Awaz Apni KARACHI: Raza Haider, the MQM member of Sindh Assembly, was shot dead along with his gunman here in Nazim Abad area of the city, Awaz Apni reports on Monday.
Police said unidentified gunmen on motorbikes targeted the lawmaker in a mosque where he arrived to offer funeral prayers of a relative. He was killed along with his guard, Khalid.
Police said Haider was rushed to Abbasi Shaheed hospital after he received a bullet in his head but he could not survive.
He was elected MPA from PS-94 Karachi 6 constituency. Heavy contingent of police and Rangers were deployed in the area.
MQM has expressed anger and anguish over the incident and demanded probe into the killing.
“It’s a dangerous chapter opened by the opponents…any untoward incident may take place after this killing,” cautioned MQM’s Federal Minister for Ports and Shipping Babar Khan Ghauri while speaking to a news TV.
Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik, while talking to newsmen today, termed the killing as a conspiracy to sabotage peace of the city.
He said some evil forces have conspired to destabilize the country and sabotage peace of Karachi, and appealed the MQM leadership to be tolerant.
The MQM legislator was another victim of the recent targeted killing spree continues in the metropolises over the last two weeks, claiming more than 30 lives.
Severe tense prevailed in the city and aerial firing was reported in different parts after assassination of the lawmaker.
Police said unidentified gunmen on motorbikes targeted the lawmaker in a mosque where he arrived to offer funeral prayers of a relative. He was killed along with his guard, Khalid.
Police said Haider was rushed to Abbasi Shaheed hospital after he received a bullet in his head but he could not survive.
He was elected MPA from PS-94 Karachi 6 constituency. Heavy contingent of police and Rangers were deployed in the area.
MQM has expressed anger and anguish over the incident and demanded probe into the killing.
“It’s a dangerous chapter opened by the opponents…any untoward incident may take place after this killing,” cautioned MQM’s Federal Minister for Ports and Shipping Babar Khan Ghauri while speaking to a news TV.
Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik, while talking to newsmen today, termed the killing as a conspiracy to sabotage peace of the city.
He said some evil forces have conspired to destabilize the country and sabotage peace of Karachi, and appealed the MQM leadership to be tolerant.
The MQM legislator was another victim of the recent targeted killing spree continues in the metropolises over the last two weeks, claiming more than 30 lives.
Severe tense prevailed in the city and aerial firing was reported in different parts after assassination of the lawmaker.
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