KARACHI, Jan 11: A trader was shot dead in the Kharadar area in the early hours of Tuesday, police said.

They said the victim, identified as Abdul Ghaffar, was sitting with his friends in Cloth Market area of Kharadar when a car carrying three men emerged.

“One of the men carrying a pistol got off the car and fired multiple shots at Abdul Ghaffar,” said Saddar Town SSP Irshad Ali Sehar. “The victim suffered multiple bullet wounds and was taken to the Civil Hospital Karachi (CHK) where he died. He sustained bullet wounds in the chest, abdomen and head.”

The victim was a resident of Jamshed Town and owned a video shop at Rainbow Centre.

The police said the victim used to visit Kharadar frequently to see his friends.

“The murder appears to be the result of some personal enmity and we have traced some key leads in this regard,” said the SSP, adding that the Kharadar police registered an FIR (13/2010) under Sections 302 (premeditated murder) and 34 (common intention) of the Pakistan Penal Code against unknown persons on a complaint of the elder son of the victim.

Young man slaughtered

A young man was slaughtered in the Mauripur area on Tuesday.

The body of the man, later identified as Habibullah, was shifted to the CHK for a post-mortem examination. He was in his early twenties.

“The body was found from a room inside a Christian cemetery in Mauripur area,” said an official at the Mauripur police station. “The victim was a drug addict and used to spend time in this room with his companions. We reckon that he was killed by his friends who disappeared after the incident.”

Woman dies in accident

A 50-year-old woman was killed and three others injured when a fast-moving bus rammed into a footpath where they were standing in Lines Area on Tuesday, police said.

They said that the driver of the bus of route 17-A lost control over the steering while negotiating a turn near Faisal Plaza in Lines Area. The bus hit a footpath and ran over some people standing there.

“As a result 50-year-old Ayesha Gulzar died while 52-year-old Ghulam Nabi, 55-year-old Ghulam Hussain and 40-year-old Muhammad Arif suffered minor injuries,” said an official at the Brigade police station.

The body was shifted to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre. The driver and the conductor of the bus escaped from the scene after the incident.

“We have impounded the bus and traced the owner of the vehicle. Efforts are underway for the arrest of the driver,” added the official.