KARACHI: A young man was shot dead in a suspected sectarian attack in Orangi Town on Tuesday, police said.

They added that Syed Azeem Hussain, 22, was attacked outside his home in Orangi Sector 11-½. He was rushed to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead on arrival. The deceased worked at a jewellery shop, said an official at the Market police station.

The victim was Shia and his murder might be related to sectarianism, said SSP (west) Irfan Baloch.

In another incident in Orangi Town, an employee of the Karachi Municipal Corporation (KMC) was gunned down, officials said.

The Pakistan Bazaar police said Mohammed Feroz Hussain, 35, was on his way to his office on a motorcycle when armed motorcyclists attacked him in the slum area of Sadiqabad. The body was shifted to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, the officials said.

SHO Pervez Gujjar believed that the murder was outcome of some personal enmity.

Majlis-i-Wahdat-i-Muslimeen condemned the killings of three Shias within a span of 12 hours.

Addressing a press conference, Abdullah Mutaheri, political secretary of Sindh MWM, said: “During 12 hours, three Shias — Shahab Naqvi, Feroz Hussain and Azeem Hussain — were killed.”

Within a month, he said, at least 52 Shias had been killed.

He said the MWM would stage demonstrations across the province and surround the Chief Minister’s House in protest against the killings if the government failed to act against the terrorists.

‘Robbers’ kill man

A man was shot dead by suspected robbers in Jamshed Quarters on Tuesday, police said.

The officials added that Abdul Rasheed, 40, was travelling in a hi-roof van being driven by his nephew when in a traffic jam on Business Recorder Road three suspected robbers approached him and tried to snatch his mobile phone and cash. As he put up resistance, the suspects fired at him and fled. He was taken to the Civil Hospital Karachi where doctors pronounced him dead.

The police said the victim had Rabri business and resided in Liaquatabad.

Man shot dead

In the early hours of Tuesday, a young man was shot dead in Gulistan-i-Jauhar, according to police.

They added that Kashif Nazeer, 28, was gunned down in Bhitaiabad. The deceased hailed from Chiniot, Punjab.

The motive for the killing could not be ascertained, the officials said.

Man gunned down

In Korangi Industrial Area, a 47-year-old man was shot dead, police said.

They added that Qari Abdul Rauf was killed inside his home in Mehran Town.

The victim hailed from Punjab.

While the deceased was a religious person, his murder could be outcome of some personal enmity, said Korangi SP Usman Ijaz Bajwa.