

The Pirabad police added that Ejaz Najaf Shah was attacked by armed motorcyclists near Nusrat Bhutto ‘Mor’ shortly after he left his residence in his car. He sustained three bullet wounds and was rushed to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital where doctors pronounced him dead on arrival, the officials said.

Pirabad SHO Fasih Zaman said the victim originally hailed from Gilgit. He said that the murder could be related to the ongoing wave of sectarian violence in the metropolis.

Meanwhile, speaking at a press conference at Pak Moharram Hall, deputy secretary general of the Majlis-i-Wahdat-i-Muslimeen Allama Amin Shaheedi demanded immediate arrest of killers targeting people on sectarian grounds in Karachi. He said: “At least 10 Shias have been killed in the past couple of weeks.”

He said that inaction against banned outfits would have dire consequences for the authorities too. The government should not forget the fact that their image was tarnished and their reputation was put at stake due to unabated killings on sectarian grounds, said Allama Shaheedi who was accompanied by other MWM leaders.