KARACHI: A young man was shot dead in an Orangi Town area, police said on Friday.

They said that Ali Afzal, 30, was killed in Arshi ground within the remit of the Mominabad police station late on Thursday night.

SSP West Omar Shahid Hamid said that the deceased was allegedly involved in street crimes and was once arrested by the Gulberg police.

He said that he went to Italy and had recently returned.

The SSP said that police had got significant clues about the identity and motive of the killers.

He said initial probe revealed that he was killed by a close relative, also a suspected criminal, over some monetary dispute.

Published in Dawn, May 26th, 2018

Opinion

Editorial

Energy inflation
Updated 23 May, 2024

Energy inflation

The widening gap between the haves and have-nots is already tearing apart Pakistan’s social fabric.
Culture of violence
23 May, 2024

Culture of violence

WHILE political differences are part of the democratic process, there can be no justification for such disagreements...
Flooding threats
23 May, 2024

Flooding threats

WITH temperatures in GB and KP forecasted to be four to six degrees higher than normal this week, the threat of...
Bulldozed bill
Updated 22 May, 2024

Bulldozed bill

Where once the party was championing the people and their voices, it is now devising new means to silence them.
Out of the abyss
22 May, 2024

Out of the abyss

ENFORCED disappearances remain a persistent blight on fundamental human rights in the country. Recent exchanges...
Holding Israel accountable
22 May, 2024

Holding Israel accountable

ALTHOUGH the International Criminal Court’s prosecutor wants arrest warrants to be issued for Israel’s prime...