Street crime is on the rise in Karachi as four citizens were shot dead while resisting robberies in different areas of the megacity during last 24 hours on Thursday. Karachi police’s lofty claims of curbing street crime were exposed as four people were killed in Orangi Town, Korangi, Shah Faisal Colony and Old Sabzi Mandi areas. During a dacoity bid at Yamin mobile shop in Iqbal Market in Orangi Town at 11pm, Muhammad Yamin was shot dead for offering resistance. A citizen namely Ghulam Mustafa was killed by the firing of unknown criminals near Old Sabzi Mandi market. In Shah Faisal Colony, 55-year Javed Iqbal came under gun attack from unknown criminals and later succumbed to his injuries. While in Korangi’s area of Coastguard Churangi, a youth namely Kashan was shot dead by unknown assailants.

Credit: Independent News Pakistan (INP)