KARACHI: A partial strike was being observed in parts of Karachi on Friday after a strike call given by the Sunni Ittehad Council in protest against the conviction of Mumtaz Qadri, the assassin of former Punjab governor Salman Taseer, DawnNews reported.

Firing incidents were reported in Korangi, Landhi, New Karachi, Shah Faisal Colony, Gulistan-i-Johar, Samanabad and few other areas of Karachi late on Thursday night. Three public buses were set ablaze in the city’s Korangi and Orangi Town areas.

Moreover, a Sunni Tehrik activist was gunned down in Samanabad late on Thursday. According to police, the man was gunned down by his party fellows who were trying to force the shops in the area to shut down.

Separately, the Rangers cordoned off the central office of the ST in the old city area twice and arrested the central leader of the party Shahid Ghauri and a worker Mubeen Qadri on Thursday.

Rangers raided several ST offices, including the Jahangir Road and Soldier Bazar unit offices and arrested more than two dozen people.

A heavy contingent of Rangers had been deployed at the ST chief Sarwat Ejaz Qadri’s residence in Nazimabad. According to a Rangers’ representative, elements causing unrest would be handled with force during the strike.

People were facing difficulties in commuting as public transport was not easily available.