A PPP Union Council Chairman, Amir Abdul Kalam, was killed on Thursday by armed motorcyclists in a suspected targeted attack near Bismillah Chowk in Orangi Town, police and rescue services officials said.<\/p>\n
According to a police statement, Amir was sitting at his office in Gulshan-i-Zia when armed pillion riders opened indiscriminate firing and fled.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe sustained critical bullet injuries and was moved to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, where he succumbed to wounds during treatment\u201d, the statement said.<\/p>\n
Investigators have collected six spent bullet casings from the crime scene.<\/p>\n
Speaking to Dawn.com, Karachi District West Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Tariq Illahi Mastoi said that it appeared to be a targeted killing incident.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are working on it to identify the real motive,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
PPP Sindh general secretary Waqar Mehdi and Sindh minister Saeed Ghani visited the hospital.<\/p>\n
Speaking to Dawn.com, Mehdi said that the victim was their party\u2019s UC chairman in Orangi.<\/p>\n
He said their local leader was very active in the area, adding that he was targeted.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Karachi Additional Inspector General of Police (AIGP) Javed Alam Odho took notice of the killing and directed West SSP to submit a detailed report about it, the statement said.<\/p>\n
Last month, a PPP leader was gunned down in a suspected targeted attack in Dalmia.<\/p>\n
In a separate incident during that month, a local leader of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) was gunned down in a suspected targeted attack in Orangi Town.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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