My first 2 weeks in Karachi
Received a ‘security update’ from the British consulate this afternoon with the following reassuring statistics
Karachi Incidents – 14 October to 20 October 11
14 October 11 – Lyari: At least ten people were injured in a grenade attack in the Lyari, two unidentified motorcyclists threw a locally made grenade at the Jalali Snooker Club in Bihar Colony causing injuries to several pedestrians.
14 October 11 – Korangi: A man was shot dead while standing outside his house in Bangali Para in Korangi 2 1/2.
14 October 11 – New Karachi: A tortured body of a man found from an empty plot no 3 / 4 situated in New Karachi Sector 6-B near Ayub Goath.
16 October 11 – Orangi Town: Three sisters, two of them handicapped were killed and their bodies were found in a pond setup for their father’s cattle in Orangi Town.
16 October 11 – Gulshan-i-Hadeed: A shop keeper was killed while resisting bandits in Gulshan-e-Hadeed area of Bin Qasim Town.
16 October 11 – Karachi: Several dozen suspects were rounded up during search operation carried out by law – enforcement agencies in Hijarat Colony, Mehran Town and Gulshan-i-Iqbal.
17 October 11 – Orangi Town: An activist of Mutahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) was shot dead in Orangi Town, while he was pasing through Ghaziabad area in Sector 11 1/2 when he was intercepted by armed men who shot him dead.
17 October 11 – Lyari: A man was shot dead by armed motorcyclists outside his house in Lyari, the deceased was an activist of Pakistan People’s Party.
17 October 11 – DHA: A police constable was killed and a suspected bandit critically wounded in what the police described as a shoot out with bandits in DHA area.
18 October 11 – North Karachi: Four people were killed in what appeared to a targeted attack in North Karachi, some people on a motorbike opened fire at a garment shop near Nagan Chowrangi.
18 October 11 – Bin Qasim: A wood picker was gunned down when a guard of the Steel Mills opened fire on him after an exchange of hot words with in the limits of Bin Qasim Police limits.
18 October 11 – Clifton: Police claimed to have arrested a suspected hit man said to be involved in the target killings of 42 people, after an encounter in Clifton area. The suspected man arrested following a shoot – out and illegal weapons and two grenades were recovered from him.
19 October 11 – Orangi Town: A 45 year old man was gunned down by armed motorcyclists while he was sitting outside his house in MRP Colony in Orangi Town
19 October 11 – Karachi: An owner of a paan shop was shot dead when armed men opened fire on his shop and fled, near Niaz Manzil in North Nazimabad. Meanwhile a tortured body of Punnjab Police personnel was found near Radio Pakistan Ground in Shah Latif Town Police limits.
19 October 11 – Gulistan-i-Jouhar: A major terrorism act was averted on Wednesday when an Improvised Explosive Device (IED), weighing around 30 Kg was found police and Bomb Disposal Squad defused in Gulistan-i-Jouhar.
Suddenly the armed escort doesn’t seem so much like unnecessary overkill.
