KARACHI: Street crime continued unabated in the metropolis as robbers gunned down a shopkeeper in Liaquatabad and shot at and wounded two policemen in a shoot-out in Surjani Town on Sunday.

Another policeman who was wounded by robbers on Saturday died at a local hospital on Sunday.

Police said that Shehzad Husain, 27, was killed when he resisted a robbery attempt at the LPG shop where he worked near Jamia Masjid Ali in Liaquatabad No 10.

Area SHO Shaukat Awan said two armed motorcyclists, one wearing a face mask, arrived at the shop at around 7:45am, held Shehzad at gunpoint, snatched his cell phone and demanded keys of his motorbike.

Policeman shot by muggers in Korangi dies during treatment

He said he put up resistance and one of the robbers resorted to firing, as a result a bullet hit him in the head. He died on the spot.

The robbers took away the victim’s motorcycle and abandoned their bike there, which was seized by the police for investigation purposes.

The SHO said the abandoned bike of the criminals was not reported stolen and the police carried out a raid in Orangi Town; they were informed that the owner of the bike had already left the place.

He said investigators got significant clues about the identity of the criminals and they would be taken to task.

The body was shifted to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for medico-legal formalities.

In Surjani Town, street criminals shot two policemen and managed to escape safely.

Officials said that a police patrol spotted four suspects on two motorcycles and signalled them near Chaman Chowk. The armed suspects resorted to indiscriminate firing and rode away. As a result of their firing, Constable Imran Shah and Constable Usman suffered bullet wounds and they were shifted to the Aga Khan University Hospital for treatment.

West SSP Tariq Illahi Mastoi directed the police to take all-out measures for the arrest of the criminals.

Policeman wounded by robbers dies

A young policeman who was shot at and wounded by robbers in Korangi on Saturday died during treatment on Sunday, according to police.

Korangi Industrial Area police said that Owais Tanoli, 28, suffered a bullet wound during an encounter with criminals on Korangi Crossing Bridge on Saturday. He was shifted to a nearby hospital where he succumbed to his wounds during treatment and embraced martyrdom.

Karachi police chief Azad Khan said that the martyred officer sacrificed his life in the line of duty. He directed the officers for early arrest of the killers.

Published in Dawn, September 7th, 2026