Policemen stand guard at a check point on a street in Karachi. — Photo by AFP

KARACHI: A man and two women were killed when gunmen opened fire on a car here in the early hours of Tuesday morning. Police said the vehicle came under fire near a flyover in the Gizri area of Clifton police station.

The gunmen, who were reportedly on a motorcycle, escaped after the attack, police said.

The car belonged to Balochistan MPA Mir Bakhtiar Domki and the women were his wife and daughter.

The victims were rushed to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre where the man, the driver of the car, was pronounced dead while the women died some time later.

Earlier in the day, three activists of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement were shot dead in New Karachi.

In what appeared to be yet another sectarian murder in the city, a 25-year-old man was killed near his home in the Ancholi area of Federal B. Area.

People turned violent in the area in protest against the killing.

The victim Taseer Abbas was a member of the Anjuman Tanzeem-i-Hussaini. His uncle Nisar Abbas Zaidi heads the Anjuman.

Opinion

Budgeting without people

Budgeting without people

Even though the economy is a critical issue, discussions about it involve a select few who are not really interested in communicating with the people.

Editorial

Iranian tragedy
Updated 21 May, 2024

Iranian tragedy

Due to Iran’s regional and geopolitical influence, the world will be watching the power transition carefully.
Circular debt woes
21 May, 2024

Circular debt woes

THE alleged corruption and ineptitude of the country’s power bureaucracy is proving very costly. New official data...
Reproductive health
21 May, 2024

Reproductive health

IT is naïve to imagine that reproductive healthcare counts in Pakistan, where women from low-income groups and ...
Wheat price crash
Updated 20 May, 2024

Wheat price crash

What the government has done to Punjab’s smallholder wheat growers by staying out of the market amid crashing prices is deplorable.
Afghan corruption
20 May, 2024

Afghan corruption

AMONGST the reasons that the Afghan Taliban marched into Kabul in August 2021 without any resistance to speak of ...
Volleyball triumph
20 May, 2024

Volleyball triumph

IN the last week, while Pakistan’s cricket team savoured a come-from-behind T20 series victory against Ireland,...