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

KARACHI: The metropolis was witnessing a surge in target killings as nine people died in the past 24 hours, DawnNews reported on Tuesday.

Those killed included MPA Mir Bakhtiar Domki’s wife their daughter.

A 40-year-old doctor was also killed in the city’s Malir Halt area on Tuesday morning.

Moreover, three activists of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) were gunned down in the city’s North Karachi area.

In Karachi’s F. B area, Taseer Abbas, the 25-year-old manager of a fast food outlet, was shot dead late on Monday.

Police and Rangers personnel had started patrolling the affected areas.

The rangers cordoned off the areas of Liaquatabad, Illyas Goth, Baloch Para and Orangi Town and conducted a search operation.

After a six-hour-long operation, 36 suspects were arrested and weapons were seized from their possession, sources told DawnNews.