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Summary The death toll has reached 14 in fresh wave of target killings in different parts of the city.
Violence whipped through the streets of Karachi as nine more people fell victim to the shooting incidents, raising the death toll to 14 in last 24 hours.Some unidentified persons opened fired and injured two persons, Hassan and Wasim, in the Banaras Pull area of Karachi. Both injured were shifted to hospital but one of them succumbed to injuries.Taking notice of the issue, Additional IG Akhtar Gorchani suspended police officials who were patrolling the area.Three more people were shot dead by unidentified persons in orange Town, UP More and Defence Phase 2 areas. Firing incidents were also reported from Bahadurabad, Sarjani Town and Sadar areas where unidentified persons opened indiscriminate firing and injured three people.Earlier, five people were shot dead in different parts of Karachi. An ANP activist and a police official were among the dead.Police have also rounded up more than a dozen people from Qasba Colony during a search operation.Meanwhile, President Asif Ali Zardari has returned to Karachi from London. The president held a meeting with Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah and both the leaders to discuss overall situation.The president also issued instructions to take stern action against miscreants involved in violence and restore law and order situation in Karachi.The recent spate of violence was sparked after the killings of a senior MQM and an ANP worker in the violence-ridden city.
