KARACHI: A young trader was shot dead by robbers on New M.A. Jinnah Road on Sunday evening, police said.

Jamshed Quarters SHO Imtiaz Husain Shah said that 22-year-old Hasan Arif was killed when he put up resistance to a robbery bid at the Hasan Tyre Shop near Islamia College.

He suffered a single bullet wound in the chest and died on the spot, the SHO said, adding that the killers did not take away anything.

The body was taken to the Dr Ruth Pfau Civil Hospital Karachi for a post-mortem examination.

However, the SHO said that relatives of the victim took away the body without allowing the police or doctors to complete medico-legal formalities.

The victim was a resident of Shumail Garden in Gulistan-i-Jauhar.

His family said that his wedding was fixed for Dec 12.

Police sources said that a Sindhi Culture Day rally was passing through the area when the incident took place.

They said that some suspects entered the shop for robbery. They shot the shopkeeper when he offered resistance.

However, the SHO said that investigators were trying to get CCTV footage from the area to ascertain what had exactly happened there.

He said they were waiting for the relatives to lodge an FIR.

Meanwhile, two persons were shot at and wounded by robbers in the city on Sunday.

Police said Nabil Javed, 28, was shot near the Seaview area, while Waheed Akhtar, 42, suffered bullet wounds in the Kharadar area. They were shifted to the CHK for treatment.

Published in Dawn, December 2nd, 2024

Opinion

Editorial

Depopulating Gaza
Updated 07 Feb, 2025

Depopulating Gaza

The least feasible "solution" is the Trumpian plan for Gaza’s ethnic cleansing and occupation, which is a non-starter.
‘Pause’ in US aid
07 Feb, 2025

‘Pause’ in US aid

THE impact of the Trump administration’s decision to ‘pause’ all US foreign aid programmes, especially those...
Mobilising opposition
07 Feb, 2025

Mobilising opposition

POLITICS makes strange bedfellows. There has not, for quite some time, been a guest list as intriguing as the one...
No time left
Updated 06 Feb, 2025

No time left

Climate change concerns continue to remain a footnote as politics dominates national discourse, surfacing only when disaster strikes.
Karim Aga Khan
06 Feb, 2025

Karim Aga Khan

PRINCE Karim Aga Khan was a man who straddled various worlds and cultures. Beyond his role as spiritual leader of ...
Cotton production
06 Feb, 2025

Cotton production

PAKISTAN’S cotton crop is on the ropes. The crop output has been falling since FY15, when the country harvested a...