KARACHI, March 8: A Muttahida Qaumi Movement activist was killed in New Karachi on Friday, police said.

They said two men on a motorcycle pulled up at a barber shop in the New Karachi Industrial Area. One of them entered the shop and pumped a single bullet in the chest of Mohammad Irshad, 30, and walked away while firing shots into the air.

The victim was rushed to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival, the police said.

Following the shooting, tension gripped the locality and markets were closed. New Karachi SP Salman Hussain said the assailant was wearing a helmet. The police said the slain man was a worker of the Unit 141 of the MQM’s organisational structure.

Opinion

Editorial

Judiciary’s SOS
Updated 28 Mar, 2024

Judiciary’s SOS

The ball is now in CJP Isa’s court, and he will feel pressure to take action.
Data protection
28 Mar, 2024

Data protection

WHAT do we want? Data protection laws. When do we want them? Immediately. Without delay, if we are to prevent ...
Selling humans
28 Mar, 2024

Selling humans

HUMAN traders feed off economic distress; they peddle promises of a better life to the impoverished who, mired in...
New terror wave
Updated 27 Mar, 2024

New terror wave

The time has come for decisive government action against militancy.
Development costs
27 Mar, 2024

Development costs

A HEFTY escalation of 30pc in the cost of ongoing federal development schemes is one of the many decisions where the...
Aitchison controversy
Updated 27 Mar, 2024

Aitchison controversy

It is hoped that higher authorities realise that politics and nepotism have no place in schools.