KARACHI, May 12: As political violence gripped Karachi in the wake of Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry’s arrival in the city on Saturday, an Edhi ambulance driver fell in the line of duty in crossfire in Malir.

Rizwan Edhi of the Edhi Foundation identified the driver as Faizur Rehman, whose age could not be ascertained.

According to Mr Edhi, the driver was taking victims of the crossfire, which had erupted near Malir’s Kala Board area, to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, when he himself fell victim to a hail of bullets. It could not be confirmed whether the driver was targeted or whether he was the victim of indiscriminate fire.

According to Mr Edhi, who described the slain driver a martyr, the foundation was continuing its relief work throughout the city, as reports were continuously coming in of violence in different parts of Karachi. He said Edhi workers were being harassed while the windowpanes of a few of their vehicles were also smashed.