KARACHI: Unknown assailants gunned down a policeman off Superhighway on Monday evening, officials said.

SITE-Superhighway Industrial Area SHO Mohammed Nawaz said that Head Constable Muhammad Zaman had left his residence for his duty at the police station. He was on a motorcycle and in police uniform. When he reached near Jamali Pull, assailants riding two motorbikes opened fire on him and rode away.

He sustained multiple bullet wounds and was taken to the nearby Dow Hospital where he died during treatment.

Investigators have collected five spent bullet casings fired from a 9mm pistol from the crime scene. The incident occurred at 8:20pm.

Sohrab Goth SHO Gul Baig said there were four to five assailants on two motorcycles who attacked the deceased head constable.

Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah, Home Minister Zia Lanjar and Inspector General of Police Javed Odho took notice of the incident and directed the officers to immediately arrest the killers.

Suspected carjackers killed in ‘encounter’

Two suspected car lifters were shot dead in an alleged encounter near Hill Park within the remit of the Ferozabad police station on Monday.

A police spokesperson said that, acting on a tip-off, the Anti-Vehicle Lifting Cell (AVLC) carried out an operation near Hill Park. During an exchange of fire, two suspects were critically wounded and died at the scene. The deceased were identified as Mohammed Shahzad and Shayan Husain. Their bodies were shifted to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre for medico-legal formalities.

A white Toyota Corolla, stolen from Gulistan-i-Jauhar in 2016, was recovered from their possession. Police also seized two pistols.

An AVLC spokesperson said the deceased were members of the inter-provincial “Chandio gang”, which allegedly stole vehicles from Karachi and sold them in Jhat Pat, Jhal Magsi and Osta Mohammed in Balochistan. He said the main buyer of stolen vehicles from Karachi was Alaf Jamali, a resident of Jhat Pat.

The deceased had criminal records and had been involved in bank robberies, illegal arms, narcotics offences and vehicle theft.

Shahzad originally hailed from Sargodha district and was arrested in 2022. Shayan, a resident of Sohrab Goth, was arrested in 2024.

Published in Dawn, August 4th, 2026