KARACHI, Jan 6: Two young men were found shot dead in Shah Faisal Colony and Lyari on Sunday, police said.

They said that the bullet-riddled body of the young man was found near Moti Masjid in Shah Faisal Colony No 3.

The police shifted the body to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre for medico-legal formalities. The victim was identified as Muneeb Ahmad, 26.

He was a resident of Shah Faisal Colony. The motive for the killing was not immediately clear.

Another unidentified young man was found shot dead in Lyari. Police said that the victim was blindfolded and trussed-up. He had been shot in the head, they said.

The body was shifted to the Civil Hospital for medico-legal formalities. Later, the body was moved to the Edhi morgue in Sohrab Goth for  want of identification.

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