KARACHI: After the loss of 30 lives on Wednesday in a new upsurge in
violence in the Karachi, another 10 people were killed and dozens
others injured on Thursday, taking the death toll to 40 in last three
days.
Nine more people were gunned down in Gulistan-e-Jauhar,
Garden and other areas of the city on night between Wednesday and
Thursday, a Private TV Channel claimed.
The Channel quoted
Police sources as saying three people were shot dead near Makki Masjid
and Zoo in Garden area. Some unidentified armed men opened firing at a
taxi in Gulistan-e-Jauhar, killing 2 people. A Person was gun downed in
Baldia town. Three people were killed near Perfume Chowk in
Gulistan-e-Jauhar.
A man was shot dead and seven injured in
Sarjani town while unidentified armed men injured two in Shah Faisal
colony and Nazimabad.
The areas which remained tense due to
violence include Orangi Town, Qasba Colony, Katti Pahari, Aligarh
Colony, Bukhari Colony, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Baldia Town, Rasheedabad and
Gulshan-e-Hadeed.
Although the government claimed to have sent
further reinforcements of police and Rangers to the affected areas,
law-enforcement personnel failed to quell the violence. Online
