KARACHI: A man was shot dead and another wounded in what police believed a targeted attack in Azizabad on Wednesday evening.

Area SHO Kamran Haider said that Shehzad Taufeeq, 50, was sitting at a welding shop near the Ronaq Islam School in Husainabad, Block-3 of Federal B. Area when armed assailants on a motorbike emerged there, fired at him and rode away.

He said another person, identified as Faheem Ghaffar, 40, also suffered bullet wounds in the attack.

The SHO ruled out the possibility of a robbery bid and said that the police were investigating the case from different angles.

SSP-Central Maroof Usman told Dawn that the investigators were trying to ascertain the exact motive behind the murder.

The police said it appeared to be an incident of targeted killing but further investigation were under way.

The SSP added that a five-member team headed by SP-Gulberg had been formed for the arrest of the killers.

While a section of electronic media reported that the victim was affiliated with Muttahida Qaumi Movement-London, the police had not confirmed it.

Meanwhile, a youth was shot at and wounded on main Rashid Minhas Road in Gulshan-i-Iqbal on Wednesday evening.

The Aziz Bhatti police said that unknown persons shot Badshah Husain, 21, near Aladdin Park. The police said the motive behind the incident could not be ascertained till late in the night. The wounded was shifted to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre for treatment.

Published in Dawn, December 29th, 2022