28-year-old woman becomes victim of elusive 'knifeman' in Karachi, say police

E-Paper | March 18, 2026

Another woman was stabbed by the lone 'knifeman' in a busy neighbourhood near Rado Bakery in Gulistan-i-Jauhar, Superintendent of Police Gulshan, Ghulam Murtaza Bhutto told DawnNews on Thursday.

The latest victim, a 28-year-old woman, is wounded and was taken to a private hospital. According to official figures, 11 women have been attacked in the Gulistan-i-Jauhar area in the past two weeks.

On Tuesday, the Karachi East-Zone Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Sultan Ali Khowaja announced that police officials were deployed in at least 30 points in Gulistan-i-Jauhar along with decoy teams in order to prevent the attacks and arrest the culprit.

Police also arrested six suspects to investigate the attacks on Tuesday.

“No incident has [occurred] since the evening of Sept 28 due to... effective deployment, suspect profiling and interviews, and cooperation of residential unions,” Khowaja had said.

Five women have been attacked since. Last night, four women were stabbed within two hours in the Gulistan-e-Jauhar area.

According to the police, the lone "knife-wielding" motorcyclist is suffering from "psychological problems".

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Imtiaz Ali is a Karachi-based reporter for Dawn with over 25 years of experience in the field. His reporting portfolio encompasses crime, politics, and the provincial legislature, alongside coverage of the courts, government affairs, and the health sector.

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Aliya

Oct 05, 2017 11:34pm

Stop all

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Aman

Oct 06, 2017 12:03am

ples leave our rules alone to fight for their birth right of grabbing more power and money, forget about the public who cares about them what happens to them, they are not important than moths... shame... shame...and again shame for our ruling class that is not aware of basic public needs....

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Khanm

Oct 06, 2017 12:04am

So those eleven suspect recently caught were innocent...

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Shahid

Oct 06, 2017 12:23am

Some people think that this knife attacks may be a part of a conspiracy to let down A D Khawaja. Very unfortunate for Pakistan that ruthless and shameless Politicians are leading our country to a very dangerous path.

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JustWasif

Oct 06, 2017 01:09am

Failure Failure Failure

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alba

Oct 06, 2017 02:20am

The police rounded up 17 of the usual suspects but he is still out there.

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Dr Qamar

Oct 06, 2017 03:53am

looks like story of old hollywood movie.

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Yankee Cricket Fan

Oct 06, 2017 05:19am

Request to authorities....when he is caught, please use his own knife and slit his throat.

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SIS SANDAL

Oct 06, 2017 07:28am

Two solutions to all the crimes happening in once the greatest city: 1. Clean up the city. Introduce harsh penalties for people throwing garbage in the city. Plus control the vehicle operators driving the wrong way on streets and roads. Driving wrong way has become a norm. 2. Turn on the street lights, from dusk till dawn. Big cities like this around most parts of the world have achieved the control over the criminal activities by illuminating the city.

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Indian

Oct 06, 2017 07:32am

If no incident occurred since sept 28 then what is this news about from yesterday??

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khan

Oct 06, 2017 07:41am

Amazing 11 women have been attacked in the same area in the past 2 weeks then what the police is doing , without arresting how police came to know that he is suffering from psychological problems arrest and put behind the bars , before another women victim.

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Imtiaz Ali Khan

Oct 06, 2017 07:43am

This makes me sick, seeing innocent people suffer like this. When this person gets caught harsh punishment needs to be given and we must make him an example so no one dare to do anything like this ever again. Praying for all the victims so, so sad just simply heart breaking to see their pain, one person is a just young child.

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