At least five persons including three lawyers and one woman were killed and one injured in the result of the violent incidents in different parts of the Karachi city here on Wednesday.
Faisal Shakeel Jaffery, Badar Munir Jaffery and Kafil Jaffery were
killed and one person named Babar was injured and the injured lawyer was
shifted in Civil Hospital where the condition of the lawyer is
critical.
Four persons riding on two motorcycles opened firing on the four lawyers outside the city courts.
The lawyers killed also include father and son; meanwhile the Home
Minister Sindh Manzoor Wassan by taking strict notice of the killings of
lawyers has suspended the SHO of concerned police station and summoned
the report of the incident from interior secretary in 48 hours. He said
that the killing of lawyers could prove harming.
Meanwhile the President Supreme Court Bar Association Yasin Azad has
given the protest call for today (Thursday) and has asked the lawyers to
boycott all the court proceedings; meanwhile the police have termed the
incident as target killing.
It is worth mentioning here that six lawyers have so far been killed in January in Karachi.
One worker of religious organization was killed in the result of the
firing of unidentified gunmen in Orangi town area of the city.
Meanwhile one woman was slaughtered by her husband in Ladhi Six Number and later on the killer was arrested by police. SANA
