Malir neighborhood rocked by rising street crime, gun violence

Increasing incidents of gun violence and street crime have sparked fear and panic in Malir as the police appear powerless to maintain law and order in the district. The situation has been further exasperated by the latest incidents of fatal shootings and rampant robbery.

In the first incident, four armed robbers riding two motorcycles opened fire after encountering resistance during a robbery at a supermarket in Sector 17A. A security guard named Mushtaq and the cashier, Amjad, were injured in the attack. The robbers also snatched the guard’s gun before fleeing the scene, leaving the square in a state of fear. Both injured victims were rushed to JPMC.

In the second incident, a 55-year-old cattle trader Sarfaraz was shot dead at the doorstep of his house in Sector 16B. The unidentified assailant, described as a bearded man, fired several shots and escaped on a motorcycle. Sarfaraz was rushed to JPMC where he expired during treatment.

While speaking to the media at JPMC, Waqar, the victim’s son, said he heard gunshots and rushed outside, only to find his father injured and the shooter fleeing the scene. Waqar wrote down the number plate number of the motorcycle and provided it to the police. He said his family has no enmity and appealed to the authorities for justice and the arrest of the perpetrator.

Sarfaraz, a buffalo trader originally from Kashmore district, leaves behind a grieving family including his wife, five daughters and three sons. Police speculated that a personal motive could be a possible motive behind Sarfaraz’s killing. Police have launched an investigation and are working to obtain CCTV footage from the area to identify the attacker.

A woman shot by intruders at home

Two unidentified suspects entered a house and shot dead a woman from the Mehsud tribe in Gulshan-e-Buner of Landhi.

According to Quaidabad PS SHO Farasat Shah, the body of 34-year-old Razia Sanaullah has been shifted to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center (JPMC) for medico-legal procedure.

In the initial stage, the police collected information from the victim’s 12-year-old daughter. The daughter reported that she witnessed two unknown individuals in the house shoot and kill her mother.